NetBook Roundup
GigaOm has a short but informative overview of currently available NetBooks. Which one do I want? I’m leaning towards the Acer Aspire One, even more attractive after a recent price cut:
This 2.1-pound netbook approaches more of a sweet spot in terms of pricing: The Linux version is $329, while the XP model is only $20 more. Acer includes a lite build of Linpus Linux, which I found to be great for quick, out-of-the-box computing, but most people would be better served with the XP edition. The incremental extra price also includes twice the memory (1 GB vs. 512 MB) and a faster 120 GB hard drive instead of the slower 8 GB of flash memory.
It’s pretty, too:
