I currently have an Eee 1000HA or something like that, Atom with ~8.5 hours battery, 10" screen, XP, basically an awesome portable unit. I also have a Dell m6400 17" powerhouse monster that is nearly never used w/o being plugged in. I take the Eee to school and it's really nice to not have to plug in all the time for note taking.
The keyboard is small. Annoying, but not horrible. I can live with it, but with 12" netbooks all over the place, why deal with the hassle, I say. It is also very likely that I'll have 3 hours of downtime between classes next quarter, so something that can play low-end games to kill time would be cool. WoW w/ all settings on low is good enough for me.
So, it seems that the 1201n is basically perfect, I just don't want to drop $500 and then the week after find something else that would have been better, like a 14" laptop with a "real" dual-core proc and a 9600gs that gets 6 hours battery for $475 or something like that. It could happen, I just want to know if anyone has seen something in this category lately.
The keyboard is small. Annoying, but not horrible. I can live with it, but with 12" netbooks all over the place, why deal with the hassle, I say. It is also very likely that I'll have 3 hours of downtime between classes next quarter, so something that can play low-end games to kill time would be cool. WoW w/ all settings on low is good enough for me.
So, it seems that the 1201n is basically perfect, I just don't want to drop $500 and then the week after find something else that would have been better, like a 14" laptop with a "real" dual-core proc and a 9600gs that gets 6 hours battery for $475 or something like that. It could happen, I just want to know if anyone has seen something in this category lately.
