Originally Posted by
JMN57
2) a heck of a lot cheaper (I paid $599 when it came out)
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So, my (hearty/strong) recommendation. Take a good hard look at the SU7300 dual core netbooks - forget the labels and just consider the price, performance, weight, etc. I think if you do, you'll see that they are a GREAT deal.
Data point: this is slightly faster than full-price subnotebooks of the prior generation (ie the Dell D430, etc), and essentially the same processor as the current generation[*], but about 60% of the price. Good value in that sense.
[* the SU9000 series is clocked higher, at 1.4-1.6ghz vs 1.3ghz for the SU7300, but models are otherwise basically identical. ]
It's also only a little faster than the Pentium Dual Core SU4100 (same clock rate, but bigger cache on the SU7300), with the biggest difference being the virtualization feature on the SU7300 being disabled on the SU4100. If you don't know what that is, you probably don't need it. Either one is a good choice.
http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=42791,43568,