Netbooks Now - Time To Buy?

As the prices continue to drop on netbooks, it has some people wondering if the prices will end up falling even further? Still, with so many netbooks running specs that are just too low for daily use, the charge remains that many distros can run on them no problem. Sure, unless you use YouTube or anything else that is not viewing a website from 1999.

Look, netbook or notebook, get as many hardware upgrades as possible when shooting for the low end. While you might not really need the next Dual-core system with four GBs of RAM, it would also be cool to be able to edit documents without it taking all day for them to load.

Should you steer clear of the VIA setups? For me, I break it down this way. Never buy from an OEM unless they are also providing you with aftermarket support. If this is too much trouble, then you need to think the hardware you are about to select.

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