My laptop virginity
July 26th 2009 10:36 pm by Matt
Gone! Thanks to the Asus EeePC 1005HA:
I just bought it at ZipZoomFly for $380 shipped with a $30 MIR.
In building my new PC there was never really a question about whether I would choose a laptop or a desktop. There was a question, however, on whether I would hold back on going big on the desktop so I could pick up a laptop with it. Nuts to that. These little netbooks are coming down now and $350 makes this a really great accessible solution for me.
I’m not planning to do any work on this guy, I just want something I can use to surf around in bed or while watching a movie on the couch. Jess and I have been out and about lately too and it struck me that it would be nice to have something nice and little that I can use to keep up on all the internet porn with. It’ll be nice to have an easy way to carry around a few movies in case things get slow too.
I also picked up the 2gb memory upgrade from newegg for $25 shipped. I plan to throw Windows 7 on it right away so I’ll need the space 
Heck ya, I love my NC10. Bluetooth tether to my phone and I got internet anywhere for like 7 hours.
Was it hard to choose that model? I remember it being a bitch andahalf to decide on the 10.
yeah it was a pain in the ass. I almost ended up with a newer (but cheaper) one but I found out it had a glossy screen and was useless outside. The NC10 was on my short list by the end, but the discount and extra battery life on the Asus gave it the edge