- 1.6 GHz
- 60 GB (4200 RPM) HD
- 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM
- XP3 (I have my puppylinux usb drive ready to go if needed)
- Webcam
- 2x USB ports
- 10.2 ” Diagonal 1024×600 display (which looks amazing)
- Integrated B/G Wireless
- Integrated Intel 950 Graphics
- SD card slot
- 3-cell Li-Poly battery

The only downside is that it doesn’t have a CD/DVD drive… so I can’t just load VS2008 on there like I’d planned.  Instead I have to download the iso tonight, put it onto my handy 8GB USB drive, and then install it from there.

I didn’t want an out-of-control crazy machine.  I wanted one that could do three things: run VS 2008, podcast, and do video chat on skype.  That’s it.

I’m going to play around with this for a while, and I will most likely upgrade to a 2GB memory chip… then I’ll see about upgrading the harddrive (currently at 60 GB, with Office 2007, VS 2008, and SQL Server, it will probably get down to 30 GB) although I might just carry around my 320 Western Digital Passport – it matches nicely with the finish and wouldn’t take up too much additional footprint or add too much weight to a proper case.

Anyway, that’s all for now – I’ll update again on how well it runs VS 2008 – I’m excited to get it working!!!

-Nick