[CCC News] $198 for a new baby computer :)

[Michael Kean]

Hi :)

While fixing a computer today I did a quick scan of the news sites to 
see if there was anything new on the horizon.

The usually relatively useless website belonging to APC Magazine alerted 
me to this article:

http://apcmag.com/is-this-the-cheapest-asus-netbook-ever.htm

(Last time they were useful was when they were the only website to alert 
me to the "Bigpond Security Killing Computers" article a few months ago.)

So, just a quick note that Harvey Norman is, from today, selling a 
Netbook (small laptop) for $198 new. (Which was news to the Armidale 
branch when I called in today with the details :) ) Original price $329.

It's a model that's about a year old and doesn't have a web camera, but 
those things aside it does have a few positives:

Lightweight
4 hour battery
Built in wireless.
Running Windows XP, with 1GB of memory.
Two brains, so performance is still reasonable.

Of course, being a baby 9" screen means it's a bit small, but you can 
plug in a big screen and keyboard to use it just like an ordinary 
computer when you're home.

So it's about as fast as a three or four year old average priced laptop 
computer.

You could use it as a normal computer. You can use it as a photo frame 
and viewer. You can even use it as an Internet TV. You could use it as a 
media player in the car, or to play MP3s through your ancient stereo. 
You could surf in bed. You could bash it over someone's head...

Armidale had 12 in stock when I went there, 11 when I left, and 10 on 
the way.

Oh, and since I'm spamming you; if you get this email within the next 
two hours, you can also get a 1.5TB external drive for $99 from this 
mob: 
http://www.shoppingsquare.com.au/product.php?id=58415&utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2010-05-10%20ShoppingSqaure.com.au%20Newsletter%20%281%29&utm_content=

Anyway, sorry if this email wasn't of interest to you. I don't normally 
send such notices but it is a surprisingly good price.

Cheers, Mike.


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