Comments on: Acer Aspire 10.1″ 6 Cell AOD-250 w/ optical DVD drive & wireless mouse for $279 http://www.practicalhacks.com/2010/02/06/acer-aspire-10-1-6-cell-aod-250-w-optical-dvd-drive-wireless-mouse-for-279/ Gadgets, gear, and greatness for people on the go Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:48:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Andy Mesa http://www.practicalhacks.com/2010/02/06/acer-aspire-10-1-6-cell-aod-250-w-optical-dvd-drive-wireless-mouse-for-279/comment-page-1/#comment-3242 Andy Mesa Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:08:00 +0000 http://www.practicalhacks.com/?p=9457#comment-3242 I love Woot, when I was a little better off I would buy their stuff all the time (especially their shirts). However, Sellout Woot is a testament to its name, it's a sellout of the Woot name for deals that aren't all that great. I love Woot, when I was a little better off I would buy their stuff all the time (especially their shirts). However, Sellout Woot is a testament to its name, it’s a sellout of the Woot name for deals that aren’t all that great.

]]> By: Review: AS5810TZ-4274 Acer, Awesome Computer | ReviewsNowOnline.info http://www.practicalhacks.com/2010/02/06/acer-aspire-10-1-6-cell-aod-250-w-optical-dvd-drive-wireless-mouse-for-279/comment-page-1/#comment-3241 Review: AS5810TZ-4274 Acer, Awesome Computer | ReviewsNowOnline.info Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:23:25 +0000 http://www.practicalhacks.com/?p=9457#comment-3241 [...] Acer Aspire 10.1″ 6 Cell AOD-250 w/ optical DVD drive & wireless … [...] [...] Acer Aspire 10.1″ 6 Cell AOD-250 w/ optical DVD drive & wireless … [...]

]]> By: Michael W. http://www.practicalhacks.com/2010/02/06/acer-aspire-10-1-6-cell-aod-250-w-optical-dvd-drive-wireless-mouse-for-279/comment-page-1/#comment-3236 Michael W. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:19:56 +0000 http://www.practicalhacks.com/?p=9457#comment-3236 This is not a good buy. It's the old generation N280 chip with GMA 950 graphics. Intel rolled out a new integrated chipset (N450 powersaving Atom with GMA 3100 graphics) in December/January and the new units are selling for only $299 - and not refurbished either. And running Win7 Starter, which in many ways is much better than WinXP. Just do some careful shopping at Amazon. Asus 1001p, Acer ao532h, HP Mini 210 are three good starting points. Locally I am seeing netbooks with the discontinued chipset/operating system for more in the $259-$279 range - new. For especially low hanging fruit, BestBuy has the $249 eMachines 250 - a rebadged Acer 250: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp;jsessionid=FA03DECA500D2169D628CE307D0D95C7.bbolsp-app05-23?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_dynSessConf=-7794199618798703719&id=pcat17071&type=page&st=emachines+250&sc=Global&cp=1&nrp=15&sp=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960 This is not a good buy. It’s the old generation N280 chip with GMA 950 graphics. Intel rolled out a new integrated chipset (N450 powersaving Atom with GMA 3100 graphics) in December/January and the new units are selling for only $299 – and not refurbished either. And running Win7 Starter, which in many ways is much better than WinXP.

Just do some careful shopping at Amazon. Asus 1001p, Acer ao532h, HP Mini 210 are three good starting points.

Locally I am seeing netbooks with the discontinued chipset/operating system for more in the $259-$279 range – new.

For especially low hanging fruit, BestBuy has the $249 eMachines 250 – a rebadged Acer 250:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol.....038;ks=960

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