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ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1005HA-PU17-BU 10.1-Inch Blue Netbook – 10.5 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Starter)

January 8, 2010

UPDATE…IMPORTANT NOTE FOR PROSPECTIVE BUYERS READING ALL THESE REVIEWS: This ASUS model has only been out since the end of October. Many negative reviews of this product mention owning it for much longer and so must not be about this exact machine. Relevant context for this review: This is my first netbook and I have [...]

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ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BU 10.1-Inch Blue Netbook – 10.5 Hour Battery Life

January 8, 2010

I honestly don’t know where to start with this review of the ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BU netbook that I bought. I have read all 152 previous reviews on Amazon.com and a whole bunch of others that I found on computer oriented Internet sites. The four and five star ratings far outnumbered the negative ones, but [...]

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ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BK 10.1-Inch Black Netbook – 10.5 Hour Battery Life

January 8, 2010

There are three US versions of the Asus 1005HA: – Best Buy offers the 1005HA-B for $299 (plus tax). It features the N270 (1.6GHz 533FSB) cpu, glossy display, 3-Cell 23Wh Li-ion Battery (4 hrs), and a 1.3MP webcam. Excluded are the Bluetooth module, 10GB online Eee storage, and netbook sleeve. This is obviously the “Basic” [...]

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Apple MacBook Pro MB990LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop

January 8, 2010

Well I must say I am very happy i did not buy apple’s first iteration of the 13″ aluminum macbook last year b/c they really got it right the second time around upgrading it to a macbook pro! Its nice to have that “pro” stamp on a 13″ now! Apple has listened to their customers [...]

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HP G60-530US 15.6-Inch Black/Silver Laptop – Up to 3.75 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium)

January 8, 2010

I purchased this Windows 7-64 bit notebook to replace a crashed desktop. It’s nice enough that there’s a sleek design with its black case and aluminum touchpad and trim, but there’s a lot more “under the hood” of this budget-priced model. 4GB of installed DDR2 @SDRAM with 1MB of installed memory cache, a 320 GB [...]

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Palm TX Handheld

January 8, 2010

This is, quite simply, the best gadget I have ever owned, and a miracle of technology. Who needs a laptop, an ipod, and a PSP when you can do it all with one device?? NOW WAIT – Before you think I’m just advertising for Palm or something, let me tell you this: After I bought [...]

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Acer AspireRevo AR1600-U910H Black/White Desktop PC (Windows XP Home)

January 8, 2010

I bought this machine because the reviews said it was nice and quiet. We run a small business out the home and have a VOIP PBX system that I prefer to keep on a separate machine and like to keep noise at a minimum. I did not expect much from this little guy but was [...]

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