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Any ideas of battery life? I have a larger Acer but even with optimized settings, the battery endurance is poor.

Quite a few of my NJE colleagues have these mini-notebooks, seem to be very practical.
 
I freakin love mine. Make sure you get an XP one, not Linux. (not that there is anything wrong with that!)

The xp ine runs about $50 more.
 
I bought my wife one for Christmas. Nice computer. Small. Light. Fast. The battery lasts about 5.5 hours. There are no external drives, so if you like to watch movies on the road, you are going to need to download them.

I would recommend it.
 
I got a similar one recently & it does a great job. There are several offerings in this price range & some variation in screen size and keyboard size & layout. Check them out at Best Buy & Frys to see which suits you best. I went with the MSI Wind personally but there are several good contenders in this price range with 8.9 or 10 inch screens.
Acer Aspire 1
Asus Eee
Lenovo S10
MSI Wind
Samsung

Plus if you are able & willing to pay more there are 12 inch models that don't weigh much more but give a larger layout plus a CD/DVD drive.
 
I have a 10 inch Eee PC 1000HA that I bought for around $375. I really like it. I actually haven't used up the battery in one sitting yet, so I don't know how long it lasts. At least 5 hours.
 
I've got the msi wind with a 9 cell battery. The wind has a super bright 10" screen and has worked great for me. The 9 cell battery was an extra battery for about $85 and puts the battery life at about 6 hours. The screen is bright and eats the original 3 cell battery in under 2 hours, but I knew that going in and found the 9 cell on Amazon. Check out the prices at www.newegg.com and amazon before you buy something at a box store to make sure you are getting a reasonable price. Also take into consideration how you will be using your computer. I take mine on the road for internet and movies. Without an optical drive you need a way to transfer data into the netbook if you want to watch DVDs. I already had a stand alone DVD burner that I can plug into a USB port and store the movies in the hard drive. I'm not sure if I would have gone with the netbook if I didn't already have that. The hard drives in most of the netbooks are over 100 gigs so you can jam a lot of movies in at a time and I actually find myself watching more Netflix since I get them and immediately load them into the computer and send them back for more rather than sitting on them until I get around to watching them and then having to wait for more after I send them back.
 
I have the ASUS EEE 9", and I wouldn't give it up for anything. It's just the size of a jepp binder and fits in a chart case or duffle easily, and for everyday work or surfing while on a trip it's everything I could ask for. I have the earliest version of the 9", with the solid state hard drive, which is supposedly far more impact/vibration/temperature resistant than a standard hard drive.

The lack of a DVD/CD drive is the only thing these computers are missing, but, you can purchase a portable drive to plug into your USB port if you want, or just download your movies/music/whatever onto a portable harddrive. I do this, and I don't miss the DVD player at all. Mine's the XP OS, and I've had no problems with speed or reliability.

here's a website dedicated to the EEE. The forums are pretty good for help in deciding what model would work best for you. http://www.eeeuser.com/
 
I've been using the Acer Aspire for about 3 months and love it.

The battery is rated at 2.5 hours but a 5 hour battery is available. Battery life hasn't been an issue for me, I rarely use it when it isn't plugged in.

I did buy a wireless USB mouse to use with it.

I have had no trouble with it so far and can highly recommend it.
 

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