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sprp85
03/30/09

In reply to The Eee PC Gets a DVD Drive
they are forgetting what NETBOOK is. ya ya stuff it more and more on to it, but no one will gonna care to pay $531(estimated price according to digitimes) for intel atom based notebook, oops i mean netbook.
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ZLevee
03/30/09

@sprp85: I don;t think the public cares what a Netbook is supposed to be. I think people just want cheap and lightweight. Portability on this level used to be the province of people who could pay $2,500. If they keep the price around $500 there will be a lot of happy buyers who could give a crap what the thing is called.
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chefgon
03/30/09

In reply to The Eee PC Gets a DVD Drive
Next week's announcement:

New Netbook with Blu-ray burner, 15 inch screen, Intel Core i7, and 4gb of RAM for only $1600.
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aec007
03/30/09

@chefgon: Good point. My though exactly.
When is a netbook not a netbook? When it is a laptop?
If a laptop is small enough to have everything a laptop should have but it is smaller than a current netbook.. is it a laptop?
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ScottRose
03/30/09

@chefgon:

So true.

@aec007:

AFAIR, way back in the day they called these things sub-notebooks, which really just meant the size was smaller than a regular notebook. So I'm calling it sub-notey from now on.
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Toastie
03/30/09

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It does not look like a mac at all...more like an HP. But it's neat to see a netbook with an optical drive, but I won't buy it. I prefer my netbooks with more juice and less weight.
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ScottRose
03/30/09

@Toastie:

I gotta agree there. I wouldn't even call that a netbook -- sub-notebook at least.

I also would have phrased it this way: I like my netbooks as I like my women: with more juice and less weight.
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ki.cz
03/30/09

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"Super-Multi optical disc drive"

Sweet.

Also, how does this thing "look like a mac"????
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strider_mt2k
03/30/09

@ki.cz: Formerly the "Super Ultra Mega Major Turbo Big Time Optical Disc Hyper Drive."

The labels wouldn't fit.
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GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
03/30/09

@ki.cz: It looks like a Mac on my screen. When is the last time you calibrated your monitor?
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TerryinSt.Paul
03/30/09

@ki.cz:Also, how does this thing "look like a mac"????

Overpriced?
Only uses proprietary hard/software?
Doesn't play well with others?
Will take over 2% of the market?
Has a cult following in which the head of Asus is considered a God?
Uses aluminum, charges for platinum?
Name is 3 letters long?
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Kyonko
03/30/09

@ki.cz: wouldn't that drive kill battery life...? I'd rather they get a faster and larger HD in there instead of an optical drive, so I could use ISOs instead.
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Brett Benedict
03/30/09

@TerryinSt.Paul: You just had to go there, didn't you? I guess when computers are all you have, you're going to be a little defensive of your child, excuse me, machine.
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TerryinSt.Paul
03/30/09

@Brett Benedict:
I have a wife, 2 girls and a dog and bird. I will defend my family with my life. A computer is just a computer, Mac or PC. I am not defensive of this little machine. Everything I said is true of apple. I was trying to answer ki.cz's question. You need to:
1) Find, make or buy a real-life friend (or pay the neighbor)
2) Ask friend/neighbor to remove stick from ass
3) Go back to facebook!
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ScottRose
03/30/09

@TerryinSt.Paul:

I am not defensive of this little machine.

Just defensive en général?
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ZLevee
03/30/09

@Kyonko doesn't know why the profile picture isn't showing u...: Nobody is forcing you to use the optical drive if you want to conserve battery life. Or, just buy a different model. And HDD are easy enough to replace.
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