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Samsung NC10-14ROBL 10.2" Netbook

$368.00 Est. at Amazon

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update after a few weeks--i really like this netbook and have been using it a good bit of the time as my primary computer.
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as far as ubuntu goes, i think that a few updates need to be created before the user experience will be seamless, but it's not terrible.
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other than the lenovo, most netbook manufacturers couldn't care less what happens after your buy it and getting updates for most is largely a matter of luck and knowing where to look.
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i have yet to try and use it outside (winter here in the midwest), but once i do, i will submit and update to this review.
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this is an update to the previous review.

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Positives: Great Portability, Good Mouse Quality, Lightweight, Display Size: 10 in.

2 RECOMMENDED by 11 people for UPDATE

Acer Computer AOD150-1165 Ultra-Portable 10.1" Netbook PC

$323.00 Est. at Amazon

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update: fyi, after doing a battery drain on purpose, it took just over 3 hours to reach a full recharge.
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i ran windows update and received all the updates and this pc is amazingly stable.
from JimD, www.newegg.com
i only had to add around 21 more megabytes of downloads from windows updates to have it fully updated.
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i will update after i've had it for a bit longer.
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compared to my desktop i've updated throughout it's 12 year life.

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Positives: Good Mouse Quality, Nice Portability, Lightweight, Display Size: 10.1 in.

3 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for UPDATE

ASUS Eee PC 904HA 884840343271 Notebook

ASUS Eee PC 904HA (884840343271) PC Notebook

$277.00 Est. at Amazon

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i got this little laptop as a portable hulu player around my house, a quick netflix updater for instant viewing on my xbox, and as a quick and light travel companion for mid-long range trips.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
it took a less than half hour to update xp, and install my anti-virus protections, updates etc.
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another great thing is the bios updater application it comes with...so you can keep this thing up to date.
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there was a "boot boster" technical update included in the packaging, but it didn't help.
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updated approx 3 weeks after intense use..

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Positives: Excellent Portability, Fast, Good Mouse Quality, Display Size: 8.9 in.

4 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for UPDATE

Acer Computer Aspire One AOA110-1295 White

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you can't really update firefox i found out (without a lot of work and knowledge of linux) as it's part of the operating system, but i found two useful add on's for firefox...
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it is wonderful not to have constant antivirus software updates slowing me down.
from Dave, www.newegg.com
i don't know if it's because linpus is fedora or what, but there were quite a few unresolved software update dependencies.
from www.amazon.com
but hopefully that issue can be solved by future bios updates.
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i did have a run around trying to find the updates for the drivers.

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Positives: Good Portability, Lightweight, Good Mouse Quality, Display Size: 8.9 in.

5 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for UPDATE

SAMSUNG NC20-21GBK NoteBook VIA Nano U22501.3+GHz

$636.00 Est. at Amazon

from Pseudothink, www.newegg.com
of the bloatware (i only had to remove the mcaffe suite and the google toolbar), and actually includes some useful utility software as well (samsung recovery solution iii, samsung update plus, etc.).
from Dot, www.newegg.com
you just need to update them and you are good to go!
from N/A, www.newegg.com
very low memory usage and does not have annoying updates and reboots everyday.
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fyi just update to a 80gb ssd,..boot up time is less then 15 seconds!
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: love the size and basically everything about it cons: hmmmnothing really, the one annoying thing is the updates but you can just turn it off

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Positives: Great Portability, Fast, Large Screen, Weight: 3.3 lb.

Acer Computer AOD150-1577 Ultra-Portable 10.1" Netbook PC

$326.00 Est. at Amazon

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i will update after i've had it for a bit longer.
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update: fyi, after doing a battery drain on purpose, it took just over 3 hours to reach a full recharge.
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i ran windows update and received all the updates and this pc is amazingly stable.
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compared to my desktop i've updated throughout it's 12 year life.
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update: boss just ordered, couldn't hold out any longer, he is weak.

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Positives: Good Portability, Good Mouse Quality, Fast, Display Size: 10.1 in.

HP HP Pavilion Laptop

Hewlett Packard HP Pavilion Laptop with Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T6400 - Bronze/Chrome (dv5-1235dx) PC Notebook

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what's great about it:?if a bug comes up the hp user forum is a great knowledge base what's not so great:?alot of updates right out of the box to get it up to date.
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i was able to do audio editing while downloading 3 updates at the same time you will not be disapointed with it
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as soon as i got the laptop out, i started the updates and registration; easy.
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i really like the new touch enabled volume, playing music, no more buttons!overall a great buy, i'll come back to update when i've used it for a while.
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it can stay in and out of sleep mode for days until i have to reboot to install an update or something.

