I got a Gateway LT2114U with XP  home from J & R mid June. No built in=20
optical drive, but for around $35 I got a 2 layer DVD with Lightscribe=20
USB drive. The nettop also came with 811N and Bluetooth. So if you have=20
a desktop available, that should enable data transfer at good rates, but=20
if the system crashes, you will need the USB drive to get it running=20
again. Remember to burn a set of restore discs and/or slipstream an=20
install disc while you are able. Checking a little while ago, I couldn't=20
find the same, or any with XP at J & R.
> Basically there are "larger Netbooks" that are laptops, but are netbooks
> because no optical drive,
> But with typically 160GB HDD, you can load ISO of CD and mount as letter
>   =20
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