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