This is a cool little netbook for a young kid. My son loves it and I have to make him put it down. I give it a high rating with the exception of the parental controls. Sinces its Windows XP and IE 7 the controls are limited so I am using a trial version of NetNanny.
Other than that I would highly recommend the product but parents need to be a little computer savvy to setup.
First off, ill go with the cons, and there arnt that many.
upgrading the ram is MUCH dissecting, im a technician and i would NOT recommend anyone to upgrade the ram themselves. ALSO there is only 1 ram slot, …so if you had an extra half gig chip of DDR2 notebook ram lying around, you wont be able to put it in to bring this baby up to its “1.5 gig max”
bought this for my 8 yr old daughter ….NICE computer she LOVES IT….. windows XP doesn’t max out RAM usage so one gig IS PLENTY nice sized hard drive and wonderful battery life of 5 hrs …WOW….. you just want to use the browser in full screen (F11) so it isn’t all toolbar on the screen…just bought one for my 10 yr old son (he doesn’t know) ANY drivers for games can be downloaded online …just installed drivers online for the Barbie all dolled up nails, UB Funkeys, added ToonTown plenty of room..looked at the Acer and the Nickelodeon but battery life was lame enjoy your purchase….
This little pc is fabulous! Was hesitant, gave it a try, speed is great, XP smooth, display is crystal clear, quiet, does not overheat; i am extremely happy! would recommend to anyone!
P.Cruz/Naples, FL
We bought this netbook for our 12 year old daughters birthday for her to do homework, email and internet on. It is such a great little machine that I am now buying one for myself. It is as speedy and smooth as my ,000 laptop!!
” I love this little laptop. I was looking at several Windows CE Palmtops just when I discovered this laptop. I bought it right away. I wish it had Bluetooth but it does not. It has a good WiFi antenna built in though so that is a plus. I love XP and I love the speed, the 6 hour battery, the hard drive size. I added a LG laptop DVD burner to my USB port, It powers that great and I was able to watch 2 movies on one charge on a recent trip. I keep it in my work van for business inside a clipboard so no one see’s I have it. If I loose it I will get another one. “
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