Nice and portable, runs Linux, but the keyboard is uncomfortably small and the 7" screen resolution is weird.
I’ve seen ads for them, but have yet to actually find a place to buy one for that price. It seems to be an internet bait and switch deal much like the “Obama wants moms to go to college!!!” which sends you to nowhere except spam sites.
Give an example. Most of these have only a couple of gb of total storage off of flash memory. I would stay away from any that run from the Windows CE that is found on some of them.
Whether it is a good value depends on what you want to use it for.
ACER is an IBM clone, and a good one. My first desktop was an ACER. It and my Gateway, I would consider the best!
They seem to be of most value for getting email while traveling.
Not enough CPU power for playing video without some skips but might be ok for a 3hr flight.
I was happy with mine ... until you said what you did.
ML/NJ
Do these have any usb ports?
These are basically PDA’s with bigger screens. Avoid like the plague.
Nice and portable, runs Linux, but the keyboard is uncomfortably small and the 7" screen resolution is weird.
The specs you’re seeing closely resemble the storage , processor and display power of a typical high end automotive GPS unit. I have an acer Aspire 1 which runs XP (and unix) and has a reasonable amount of disk (160gb) ... far more than the $100 machine you’re seeing ... Many auto GPS systems run windows CE and can be reloaded as dual purpose machines ,, my Magellan Maestro 4040 is one such machine ... I would stay away from anything slower than your typical atom powered XP netbook for everyday use.