[quote name='Maklershed'](and I can't see that picture Zewmang but I hope its a lovely feminina)[/QUOTE]:lol:[quote name='manthing']That's the one from Dell, right?
What upgrades have you done, hardware-wise?[/QUOTE]I just bought a stick of RAM from Amazon with some of my credit from the Watchmen exploit and a 16GB for $40 off of eBay after coupons and cashback. I hope I can sell my bundle of the original 4GB SSD + 512MB of RAM + Ubuntu disc to make back some of that money. I'll upgrade to a faster, larger SSD once the prices start to drop, I just wanted enough space for the OS and apps, music and video can be streamed or put on my external drive.
[quote name='MillerTime2523']Mojimbo, where / when did you pick that up?
I've been looking to get a decent netbook at around $300 or less. $150 for that thing is a steal.[/QUOTE]
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=508254&t=1214201
You can still get a really good deal on them, but you kind of have to work at it.
I'd recommend you order a refurbished/previously sold as new one off of the Dell Outlet. They're supposed to be good as new and a big problem with ordering them new is that they take forever to get them to you(I think they build them to order, so when you put in an order it gets sent to Asia where they build it there and they then take forever boxing it and sending it over to the US, where they still have to FedEx it to you. There's also been shortages of new parts recently too.) Mine took nearly 3 weeks to get to me and that's supposed to be a really good turnaround. With refurbs they're already built and in the US so it takes like a week.
http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnline...line/en/InventorySearch?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh
They sell the base model for $189. It comes with 512MB of RAM and a 4GB SSD. Ubuntu or XP Home. I'd recommend you get a white one instead of black, since it'll show fingerprints less and it costs the same. I've also seen some configurations on there for like $249 for a 16GB SSD and 2GB of RAM, so I'd recommend you either get the base and upgrade it yourself or buy it at $249 with that in it. Their stock changes all the time so you really have to keep an eye on it to find a deal.
There are 15% coupons floating around that you can get for free or for a couple of dollars.
http://www.e-junkie.com/coupon/tag/403/3419/5551/tag.php#OUTLET
The way I really got the most out of the deal was by buying a Dell gift card off eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=140304366492
I got instant cashback on top of that so I ended up paying $69 for $100 of credit.