[rasimus]

Hi,

I have been looking at threads for a while now and have not chipped in as yet - so this is my first post.

I have just bought an inspiron 910 from Dell online. After a week with it I am pretty happy. I have removed a lot of bloatware and now it runs pretty well with xp. Open office is reasonably fast. I use mysql/navicat for databases and that requires little processor speed. I have just installed sky charts 3 and it runs fine. I also have tweaked firefox (autohide and increased the text size on the address bar) for a smaller screen.

The keyboard is small but you soon get used to it - I saw an aspire today and the keyboard is a lot more familiar (90% against 80% size). I have bought Dell computers before and were happy with their service and quality. The inspiron is certainly well made.

I have looked at a few forums and many are bemoaning the fact there is not a linux incarnation in Australia. The xp version runs fine once you get rid of google toolbar, McAfee etc. Everything including power management works fine - can be a problem with linux.

Just thought I would feed back my experience - certainly look at as many versions as you can. Happy netbooking!

rasimus