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Positives: Fast, Excellent Portability, Lightweight, Weight: 5.83 lb.

HP HP TouchSmart Laptop

Hewlett Packard HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor (tx2-1025dx) PC Notebook

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update it so that i wouldnt have any problems with the keyboard or touchpad.
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what's great about it:?touchscreen, install the new safari beta and you'll be blown away at the expierience what's not so great:?needs to be updated before purchase "update it before anything else
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what's great about it:?built-in dvd what's not so great:?not updated at time of purchase "bought this tablet because of built-in dvd.
from www.bestbuy.com
there is supposedly a download patch that fixed this problem, but the update does not seem to work.
from www.bestbuy.com
after all was done, i updated all the drivers & bios, also updated to vista sp2, the computer runs beautifully!

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Positives: Lightweight, Fast, Good Portability, Weight: 4.7 lb.

Acer Computer AOD150-1920 Ultra-Portable 10.1" Netbook PC

$335.00 Est. at Amazon

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i will update after i've had it for a bit longer.
from www.amazon.com
update: fyi, after doing a battery drain on purpose, it took just over 3 hours to reach a full recharge.
from www.amazon.com
i ran windows update and received all the updates and this pc is amazingly stable.
from www.amazon.com
compared to my desktop i've updated throughout it's 12 year life.
from www.amazon.com
saturday morning i was looking around for some updates etc...

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Positives: Good Portability, Fast, Good Mouse Quality, Display Size: 10.1 in.

Acer Computer AOD150-1669 Ultra-Portable 10.1" Netbook PC

$434.00 Est. at Amazon

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update: fyi, after doing a battery drain on purpose, it took just over 3 hours to reach a full recharge.
from www.amazon.com
i ran windows update and received all the updates and this pc is amazingly stable.
from www.amazon.com
i will update after i've had it for a bit longer.
from www.amazon.com
compared to my desktop i've updated throughout it's 12 year life.
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update the bios to 1.05.

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Positives: Great Portability, Good Mouse Quality, Fast, Display Size: 10.1 in.

Samsung N120-12GW NPN120KA02US Netbook

$466.00 Est. at Amazon

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-n120 has a clearer web camera ,maybe it's the software or better updated hardware for the web cam that samsung provided.
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i plan to update my review later on when i've had it longer, but i wanted to put this point out there.
from www.amazon.com
on set up, with all the updates, i was worried because msword 2007 and wordperfect x3 were stuttering a bit.
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update: i forgot to add one more thing that stood out when comparing both systems.
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i'm still not happy with windows - i spent all of the first day downloading mountains of updates for every program on here.

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Positives: Nice Portability, Good Mouse Quality, Attractive Design, Weight: 2.8 lb.

Samsung N120-12GBK NPN120KA01US Netbook

$464.00 Est. at Amazon

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i plan to update my review later on when i've had it longer, but i wanted to put this point out there.
from www.amazon.com
-n120 has a clearer web camera ,maybe it's the software or better updated hardware for the web cam that samsung provided.
from www.amazon.com
on set up, with all the updates, i was worried because msword 2007 and wordperfect x3 were stuttering a bit.
from www.amazon.com
update: i forgot to add one more thing that stood out when comparing both systems.
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i'm still not happy with windows - i spent all of the first day downloading mountains of updates for every program on here.

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Positives: Great Portability, Good Mouse Quality, Lightweight, Weight: 2.8 lb.

Acer Computer AS1410 Aspire 11.6" Notebook PC

$573.00 Est. at Amazon

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i'll update this review as i test more features, but in the meantime i would give it 6 stars if amazon would let me.
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i updated the driver, tried all the recommendations on the forums, nothing worked.
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update 2009-09-07:
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if you dont' enable two finger scrolling with the updated drivers, scrolling becomes difficult because its hard to tell where the edges are.
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update: there may be a dual core version of this coming out soon.

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Positives: Nice Portability, Fast, Large Screen, Weight: 3.1 lb.

Acer Computer AS1410 Aspire 11.6" Notebook PC

$573.00 Est. at Amazon

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i'll update this review as i test more features, but in the meantime i would give it 6 stars if amazon would let me.
from www.amazon.com
if you dont' enable two finger scrolling with the updated drivers, scrolling becomes difficult because its hard to tell where the edges are.
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update 2009-09-07:
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almost all the drivers needed were already included w/ 7, i only needed to update the video driver and the synaptic touchpad driver (to enable multi-touch).
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i updated the driver, tried all the recommendations on the forums, nothing worked.

