I originally bought the 4Gig Asus (701), which I was quite happy with- until I saw the bigger screen on the 20Gig/XP (900), and bought one, thinking it was bigger and better- Wrong! It was so damned slow I was ready to sell it. It kept choking trying to open web pages, etc. I just got done cloning and installing a 16Gig Runcore SSD (less that 2 hours start to finish) and It's great! It runs like I'd expected the Asus to run from the start! I'm actually feeling so much happier now- downright giddy even!
I bought a Runcore 64GB SSD from MyDigitalDiscount (ebay, using MS Live Search Cashback) for $219 (and got $66 cashback)
I waited 3 weeks because of customs delays, but it was well worth the wait and the money. The Runcore runs much smoother than the 16GB STEC drive that came with my Dell Mini9. I did also upgrade the RAM to 2GB for about $25.
Potentially, you could get a Mini9 for $200 (refurb, discount coupon) and spend no more than $250 to upgrade RAM and SSD. For well under $500, you have a very useable PC weighing 2.5 pounds that you can carry everywhere. Because it is dead silent (no fans or HDD), you can mute it and boot up in meetings or libraries without distracting others.
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I originally bought the 4Gig Asus (701), which I was quite happy with- until I saw the bigger screen on the 20Gig/XP (900), and bought one, thinking it was bigger and better- Wrong! It was so damned slow I was ready to sell it. It kept choking trying to open web pages, etc. I just got done cloning and installing a 16Gig Runcore SSD (less that 2 hours start to finish) and It's great! It runs like I'd expected the Asus to run from the start! I'm actually feeling so much happier now- downright giddy even!
I bought a Runcore 64GB SSD from MyDigitalDiscount (ebay, using MS Live Search Cashback) for $219 (and got $66 cashback)
I waited 3 weeks because of customs delays, but it was well worth the wait and the money. The Runcore runs much smoother than the 16GB STEC drive that came with my Dell Mini9. I did also upgrade the RAM to 2GB for about $25.
Potentially, you could get a Mini9 for $200 (refurb, discount coupon) and spend no more than $250 to upgrade RAM and SSD. For well under $500, you have a very useable PC weighing 2.5 pounds that you can carry everywhere. Because it is dead silent (no fans or HDD), you can mute it and boot up in meetings or libraries without distracting others.
I seldom use my other PC anymore.