of kids want an iPad
The Nielsen Company presented a cadre of individuals with a list of nice, shiny gadgets and let them cross off anything and everything they'd like to buy in the next six months, and 31 percent of kids 6-12 picked the iPad as one of them.
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Looks like they fixed the website, 4200 RPM hard drive for both now and Home Premium.
On the plus side, I am very impressed that they include both the standard 4 cell battery plus the 7 cell extended battery for that price. They also include the external USB optical drive for that price. Much better than certain other ultraportable makers new to the market. That's how it should be done. The price doesn't really seem so bad when you take that into account.
The one thing that is a little weird is they don't let you upgrade anything on the laptop. No N wireless, Vista Ultimate, 3 or 4 GB or RAM, nothing. Not a big deal, (especially the memory, as most OEM's overcharge for RAM so much that it is significantly cheaper just to upgrade yourself), just curious.
I just wanted to comment on the slow hard drive. Yes, you will notice the slowness in everything you do. Yes, it is incredibly annoying. But it is not a dealbreaker, at least with XP, IME. And given all the attractive characteristics of this computer othen than the hard drive, I would suggest all onlookers to take a serious look at it.