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Old 10-19-2009, 08:35 PM
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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...

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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.
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Old 12-01-2009, 03:13 PM
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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.

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