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I bought this computer for my daugther and originally was reticient about gOS . After a couple of hours both myself and my dughter have become very impressed with the ease of use and speed of the machine. I woulod recommend this computer for anyone wanting a netbook

The Kogan Agora Netbook Pro is a winner in my opinion, I have friends that have bought other Netbook's on the market for $700 to $800 and they don't compare with the great value of the this Netbook. The screen is excellent, the battery life is good, the keyboard is perfect and the price is even better. If you have been waiting for the "right" netbook to come onto the market then wait no longer, the Kogan Agora Netbook Pro will surpass all your expectations.

I bought the Pro version, was delivered in 2 days to Bris! Attached my usb CD drive, booted to BIOS (all the functions you would normally find), enabled boot from usb, installed Vista Home, went flawlessly. Connected to my home wireless with higher strength then my PC. Installed ZoneAlarm Free version and PC Tools Antivirus Free version. Updated windows and got OpenGL support on the video :O. Its fast to boot. Screen is perfect and sharp as u would expect. Im a gamer and im running Urban Terror, Quake3, HalfLife.. yes those last two games arnt the latest versions but damn they look good on this its fun cos its portable and multiplayer online too. Non-geeks wont know the difference anyhow. I got a Virgin wireless adapter too with pre-paid so im having fun on the go with msn, yahoo with friends. Definately get a bluetooth mini mouse and a case off ebay. Best 500 bucks ive spent in a long time. Yeh im 41 but hey, im a big kid. Love my gadgets and this one is awesome. :D Im giving it 5 stars cos its exactly what i wanted in a netbook. Forget the rest, this is the best.

Mmmm... if the Kogan Netbook was a yummy lasagne I would be asking for seconds.

recently just bought this laptop and have found it to be quite good, postage was extremely fast and have found nothing wrong with it. I installed windows 7 onto it and haven't had any issues wat so ever, wifi is good, battery could be better but its still reasonable. All round great laptop.

I bought a new Agora Pro on E-Bay last week. It arrived promptly, and was easy to use. Unfortunately it had a hard to track fault which froze the kernel very occasionally. The Kogan tech support proved very helpful and mailed me a new WiFi card . This fixed the problem.
The gos installation seemed a bit touchy (wih the faulty wifi) so I replaced it with standard Debian, which proved 100% stable.
I would definitely recommend the Agora netbook. The ergonomics are very good, it is inexpensive , and the Kogan tech support people proved up to staying with a complex fault until it was completely sorted out.

Good: Was very good value for money

Bad: The price just went down after I bought it ;-(

After much www researching I decided to get an Kogan Agora Pro about a month ago. It's exactly what I was looking for and is pretty good value for 2Gb RAM, 6 cell battery (which protrudes and so is the only ugly feature). After reading online reviews my main concern was wireless but I've had no problems at all. gOS is absolutely fine but I wanted to install some more recent versions of statistical software for work so I've added Fedora 11. This works great including initially broken sound and touchpad after using Ubuntu hints at http://agoranetbook.kayno.net. It exceeds what I thought a netbook could reasonably do and has basically replaced my work laptop. I planned to install Windows 7 as well but there seems little point because Fedora does everything I need and my wife likes gOS.

I contacted Kogan last sunday (and got a reply!!) to get bank details for a direct deposit, put the money in on sunday night and let them know i had sent the money.
Got am e-mail tuesday saying the unit was on its way. It arived on Wednesday!!!!!!
nice unit, build quality is comparable with other, more expensive brands.
I found it very easy to set up, the wifi gets a nice strong signal.
i am very happy.

I just received mine and already have fallen in love with it although being in IT GeOS was a little underpowered. Installing Windows 7, XP and OpenSuse 11.1 were a breeze and have worked flawlessly.

2GB of RAM chews anything up and I highly recommend anyone to check out the Agora Pro!

The perfect companion for for any trip.

Purchased the Agora netbook when a special deal was announced on launch at $299. Didn't bother with Gos as I wanted a real computer not a toy, so wiped it and installed Win 7 Ultimate, just to see if I had to use XP.

I added Office 2007 and now have a fully functioning computer suitable for work. Really pleased with the performance and being able to use Win 7 is a definite plus.

However, the netbook was not exactly usable due to the proximity of the touch pad to the space bar - even jarring the plastic edge and not touching the pad would cause the cursor to reposition - very frustrating when you are trying to type.

Mentioned this to Kogan support and they agreed this is a common problem with netbooks as you can easily inadvertently hit the touch pad. They suggested TouchFreeze, a program that disables the touch pad while typing and turns it on again when needed. Works great and the first and last problem with the Agora is gone.

Highly recommend it (at least with Win 7 on it ;-)).