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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
I got my wife a netbook with Windoze 7 on it for xmas. My initial impressions are not that positive. I find the user interface to be cumbersome, needlessly complicated and a pig on resources just to accommodate Micro$oft's predictable onslaught of stupid doodads, animations, fadeouts, dancing clowns and christ-knows-what-else that only get in the way of having a simple, efficient interface (like the "windows classic" desktop that's been around since the days of Win95).
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I think we had a fairly big discussion on Netbooks and the consensus was to stick with XP for those units.
I picked up 4 ACER units. 3 are XP (2 refurbs) and 1 Win 7. My Brother in law wanted a new/non-refurn unit and wanted to try Windows 7.
Refurbs with XP - Black Aspire 10.1" with 160 GB drive - $239 each (I wish I had bought 3!)
New with XP - Red Aspire 10.1" with 160 GB drive - $289
New with Win 7 - Blue Aspire 10.1" with 160 GB drive - $279
These stupid little Netbooks are more powerful than my soon to be replaced Dell D620, except for the size of the screen. I would seriously trade my left nut for a track point, and delete the touch pad. I bought a Dell E6500 because I think it may be the last model they make with the trackpoint. I may have to switch to Lenovo, and go back to Thinkpads in the future.