We didn't start shopping for one; I just wanted to show them to Karyn as a potential Christmas present. Because she often wants to access the Internet while watching TV, I thought that she might like something that she can sit on the seat next to her and put on her lap when she wants.
I didn't anticipate the level of enthusiasm. It took all of 30 seconds for her to get excited, especially when she realised you could get white ones. She'd previously said that she'd like a MacBook because they looked nice and you could get white ones.
We had to do the "shopping around" thing, and then spent the rest of the day going from shop to shop, mall to mall, comparing prices and models. Then low and behold, we ended up where we started from because (a) the price was OK and (b) they had white ones.
We ended up with an Acer Aspire One (in white). It has a 9" screen, a good sized keyboard, and 1GB of memory running Windows XP Home.
What surprised me during our shopping trip were the comments from the various salesmen.
"We only get them in blue," said one.
"We recommend this one because it has twice the battery life" The one he was pointing us at was twice the price and twice the weight and seemed to be more like a conventional laptop than an ultra-portable netbook.
"You should consider this one because it has a bigger screen with a wider viewing angle" As though you were going to use one of these babies sitting on someone else's lap. Let me tell you, you need good eyesight to use one of these without squinting.
Anyway, my surprise Christmas present is now ruined and I guess I'll have to find something else .
But at least she can't complain when I buy myself a new quad-core machine next week.
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