tklepic wrote:i have never been in a woot off before. I was looking for a Mac notebook. Hopefully those may come up soon.

i heard they are doing a mac woot after the megan fox woot. so keep your eyes pealed.

fmarzuka wrote:I did 10+ hours of research before buying my netbook and this gateway is definitely in the top 4 of all netbooks made to date.

Ever thought you couldn't play any games on a netbook? this gateway is perfect for casual gaming:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m5G6EfMA84&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpXjAlfVILc&NR=1&feature=fvwp

THE BEST PART ABOUT THIS LAPTOP IS THAT the CPU is not soldered, so there's a lot of talk on the forums about the possibility of changing it out for a X2 processor. WHich would kick any other notebooks ass.

(I do not work for gateway but I do think this is a great netbook, and I want to see the next woot.)

There is a difference betweem a netbook and a laptop.

You're wording here is mixingthem into one thing.
Tha's One~thing~ism

watch it buddy! people are watching out for people like you. Ha!

inthesticks wrote:A Gateway? My first pc was a Gateway...and it was an Edsel. I mean, it had so many problems....

And here I see that a "refurbished" Gateway netbook is being offered? Wow. Good luck to those who buy one of these; I hope you never have the problems I've had with Gateway.

Oh, and I never buy anything "refurbished". Recycled? Yes. Refurbished? No.

Some of my best purchases have been refurbs, you're missing out.

alrt888 wrote:I hate netbooks so much. It's a fluffed up scam to sell sub par parts of yester-year.

sure, a 11 inch portable computer is a computer of the yesteryears :rollseyes:

if netbooks are old laptops then why is it the new hotness now? do you know what nanotechnology is all about? keep your nonsense out of here and give people proper information. the technology is not old. its new technology designed for smaller form factors. it has yet to keep up with regular computers but if it did there would be no purpose of producing and selling existing computer parts. comparing technology on a netbook to regular computers is like comparing apples to oranges

I'm thinking about getting one of these for my grandma who just likes to browse the internet and shop.

Are there much cheaper netbooks out there that have lesser specs?

inthesticks wrote:A Gateway? My first pc was a Gateway...and it was an Edsel. I mean, it had so many problems....

And here I see that a "refurbished" Gateway netbook is being offered? Wow. Good luck to those who buy one of these; I hope you never have the problems I've had with Gateway.

Oh, and I never buy anything "refurbished". Recycled? Yes. Refurbished? No.

ummm...the white box says you never buy...anything...

tklepic wrote:i have never been in a woot off before. I was looking for a Mac notebook. Hopefully those may come up soon.

You miss the point of Woot. Here you will find stuff that there is a ton of refurbed items available or most people ended up not wanting. Macbooks fit into neither one of those categories.

fmarzuka wrote:Ok, more ram and HD space, but here you are paying for portability, low weight, and A RELATIVELY GOOD graphics card. Imagine hauling a 15.6 laptop around campus or in a plane.. I did it for 2 years and it was a pain in the butt

The butt? Just how are you hauling it? On a jockstrap? Most of us only experience pain in the back, not the butt. heh.

mygazebo wrote:I'm thinking about getting one of these for my grandma who just likes to browse the internet and shop.

Are there much cheaper netbooks out there that have lesser specs?

No, this is the one

dawgdave99 wrote:One of these just sold on eBay yesterday for $240 shipped, but none currently listed

Woot bought it, and now its here.

tklepic wrote:i have never been in a woot off before. I was looking for a Mac notebook. Hopefully those may come up soon.

sorry, but apple does not allow anyone but apple to overcharge, err i mean sell apple hardware.

you want to give steve jobs a heartattack !?

psychedelicbeats wrote:sure, a 11 inch portable computer is a computer of the yesteryears :rollseyes:

if netbooks are old laptops then why is it the new hotness now? do you know what nanotechnology is all about? keep your nonsense out of here and give people proper information. the technology is not old. its new technology designed for smaller form factors. it has yet to keep up with regular computers but if it did there would be no purpose of producing and selling existing computer parts. comparing technology on a netbook to regular computers is like comparing apples to oranges

Much of that is true, and I apologize for some of my cynacism. But there is no reason to put a single core 1.2GHz processor in a chassis over a decent dual core (for heaven's sake, the recommended system requirementst for Vista is 1.0Ghz... they could at least give it a little more buffer room). The space savings are negligible. The cost... well, I am no expert but they are still mass produced.

mygazebo wrote:I'm thinking about getting one of these for my grandma who just likes to browse the internet and shop.

Are there much cheaper netbooks out there that have lesser specs?

I just bought an Acer One from Woot a few weeks ago. It was a few dollars cheaper ($229+Shipping) but it had half the ram and only 160GB harddrive. The one thing that I think makes these kick-ass is the 6 cell battery that lasts over 6 hours. Having a light ultra-portable laptop would be pointless if you also have to haul 5 pounds of cables/transformers and be near an electrical outlet all the time.