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Positives: Great Portability, Fast, Large Screen, Weight: 3.1 lb.

HP G60-235DX 884420631262 PC Laptop

Hewlett Packard G60-235DX (884420631262) PC Notebook

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about it:?number pad and wi-fi sensitivity what's not so great:?boot up is kind of slow "purchased this laptop on 4/26/09 and had the g-squad optimize it to remove junk software and update windows.
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design, affordable price what's not so great:?no keypad volume controls...but not a big deal "i bought this laptop for personal use; i'm a full-time student and updated from a 2001 desktop to this.
from www.bestbuy.com
sometimes it wont go to certain websites, but just do an updated like i did and it runs fine.norton antivirus came free for 30 days, it runs great.
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the sound card driver produced bad-sounding audio, but a driver update fixed that.
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make sure you download the latest updates for your router.

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Positives: Fast, Good Portability, Lightweight, Weight: 6.57 lb.

Asus Laptop

$1,150.00 Est. at Amazon

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i had an issue after i installed some microsoft updates (bsod) and without the vista disk i could not repair it (even with a vista enterprise disk i had).
from www.bestbuy.com
i did manage to get most windows updates installed, however.i tested it out with bioshock and fallout 3 to see how it looked and responded and all went well.
from www.bestbuy.com
as advised by asus support, i loaded some updates and driver software for the microsoft wireless mouse i was using.
from www.bestbuy.com
despite a problem i had with windows trying to update something, this was easily fixed with the recovery discs included with the computer.
from www.bestbuy.com
first the os “vista” make sure to run the windows update before anything!

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Positives: Great Portability, Fast, Strong Graphic Capabilities, Display Size: 15.6 in.

MSI Wind U100-641US Black Intel Atom N2701.60GHz

$310.00 Est. at Amazon

from captainblood, www.newegg.com
overhead: most of the software is in zip files, like ms office, so if you choose not to install you won't be bombarded with update/activation messages nor have your system slowed.- no-fuss: open box.
from Marshall Ladd, www.newegg.com
very fast(especially with the updated bios that can automatically overclock by 24% i.e.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i did update the bios and that went perfectly.
from captainblood, www.newegg.com
harddrive comes already partitioned into programs and data space.- low overhead: most of the software is in zip files, like ms office, so if you choose not to install you won't be bombarded with
from sl, www.newegg.com
pros: amazing manufacturer support - updates to bios have enabled low-power mode and overclocking by pressing two buttons - works in any oscomes with windows, works great with linux, also works with

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Positives: Great Portability, Good Mouse Quality, Fast, Display Size: 10 in.

MSI GT627-218US 15.4-Inch Laptop

$1,300.00 Est. at Amazon

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bluray playing software not installed, comes with windvd 8 but requires an update, corel wants you to pay for it...
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i have corel windvd 9 plus and when it tries to load it says that my blu ray play needs to be updated..
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other thoughts: just a update on what i said before.
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pros: great gamer - should keep you update for the next year.

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Positives: Good Portability, Fast, Large Screen, Display Size: 15.4 in.

MSI EX625 9S7-167414-227 PC Laptop

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however the one issue that i do have is that i cant find a driver update for the ati radeon 4670, maybe i am just not finding it but it does make me a little nervous.
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are provided so that you can make your own once you initiate the windows vista setup - this way, if you recover, you will have all updates/programs installed and will not have to revisit them again.
from mikey, www.newegg.com
upon receiving i ran windows update, installed all the updates and then backed up but would rather have a real windows disk.
from RacinJason82, www.newegg.com
there is also no recovery disc provied, but two discs are provided so that you can make your own once you initiate the windows vista setup - this way, if you recover, you will have all

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Positives: Nice Portability, Strong Graphic Capabilities, Fast, Weight: 11 lb.

MSI U100-641US Q2-U100-641US-PCT PC Laptop

MSI U100-641US (Q2-U100-641US-PCT) PC Notebook

$406.00 Est. at Amazon

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secondly is the after marked support msi has frequent bios updates for these and now am over clocked and unopened and 1.984 ghz not bad at all.
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i got the bios update and the update for the system control manager to allow it to overclock and underclock the processor.
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just like other reviewers, i updated the bios and it runs really good at 24%!
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this won't void your warranty as this is an official bios update from msi.
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after i re-imaged the computer and installed all of the necessary updates i took ie6 for another spin and things were much improved although there was still a noticeable memory leak.

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Positives: Fast, Nice Portability, Good Mouse Quality, Weight: 2.3 lb.

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