 | Samsung N120-12GBK 10.1-Inch Black Netbook - 6 Cell Battery
Buy new: $322.98 Great netbook. Using it as I type this review. Near full-sized keyboard with very nice action. Comfortable to use. Fairly standard in other respects. Currently running Windows 7 Release Candidate. Was not happy with how Ubuntu was running on this machine. Comes with Windows XP standard.
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 | ASUS Eee PC 1000 10-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 40 GB Solid State Drive, 20 GB Eee Storage, Linux, 6 Cell Battery) Fine Ebony
Buy used from: $375.00 The keyboard is slightly larger on this model and the Solid-State Hard Drive is 40GB. I've seen this model for as little as $430. My son uses this one daily running Ubuntu remix.
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 | ASUS Eee PC 900HA 8.9-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel ATOM N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, 10 GB Eee Storage, XP Home) Black
Buy new: $309.99 / Used from: $249.98 An alternative if you just HAVE to have Windows XP on your netbook.
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 | ASUS Eee PC 900 8.9-Inch Netbook (Intel Mobile Processor, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB Solid State Drive, Linux, 4 Cell Battery) Pearl White
Buy used from: $200.00 |
 | ASUS Eee PC 1000H 10-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, XP Home, 6 Cell Battery) Fine Ebony
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 | Belkin ME1004-R Wireless Cable/DSL Router 802.11g
Buy new: $29.24 Has some deficiencies, but should work well for smaller houses and apartments. The major thing I DON'T like about this model is the inability to connect an external antenna.
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 | D-Link DIR-655 Extreme N Wireless Router
Buy new: $89.99 / Used from: $75.96 As a sub-$100 Wireless N router, this is perfect for those who have adopted the the newer ASUS eee models which use 802.11N.
Full review is on the product site.
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 | Ubuntu Unleashed 2008 Edition: Covering 8.04 and 8.10 (4th Edition) by Andrew Hudson
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $24.00 A Good Reference. I've even replaced the Linux that came on my ASUS machine with Ubuntu. Takes some tinkering, but is worth the effort.
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 | A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux (Versions 8.10 and 8.04) (2nd Edition) by Mark G. Sobell
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $21.00 |
 | Getting Started With Open Office .Org 3.0: Openoffice.Org V3.0 by Ooo Authorsteam
Buy new: $21.95 / Used from: $17.95 Open Office is the Office Suite that comes bundled with most Linux systems.
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 | OpenOffice.org for Dummies by Gurdy Leete
Buy new: $18.24 / Used from: $11.98 |
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