[20:19] Zareason vs. System76. Compare/contrast. Any other such vendors? [20:33] ive always wanted a system76 box [20:33] ive heard great things about zareason though [20:34] it's about $500 for the 10" netbook I've spec'd out (delta $23 between the two vendors) [20:34] i never looked into any others, besides HP and dell or whatever [20:34] Dell won't get another dime from me [20:34] it challening [20:34] i went with an asus i found on craigslist [20:35] next big machine purchase i make will be system76 though [20:35] I have an Asus eeePC I got from woot. 9" screen is a bit small, and the flash on it is the first gen which is sloooooow [20:35] i got one of those too [20:35] this is a 10 inch [20:35] 1.6, gig of ram [20:35] the usual [20:36] I was thinking the 10" netbook would replace it and my 15" laptop. [20:36] it did for me [20:36] since I rarely need such a beast anymore [20:36] i have an early HP mininote too [20:36] having the extra screen real estate is occasionally nice [20:36] with an express card slot [20:36] i use that with my firewire device for audio recording [20:36] i dont mix on it, but i probably could do a bit, and tracking on it works great [20:37] i got this EEE 1001p on craigslist for $150 [20:37] battery is still great [20:37] like 6 hours [20:37] my dad got one of the 10" eee's from newegg on sale. [20:37] my big thing is I want SSD rather than HDD. [20:38] That's probably the big price driver [20:38] smallest flash you can get is 40GB [20:38] 10x bigger than what's in my current eee :) [20:38] hehe [20:38] my old eee900 is an appliance now [20:38] its a synth module pretty much [20:39] i got it booting an SD card [20:39] hmm, I suppose that's a thought [20:39] though this thing is kind of due for a refresh [20:40] the battery did me in on it [20:40] i could have got a new battery for $50-70 [20:40] $150 got me a nice new-ish machine [20:40] bigger keyboard and screen, and that 6 hour batter is handy