RadioShack to sell $100 netbook

[Stephen]

We have a number of aspires at work that we use for people neededing
something readily available and lightweight.

they aren't bad at all, and they dont have the keyboard issues that
the ASUS EEE PC has (well issues for people with large hands)

however if you want to upgrade ram its a minor surgery to do, but
honestly worth it. at 1.5gb it behaves like a new beastie... Aaaand it
runs really well with ubuntu.

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Charles Jones
<charles.jones at ciscolearning.org> wrote:
> koder wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KevinO <kevin at kevino.org>
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> Subject: Re: RadioShack to sell $100 netbook
> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:08:51 -0700
>
> Josef Lowder wrote:
>> RadioShack to sell $100 netbook
>>
>> http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2008/12/microsoft-worki.html
>>
>> Acerblog We've seen a recent wave of the new small and light laptops
>> known as netbooks, produced by the likes of HP, Asus and others.
>>
>> Starting Sunday, RadioShack will sell the 2.44-pound Acer Aspire, one
>> mini-laptop at the awfully aggressive price of $100, provided you also
>> sign up for a two-year AT&T DataConnect mobile broadband plan. ...
>
> So... What is the cost of the 2 year DataConnect contract?
>
>
> Is this enough to give you a ball park figure?
> DataCoonct advertised monthly rates half way down the page.
>
> http://www.wireless.att.com/businesscenter/popup/dataconnect-comp-table.jsp?wtLinkName=AvailableDataRatePlans&wtLinkLoc=BD
>
> A friend of mine who works for Radio Shack had this to say:
> 19:23:23 <@Jess> they're trying to make us sell that thing
> 19:23:55 <@Jess> i think it's adorably cute, but it adds up to $1,600 in ATT
> fees, plus there's a 5gb cap per month on
>           data over the 3g network.. you might as well just buy it for $499
> 19:25:11 <@Jess> the 5gb cap nets you about 45 cents per kilobyte over usage
> 19:25:18 <@Jess> it's really ridiculous ><
> 19:32:12 <@Jess> anyway, i just don't feel right selling snake oil
> 19:32:38 <@Jess> anyone in their right mind would refuse a 5gb cap per
> month, that's like a few days worth of youtube
>
>
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Stephen