I want the 900, but then I realized I kind of wanted the onboard bluetooth of the 901... other than that, the design isn't as nice (Eee logo is hideous) and the price is ridiculous. The Atom (the current one at least) is nothing to get too excited, it will be about the same performance and maybe save you 5-10% battery. That, and the insane price tag is what's making me get the 900, I can easily get a usb bluetooth adapter, which is a bit of an annoyance, but whatever, I can deal with something small like that. The only reason I am hesitating on the 900 is for now, it only comes in white, and I really want black, but I don't want to spend any more money on a laptop I haven't bought yet (I already bought a USB-powered small DVD burner for $150, a 16GB SDHC for my program installations on vista, 2GB RAM to run vista more efficiently and a 32GB for a complete clone of the SSD that I will periodically clone for restoring. Also, the rest of the space on it will contain some media files on it.) I still haven't ordered my Eee, and I payed about $450 for these (necessary) things for when I get one, but does anyone else think I should get the MSI wind or something that's compatible with a 2GB DDR2 667 and a great value in comparison to the eee? I really want to get an eee for school and just to throw around, but even $550 for a 20GB SSD laptop is asking a little much.
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I want the 900, but then I realized I kind of wanted the onboard bluetooth of the 901... other than that, the design isn't as nice (Eee logo is hideous) and the price is ridiculous. The Atom (the current one at least) is nothing to get too excited, it will be about the same performance and maybe save you 5-10% battery. That, and the insane price tag is what's making me get the 900, I can easily get a usb bluetooth adapter, which is a bit of an annoyance, but whatever, I can deal with something small like that. The only reason I am hesitating on the 900 is for now, it only comes in white, and I really want black, but I don't want to spend any more money on a laptop I haven't bought yet (I already bought a USB-powered small DVD burner for $150, a 16GB SDHC for my program installations on vista, 2GB RAM to run vista more efficiently and a 32GB for a complete clone of the SSD that I will periodically clone for restoring. Also, the rest of the space on it will contain some media files on it.) I still haven't ordered my Eee, and I payed about $450 for these (necessary) things for when I get one, but does anyone else think I should get the MSI wind or something that's compatible with a 2GB DDR2 667 and a great value in comparison to the eee? I really want to get an eee for school and just to throw around, but even $550 for a 20GB SSD laptop is asking a little much.
ahh, the simplicity of the Eee....