I just got a ASUS 1101ha.
The battery life is absolutely amazing. I get 9 hours with WIFI on and surfing. If I turn off everything I get a good 11 hours.
You can't watch HD videos on youtube if your running Windows XP but I heard you can if you install Windows 7, it will work flawlessly...
coversutra - for itunes CD display on desktop
xchat (new developers now) - for mIRC
coconutbattery - track your battery life
toast 10 titanium - burn dvd/cd
unRARx - winrar extractor
crossover - can run windows apps
insomniaX - keep your mac running even with lid close
utorrent
X-chat(IRC)
VMware Fusion
Realplayer
MSN messenger MAC edition(if adium is not your thing :P )
Flip4mac (mac's edition of windows media player for browser videos)
Candybar (customize your layout)
Coversutra (able to monitor your music through itunes)
and yes... Norton Antivirus 11...
meh i use norton... even though i find it not needed but i feel uncomfortable when accessing my bank statements and bills and etc without having some sort of antivirus on. Just me :P
damn it looks like it was going to work but then the stupid error reappears for having an up to date version of the messenger for which i dont even have! damn microsoft making this so difficult!
I searched the forums but doesn't seem like it has been discussed yet. So I'm asking if someone can help me figure out how to get windows messenger running on 64 bit. I know version 8.1 works but for some reason when I try to install it, it says I already got a newer version installed. But I...
apparently there are news that netbooks may soon come with ATI atom graphic cards. It was suppose to be in the new MSI wind Eco U110 but then they denied it. But just keep a watch in the next couple of months. I'm pretty sure graphic cards is the main big thing for changes on the netbooks
i doubt there be changes to processor since atom just came out not to long ago. Most likely the biggest upgrades in netbook be the audio, memory, and battery time.
At the moment I'm looking into the new U115 MSI wind which is said to have 15 hours of battery life. Will have to confirm once...
yeah thats what i thought but after finding out the drivers dont work either i just gaved up and downgraded myself back to win xp pro 64 bit.. i feel so much more relieve going back to XP haha.. lets just hope they fix up the bugs in windows 7