Frankly, I think many of you are missing the point of the article.  They were not trying to build the portability of a netbook, or the capability of a development platform.  They were simply trying to build a reasonable general purpose system for a low cost.  Clearly they did so and the fact that no monitor, keyboard, or mouse was included in the cost was simply a way of doing so for those folks who have such items laying around and no need to pay for new ones.<br>
<br>That there are many other solutions to specific needs is just the way life is.  I like hearing all your alternatives, but why knock the article in presenting them?<br><br>Larry<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:48 AM,  <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:joe@actionline.com">joe@actionline.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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&gt; The Q150 looks pretty sweet.<br>
&gt; Did you consider the Acer AspireRevo R3610-U9022?<br>
&gt; <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358654,00.asp" target="_blank">http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358654,00.asp</a><br>
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</div>Yes, the Acer has a dual-core Intel Atom 330 processor<br>
and the Lenovo Q150 has a dual-core Intel Atom 510 processor<br>
and reviews I&#39;ve found say the Lenovo is much faster.<br>
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