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I am thinking of buying this laptop, i really just need it for internet, storing photos, and simple tasks...I dont really need a whole lot of bells and whistles.  I would like to be able to watch movies on it when i'm traveling, and i'm assuming i would have to buy a attachable DVD drive for it correct?  If anyone has this computer, or knows anything about it I would appreciate a response before I decide to buy it
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I have a 9" Aspire One and love it, although I wish I'd known about the 10" one coming out, it's less than what I paid for my 9" in December!  (I also have a fullsized laptop for gaming and such, but many times I just bring the tiny AAO along - superportable and great battery life)
As previously mentioned, you can't legally save DVDs to the hard drive of a computer to watch on a plane (or whatever) even if you own the DVD.  No real technical barriers, but it is not legal.
I do routinely take TV recordings from my MythTV (Computer-based PVR, kind of like TiVo on steroids) system and recompress them with Handbrake (http://handbrake.fr/) for my Aspire One.  Recompressing broadcast TV recordings is legal.
FYI - The netbooks Best Buy sells are usually the same price as from other sources but frequently include a smaller 3-cell battery instead of a 6-cell battery, a fact which is not mentioned on Best Buy's online ordering systems, or at least wasn't a few weeks ago.
*disclaimer* I am not now, nor have I ever been, an employee of Best Buy, Geek Squad, nor of any of their affiliate, parent, or subsidiary companies.

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