Comments on: $199 Acer netbook with 8.9-inch screen, 16G solid-state drive and Win XP Home: E-reading possibility? http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/199-acer-netbook-with-89-inch-screen-16g-solid-state-drive-and-win-xp-home-e-reading-possibility/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/199-acer-netbook-with-89-inch-screen-16g-solid-state-drive-and-win-xp-home-e-reading-possibility/comment-page-1/#comment-1114293 David Rothman Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:55:45 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/30/199-acer-netbook-with-89-inch-screen-16g-solid-state-drive-and-win-xp-home-e-reading-possibility/#comment-1114293 What a useful tip, Kyle, thanks. I wonder what the minimum would be for the service packs to work well. David What a useful tip, Kyle, thanks. I wonder what the minimum would be for the service packs to work well. David

]]> By: Kyle http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/199-acer-netbook-with-89-inch-screen-16g-solid-state-drive-and-win-xp-home-e-reading-possibility/comment-page-1/#comment-1114203 Kyle Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:41:42 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/30/199-acer-netbook-with-89-inch-screen-16g-solid-state-drive-and-win-xp-home-e-reading-possibility/#comment-1114203 The problem with this is if it is like the Asus solid state models, it is actually a 4gb drive and a 12gb drive, with the primary drive being the 4gb one. This is a huge pain in the ass, due to the fact that Windows XP with all it's voluminous updates is >4gb these days. I could never get it to install the service pack due to a lack of free space. I'd just get one with a traditional mechanical hard disk if you are set on the netbook, or an ipod touch/stanza (which is the best option in my opinion) The problem with this is if it is like the Asus solid state models, it is actually a 4gb drive and a 12gb drive, with the primary drive being the 4gb one.

This is a huge pain in the ass, due to the fact that Windows XP with all it’s voluminous updates is >4gb these days. I could never get it to install the service pack due to a lack of free space.

I’d just get one with a traditional mechanical hard disk if you are set on the netbook, or an ipod touch/stanza (which is the best option in my opinion)

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