Gateway LT3119u Netbook Purchase

Gateway LT3119u 11.6-Inch Netbook (NightSky Black)
VERY UNHAPPY WITH (SELLER) CHEETAH DEALS! Computer was supposed to come with 2GB of RAM (originally from manufacturer) and showed up here with 513MB installed in it! BARELY enough to even run the basic windows 7 operating system! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?? Nice QC Cheetah.....especially on a refurb?? c'mon guys. When I called to work this out with CHEETAH DEALS and figure out how to rectify this the guy said I could return it for a credit. Ok...seriously?? I offered the suggestion (not him) him to send me the RAM for it and he said he would. This was on a Friday. Wednesday comes and goes so I decide to call Cheetah and check on the shipment and they said that it did not even go out and they did not have one for me. This made me VERY unhappy! The woman said she would do some checking and get back to me within the hour. No call back. So I called again. They said that the package would be shipped out that day and that she would call me back with the tracking number. Again...no call back...I left it go a few days (since it was over the weekend of the fourth of July Holiday. It was indeed shipped, but to the wrong address. I finally did get the RAM and had to install it myself. I would definately be reluctant to purchase from them again. Felt like they tried rip me off and I caught them. Everything is as I'd originally

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ASUS Great little computer

Disney Netpal by ASUS - 8.9-Inch Princess Pink Netbook - 5 Hour Battery Life
I bought this computer for my son as a back-to-school present (August 2010). It's a nice first computer that does everything a "real" computer should (games, internet, school stuff). The Netpal is very durable; it's been dropped a few times and gets banged around in my boy's backpack--he takes it everywhere--and has hardly a scratch on the case. The 1024 x 600 display hasn't been an issue, my son says all the games he plays (Club Penguin, Neo Pets, etc) all work even on the little screen. The "5-hour" battery life is more like 3 hours in real life, though.

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