Originally Posted by
Jerry Peck
Aaron,
There are two brands of netbooks, maybe more now: HP and Acer.
I could not find any HP netbooks at the time so I bought an Acer.
Both HP and Acer have the same two models: with SP3 and withOUT SP3. As I did not want to deal with the problems I've heard and read about with Vista and similar with SP3, and I did not want to have to buy new software, which would have meant re-writing my inspection program, I went with the model withOUT SP3.
Much lighter (about a 2/3 the weight - 2+ pounds instead of 3+ pounds) and much longer battery life.
To me, the decision between the two models was a no brainer, and the one I liked better also cost about $100 less (however, that was not the deciding factor, just a nice side benefit).