net books

[alfie07]

thinking about getting a net book would appreciate any advice thanks in advance alfie07

 

[stevesey]

Just thinking about the MSI Wind/Advent 4211 (same machine) myself.
10in screen, 1Gb Men, XP Home, 120Gb HD for £250 - impressive spec for the price (has bluetooth as well which a number of machine miss out on).

Had a quick peek in PCworld yesterday the 4211 has a slightly better (full width) keyboard than the 4212/4213 models.

 

[A210AMG]

Hello

My home laptop os a 17" Toshiba however I also use a Toshiba NB100 8.9" Screen, 120gb H/D, 1GB (soon to upgrade). Its seems to work very well.

However...........


Toshiba have addressed a few issues, mainly the small keyboard and the darkness of the keys. I have on order (for work) to test the new NB, it will have a 10" screen, larger keyboard and around £280 wit Vista. We get a three year warranty with these also so overall I'm happy with them.

Will report back on the new NB when I get my hands on it. The NB100 I have is great for surfing, word, checking mail etc.

 

[Kinky]

Alfie,

It all boils down to your budget and any specific requirements you've got.

Any suggestions/ideas?

K

 

[CE230]

I have had an Asus Eee netbook for over a year now and find it brilliant. I use it mainly for emails, fora and the like but if you intend to watch movies the screen is a bit small, reectified in the later model, and memory can be a problem too.

 

[HughJarse]

Samsung NC10 is one of the quickest ( although they mainly all use the atom 1.6 chip)

And the new Compaq model gets good reviews.

 

[crammy69]

Ive had my asus eee 904hd for 5 months now and very pleased with it. I hardly ever use the desktop now, i just use the netbook in front of the tv every night!. If i were to buy one today I would go for a 10" screen, mine is a 8.9 and you do have more left /rifgt scrolling to do than is normal. Get an XP machine, and if you can get one with HSPDA? then all the better.

 

[WLeg]

Samsung NC10 - get it from saveonsamsung.com, with a 1GB upgrade Works very will with Windows 7

 

[MrT]

I'm waiting for a discount on the Dell Mini 9 to put OSX on it.

 

[Baron_Samedi]

Hi,

Is the fan on the models suggested here, obtrusive in living room where the SO is watching soaps and stuff on TV?

 

[HughJarse]

Hi,

Is the fan on the models suggested here, obtrusive in living room where the SO is watching soaps and stuff on TV?

No fan (noise ) - atom 1.6 chip. However its not called a net book for nothing as they wont do much more than surf.

 

[Baron_Samedi]

Sounding sweet to me, Hugh!

The missus will have no reason to ban me from the living room if I get one of them

 

[Dryce]

net book for nothing as they wont do much more than surf.

Depends on what you run on them.

Office 2007 is a bit of a no-no. Office 2003 should run OK.

 

[stevesey]

Depends on what you run on them.

Office 2007 is a bit of a no-no. Office 2003 should run OK.

Even then some reviewers suggest Office 2007, although slower, is responsive enough on a netbook for everyday tasks.

 

[Meldrew2]

I have had an Asus Eee netbook for over a year now and find it brilliant. I use it mainly for emails, fora and the like but if you intend to watch movies the screen is a bit small, reectified in the later model, and memory can be a problem too.

I had an Asus eee pc, it was fine, but now I have a 9" Dell (oo-err missus)

For £199, it's decent value, and the battery life is amazing. 4 hours plus!

.

 

[HughJarse]

I had an Asus eee pc, it was fine, but now I have a 9" Dell (oo-err missus)

For £199, it's decent value, and the battery life is amazing. 4 hours plus!

.

We're up to nearly 6 hours on the Samsung NC10... they get better, then start to fade.

 

[Dryce]

We're up to nearly 6 hours on the Samsung NC10... they get better, then start to fade.

Samsung have another model - the N110 which is a bit pricier and heavier than the NC10 but allegedly does 9.5 hours.

 

[alfie07]

thanks for all the replies expecting to pickup a toshiba nb200 monday next week will let you how it goes

 

[hygt2]

I would second on Asus EeePC with the long life battery, solid state drive (SSD) instead of hard disc because it is lighter and makes the battery last longer (7+ hours) with Intel Atom processor and Windows XP to make it faster and less power usage.

 

[ShinyF1]

My wife wants her own small computer but will need MS Office functions.

Given comments above about Office 2003/2007 how do you deal with loading CD/DVD based software onto a netbook with no optical drive? Can OEM software be transferred to USB sticks to install from there?

Thanks

Sean