said by nitzan:The Aspire One is normally $500
Actually the Aspire One is dropping in price. It goes for around $350 these days for the higher-end versions. I just bought mine (arriving today!) for $250. This is the non-fancy version because I intend to mod it. Even with the additional parts (SanDisk Extreme IV CompactFlash to replace internal SSD (too slow), CF-to-ZIF adapter, 1GB RAM, SD card for additional capacity) it's just around $350.
OK, aside from being excited about my new toy - the point is that this Netbook can be had fully loaded for $350 these days. Why on earth would you want to sign a $1440 contract to save $250?!
Might be a deal if you're going to buy a data plan anyway.. but something tells me the price in 20 months is going to be lower than $60/month so you won't be saving anything.
On the upside- it's good to see Netbooks becoming mainstream. It seems like a very neat little device, and the more popular - the more hardware parts and mods we're going to see.
even as-is with an SSD-based Aspire One you can easily get 3-9 hours of battery (depending on the size of the battery) in a computer weighing just over 2 lbs. I intend to spend a lot of time in Japan next year, and Tokyo is a big place if you don't drive. I need 24x7 access to the internet which I can easily take with me - and this is it! (why 24x7? I run a VoIP company and want to have access in case of server problems)
True though I think as soon as nettablets get down to the sub-$500 range they will quickly kill these - I just got this one: »
