Kogan has again slashed the price of the agora netbook, this time down to $299.
It is only the low-end agora, so for $299 you get a 10″ netbook with 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard disk and a 3 cell battery.
There does however appear to be issues with the wireless network capabilities – you can read about this in other blog entries:
To purchase the kogan agora for $299, use the discount code NEWSLTR093 when you purchase online.
Posted in agora, wireless
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Earlier this month kogan announced that both the kogan agora and kogan agora pro netbooks would be both $100 cheaper, at $399 and $439 respectively.
The difference between the two is still $40, and spending the extra on the pro is still money well spent if you are considering buying a kogan netbook.
You may wish to review some of the comments on this site regarding the wireless network capabilities of the agora netbook, however at $439, the kogan agora is a now a very cheap netbook.
Posted in agora, agora pro
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After the problems I had connecting to wireless networks overseas with my kogan agora netbook, I emailed kogan support and explained the issues I had been facing.
A support representative emailed me back rather promptly (6 minutes later!) and acknowledged the under-performance of the VIA wifi card. They also offered to send me a replacement card, which is now being used in the agora netbooks.
I quickly took up the offer, and a week later, the new Ralink wifi card arrived in my mailbox (see the picture gallery below).
Change over of the card was very easy – power down, remove battery, remove single screw for the back panel and slide open the panel. Next I used small pliers to carefully lift off the two antenna connectors, and then after removing the single screw holding the card down I was able to pull it out. Installation of the new card was the reverse of the removal of the old.
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