AT&T adds Samsung Go to netbook lineup, dumbs it down with Windows 7 Starter

From Engadget -

AT&T has added a pair of Windows 7 Starter netbooks to its stable, the Samsung Go and the Acer Aspire One. Both will set you back $199 upfront (after rebate) plus a two-year data contract at either $35 a month for a 200MB cap or $60 a month for a 5GB cap.

Most people buy the $60 plan, meaning they fork over a minimum $1,639 over two years for a last-gen netbook running an OS that doesn't even let you change the desktop wallpaper. Not quite a good deal when you can buy an XP netbook on sale and get a regular free-on-contract USB data card that you can use on multiple machines.