How low can they go?

[erick]

Goodness, they are coming down in price. This on Ebay:-

Lenovo ideapad S10-3 netbook N450 1.66GHz 250G

$316 - free postage to Australia.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140459766600

[acropolite]

Yeah saw that, very tempting, if it had an inbuilt 3G modem I'd jump.

[Omaroo]

That and "instant on".

[ballaratdragons]

Hmmmm . . . J.B. HiFi in Ballarat had these and other brands (Samsung and HP) of the same size laptop from $310 up to $360 a few weeks ago. Don't know if they still do.

Same as this one I am on now that Doug got for me. Mine is the HP.
Does almost everything I want, but doesn't have a disk drive.
Does crash a lot during Broadcasting as Netbooks don't like doing doing too much at once.

Although, this is my prime Imaging and Live Broadcasting machine :thumbsup:

But be aware, the ad says that this particular model is definately a 'Netbook' not a notebook.
Netbooks don't do everything a Notebook or laptop can do.
Netbooks are purpose-built for a limited role, while traditional notebooks are a multi-purpose general tool.

Sorry Eric, just making sure people know that it is a limited machine.
Still a good price though.

[erick]

Agreed Ken, they are suitable for certain uses and definitely not for others. But they give a lot of basic capability for a low price.

[ballaratdragons]

Yes Eric, I do everything with mine:

Surf the Net, DSLR imaging, Star Programs (Cartes du Ciel, Stellarium, etc), Registax stacking, ImagesPlus imaging stacking and processing, PhotoShop CS processing, etc etc etc.

And now I do 'LIVE' Astro Broadcasting, but hard to run anything else when doing this.

So it is still quite a capable machine :thumbsup: