Don't sit at a 2 seater table

No. Not at all.


Possibly. But that wouldn't affect what you were going to do with it. The one you were looking at will come with XP, won't it? And you can put Windows 98 inside VPC/VMware.

Yes. I'm hoping Mom will let me buy it next month in addition to the desktop PC, she'll pay for it and I'll reimburse her. Maybe if I stay quiet as a mouse for the next 2 weeks?

Good idea!!

The Asus Eee PC netbook I was looking at is no longer in stock. Apparently it got sold out. But I found this one costing less than $300. It, too, has XP Home, and that better keyboard that I want. The new Asus Eee PC netbook I found @ Best Buy

It's available online only (sigh) As long as I get it, doesn't matter if I order online or buy it in-store - only 12 (not counting today) more days until Feb. 1!

Is Win XP Home the 32-bit version of XP?

Jenny, will the Intel UMA graphics which shares 224 MG of memory on this netbook play ANYTHING? I might be wrong, but as I understand it, these netbooks are simply not meant for gaming.

Couldn't wait, so this afternoon I asked Mom about it, and she told me to email my PC-savvy nephew to check it out.

Will let you guys (and gals) know as soon as I hear from this nephew/Mom.

Yes. Almost any XP you find will be 32-bit. If you were buying a computer with 64-bit XP, they'd be advertising it and you'd be paying extra for it. XP Home is 32-bit.


It will play anything she's currently playing on her netbook in VPC and VMware (or ScummVM or DOSBox). It won't play most recent adventure games. The only advantages over her current netbook are the larger hard drive and the keyboard including all the keys she wants.

Looking at the differences between ***the blue netbook that's sold out*** and ***the white one***, the white one only has a 3-cell battery while the blue one had a 6-cell battery.

Cruise02, how many cells does your current netbook battery have? And since you're expecting to order online anyway, have you checked out prices at ***Newegg***?

That's good to know.

I don't know; how can I find out?


Will check it out as soon as I post this...Jenny, the ones you linked me to have Windows 7, but I searched a bit and found this one Asus Eee PC netbook at Newegg with an 8.5 hr battery life, price is $319, S & H is free.

It may say somewhere on the battery. Or tell us the brand and model number of your netbook and maybe we can look it up.

xp's

It's a Dell Inspiron Mini 9, I think. Dell Inspiron netbooks - mine That's the one (AFAIK) they're talking about here. Check it out, please. It talks about the keyboard criticism, 16 GB or 8 GB solid state drive. My netbook's screen is about 9 " diagonal.

Looks like it can come with different size batteries. The solid state hard drive would conserve battery life. About how long does your battery last on a charge?

If you enter your Service Tag on ***this page*** it may tell you more about your battery.

What is Service Tag? I got this from my nephew. Oops, sorry - i just found it. it's 949HWF1. And here's all the info on it that I got: Service Tag: 949HWF1 Change Service Tag
System Type: Inspiron Mini 9 (910)
Ship Date: 10/31/2008
Dell IBU: Americas


Quantity Parts # Part Description

1 DP118 Base,No Bios,N270,1.6,512K Diamondville,910
1 W959F PRC,N270,1.6,512KB,DMV,C0
1 P677X Module,Accessory,United States,910,Dell Americas Organization
1 D160H Module,Adapter,Alternating Current,30W,2P,United States 910
1 H106H Module,Assembly,Base,WO/WWAN 910
1 C050H Module,Battery,Primary,32WHR 4C,Dynapack International Technology Corp
1 P156H Module,Bezel,Liquid Crystal Display,Silver,8.9,W/1.3CMRA
1 X625G Module,Card,Network,Broadcom Corporation,Arcadyan,US
1 T370H Module,Card,Network,Bluetooth QH/YM
1 K124H Module,Cover,Liquid Crystal Display,IMR,White,Wireless Local Area Network Card,910
1 P334X Module,Dual In-line Memory Module,1GB,800MHZ,DDR2,1GBIT
1 N128J Module,Information,ALP WHT Color
1 J536J Module,Information,VID/GRPHC SOLN
1 M108J Module,Information,WO/WWAN
1 R117H Module,Keyboard,61,English Qiao Hong,Windows,Dell Americas Organization
1 J341J Module,Label,Intel,Tablet,AtomDual Core
1 MC386 Module,Label,MSLOGO,Windows Xp,SMALL
1 R085H Module,Liquid Crystal Display 8.9WSVGA,True Life,Au Optronics Corp,Qiao Hong
1 M642H Module,Media,Digital Video Disk Drive,Resource Dvd,910
1 P304H Module,Ship Material,System, Inspiron
1 T479H Module,Solid State Drive,16GB Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment,STEC,910
1 K637C Module,Software,Creative Camera,Consumer
1 J206C Module,Software,Dell Connect 2.1,Dell Americas OrganizationEMEA,Brazil Customer Center
1 KW181 MOD,SW,DSPRT-CTR,2.0
1 WK528 Module,Software,GOOGLE,Search Consumer
1 CM132 Module,Software,Mcafee,9,30DAYEnglish,Across Line Of Business
1 W914C Module,Software,Dell Computer Corporation,CHAT,M09
1 T013C Module,Software,Works,9 English
1 P788J Module,Software,WXPH,Low Cost,Certificate of Authenticity, V#2008
1 W265J Module,Software,WXPHSP3,Low Cost,DVD,English,DAO/BCC
1 G311J Module,Software,WXPHSP3,Low Cost,Factory Install,English Dell Americas Organization
1 G419J Module,Software,WXPHSP3,Low Cost,Factory Install,Quick FixEngineering
1 J843H Service Install Module Software,Inspiron,910

Doesn't look there any battery life info here (not that I know of).