I'd recommend a buy.

alrt888 wrote:I hate netbooks so much. It's a fluffed up scam to sell sub par parts of yester-year.

you miss the whole point of a netbook.

they are not meant to be a full power laptop.

mygazebo wrote:I'm thinking about getting one of these for my grandma who just likes to browse the internet and shop.

Are there much cheaper netbooks out there that have lesser specs?

you can find netbooks for just under $200 now. but that is for the older models that are being discontinued.

look at spending a little more to get a lot more.

psychedelicbeats wrote:sure, a 11 inch portable computer is a computer of the yesteryears :rollseyes:

if netbooks are old laptops then why is it the new hotness now? do you know what nanotechnology is all about? keep your nonsense out of here and give people proper information. the technology is not old. its new technology designed for smaller form factors. it has yet to keep up with regular computers but if it did there would be no purpose of producing and selling existing computer parts. comparing technology on a netbook to regular computers is like comparing apples to oranges

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Dude! the old technology is in the the net books, get real.. why in the hell did you write this?

Just becuase stuff is smaller does not make it better.
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It's a 279.00 NET BOOK - not a LAP TOP --- An Old Lap top can beat this becuase this is not a lap top.

Your little nerdy rant made you look like you need to find a girlfriend.

LastApeMan wrote:There is a difference betweem a netbook and a laptop.

You're wording here is mixingthem into one thing.
Tha's One~thing~ism

watch it buddy! people are watching out for people like you. Ha!

I guess I am wondering what the difference is between a netbook and a notebook. I thought netbook could not support microsoft office and could only run a lesser operating system. I mostly see Intel Atom chips in the netbook application. What makes this one a netbook? I have seen notebooks with AMD Athalon chips...

mygazebo wrote:I'm thinking about getting one of these for my grandma who just likes to browse the internet and shop.

Are there much cheaper netbooks out there that have lesser specs?

Yes, if you stay tuned , Woot will probably offer some Acer netbooks for about $210-$240. I got an Asus netbook from Woot for $150 two months ago but I wouldn't recommend it for for grandma since the screen is small. One advantage of this model is that it's the largest sccreen available on a netbook. In fact, some would say its size and weight disqualify it from the category.

As for lesser specs, that depends on what you mean. Most netbooks use a better CPU (1.6 ghz Atom) but smaller hard drive (usually 160 gb).

Anyway stay tuned. Woot usually offers 3-4 netbooks in their Wootofs.

if you just type : what's the difference between a netbook and a laptop?

into google you will get about ten pages of links telling the answer. I have not read them all. I am sure some of them are silly.

How many hours of battery life should a 6-Cell Lithium Ion Battery give you?

What's up with that little white dot in the middle of the US on the wooters wooting map?

I woke up this morning and my first thought was "I'll bet they're having a w00t-off." Sure enough. They're coming closer and closer together, it seems. Forget the world ending on 12/21/2012...it will end when we start seeing daily w00t-offs...

LastApeMan wrote:-----------
Dude! the old technology is in the the net books, get real.. why in the hell did you write this?

Just becuase stuff is smaller does not make it better.
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It's a 279.00 NET BOOK - not a LAP TOP --- An Old Lap top can beat this becuase this is not a lap top.

Your little nerdy rant made you look like you need to find a girlfriend.

you dumbass, read my post again

because an econobox does 30mpg it is still considered an old honda civic that did the same? get real. the same reason you're buying a new car is the same reason you'll be buying a newer computer. if you cant read this go diaf

I have one already, I love it.

I got a 9 cell battery on ebay for $50 and it lasts for 12 hours while using wireless !

Of course I wiped the hard drive and put XP Pro on it...

Were is the Woot Off song??? When will the album be released???

uberporsche wrote:I have one already, I love it.

I got a 9 cell battery on ebay for $50 and it lasts for 12 hours while using wireless !

Of course I wiped the hard drive and put XP Pro on it...

excellent deal !

i would like to find a 6 or 9 cell battery for my MSI Wind ( U100-420US ) at a price like that !

it has a 3 cell and that is not a lot of runtime between charges.

cruzmail wrote:You miss the point of Woot. Here you will find stuff that there is a ton of refurbed items available or most people ended up not wanting. Macbooks fit into neither one of those categories.

Nor do Mac products ever fit under the categories of "heavily discounted" or "easily affordable" -- both of which describe Woots and Wootoffs. Except for Shun knives.

I got one of these when they were sold on NOV. 12, and I love it! I put on Win 7 Pro and it runs shockingly fast! I can watch 720p videos, play games like Portal and World of Goo and even make songs using Adobe Audition. I know, I to thought Adobe products working on netbooks was a myth, but it's not!

With how powerful this netbooks is, I've started calling it a mini laptop.

I bought one of these off of woot a few weeks ago. I agree it is a tad big to really be considered a netbook. That being said, I threw in a 500GB hdd and upgraded to 4GB ram and have been very happy with this highly portable notebook. Runs 64-bit Linux like a champ.