[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by ptyork

Removal of all of the other features was okay, but this was bad. I actually now think removing the three app limit was a bad thing since it made this a viable version.

Indeed...though I think, overall, the three app limit wouldn't be so bad for the average person. I think they'll end up complaining about the wallpaper more than they would the three app limit. But that's water under the bridge at this point...

Originally Posted by ptyork

Any idea what the price difference is for high volume OEM's between this and Home Premium? $10? Uugh!

Not a clue. All I know is that $80 to upgrade the OS on a $349 netbook is an expensive upgrade.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by ptyork

Removal of all of the other features was okay, but this was bad. I actually now think removing the three app limit was a bad thing since it made this a viable version.

Indeed...though I think, overall, the three app limit wouldn't be so bad for the average person. I think they'll end up complaining about the wallpaper more than they would the three app limit. But that's water under the bridge at this point...

Originally Posted by ptyork

Any idea what the price difference is for high volume OEM's between this and Home Premium? $10? Uugh!

Not a clue. All I know is that $80 to upgrade the OS on a $349 netbook is an expensive upgrade.

[hazcaddy]

Sorry not to have replied before but I didn't notice this thread.

I got my HP Mini 311-1033 at Costco for C$449.99. The 311-1000 at Future Shop was C$429 with W7 Starter and 1 Gb system memory, the 311-1033 at Costco came with 250 Gb HDD instead of 160 Gb, 2 Gb system memory, and W7 Home Premium.

The warranty on the 1033 is also 2 years instead of the 1-year for the 1000. It was a limited time $50-off offer at Costco, but even so at the $500 Cdn full price it's quite a bigger bang for your buck than at Future Shop.

So the $70 difference covers not just the upgrade of the OS, but 90 Gb more disk space, 1 Gb more memory, and an extra year warranty.