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J273

Jan 9 2008, 21:38

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Looks pretty good ...30gig HD

http://www.cloudbooker.com/

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£349 from PC world

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J273

Jan 9 2008, 21:40

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EdinKali

Jan 9 2008, 22:30

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Looks good but double the price of my 4G surf.

Prosody

Jan 10 2008, 08:46

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I'm seriously considering this, as I was planning on spending almot £300 for an 8gig EEE with 1 gig ram.

If the PC world finance options for this were better I'd order one now, might try an order just to see if there are more finance options than listed next to the product. :/

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Monolithix

Jan 10 2008, 12:16

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Certainly a decent spec, but it's seriously infringing on the budget-laptop er....budget now! Having said that if i'd had the choice between that and the EEE when i got mine i think i might have been swayed :/ (i think the EEE is better looking though...)

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Paul (MVP)

Jan 11 2008, 19:44

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Too expensive, and ugly.

>250 quid, not interested.

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Prosody

Jan 11 2008, 20:59

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Well the E-Bayers selling the 8gig with 1 gig of ram (like theoneyou bought) come to almost 300 with shipping, this comes with XP and 30 gigs... to me thats worth the extra £50. It's not as pretty but it's not ugly I don't think. Gonna go down toPC world to see if I can get a feel for it.

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Holyprop

Jan 12 2008, 17:50

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well, there is an ebay seller selling 4g eee's with xp pro and 1gb ram pre installed for £260, if i were buying now i would go for tht opion over the cloudbooker.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ASUS-Eee-pc-4g-1gb-r...1QQcmdZViewItem

This post has been edited by Holyprop: Jan 12 2008, 17:53

Monolithix

Jan 12 2008, 18:10

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It'll be a dodgy version of XP though

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Holyprop

Jan 12 2008, 18:13

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no touchpad???? also its fairly ugly, ill give it a miss

Holyprop

Jan 12 2008, 18:17

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QUOTE(Monolithix @ Jan 12 2008, 18:10)

It'll be a dodgy version of XP though

almost certainly true

Prosody

Jan 12 2008, 23:09

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If I were to go with the 4gig EE option Holyprop mentioned then I would have to buy at least a 4 gig SDHC card for my purposes, which would mean I'm approaching £300, then there's the dodgy windows version and the hastle in getting an external CD drive to install apps with.

With the Packard Bell I could set up windows networking and then using demon tools mount isos of office etc that I can copy across the network to install them.

The way I'm looking at it is that yes I could get a budget laptop for just a bit more with better specs all round but its the size I'm after, in terms of Ultra Portable notebooks then compared to the Vaios I see for £1000 plus the £350 is great.

I'm 90% swayed towards getting the Packard Bell.

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Paul (MVP)

Jan 14 2008, 09:27

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What do you use as a mouse on it if there's no touchpad?

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Prosody

Jan 14 2008, 10:18

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There is a touchpad... it's small but it's above thekeyboard on the right hand side, the left and right click are on the left so if can be operated with your thumbs a bit like a game pad.

The video above shows it. Not ideal but seems to work... saying that I've swayed back towards the EEE again.. gah... just can't make up my mind.

I think mainly I want it for web browsing and writing and that's what I have to keep in mind, however when i see something with more bells and whistles I just start drooling and my mind rationalises away hundreds of pounds... does this happen to anyone else? :/

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EdinKali

Jan 14 2008, 16:16

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