OT: Buying a Netbook

[kev374]

I’m in the market for a Netbook and wondering which one I should get, 8.9″ or 10″?

I have narrowed it down to the following choices:

Acer Aspire One
EEE PC 901

EEE PC 1000HA
Samsung NC10

I am leaning towards a 8.9″ model due to extreme portability but am wondering if there will be any usability problems because it is so small.

[ocrenter]

tried both EEE and Aspire One.

Aspire One wins hands down. The boot time is faster, the look is slicker, the $300 price tag is excellent. and the wife love the pink.

[ocrenter]

tried both EEE and Aspire One.

Aspire One wins hands down. The boot time is faster, the look is slicker, the $300 price tag is excellent. and the wife love the pink.

[ocrenter]

tried both EEE and Aspire One.

Aspire One wins hands down. The boot time is faster, the look is slicker, the $300 price tag is excellent. and the wife love the pink.

[ocrenter]

tried both EEE and Aspire One.

Aspire One wins hands down. The boot time is faster, the look is slicker, the $300 price tag is excellent. and the wife love the pink.

[ocrenter]

tried both EEE and Aspire One.

Aspire One wins hands down. The boot time is faster, the look is slicker, the $300 price tag is excellent. and the wife love the pink.

[creechrr]

I have the Asus EEE PC 1000H. If you have large hands the extra width of the 10″ netbooks is nice. The resolution is the same between the 9″ and 10″ displays.

I can’t complain much about the performance. It handles the usual surfing, word processing, and mulitmedia apps just fine. In fact, my Dell desktop took a dump a couple of days ago. I used the EEE PC as a replacement just fine. I connected the VGA port to my 20″ LCD. All I had to do was select the correct resolution. Even dual display using the netbooks LCD works. I even had OS X running on it for awhile.

The 9″ will be lighter and easier to carry on your travels. The Aspire One is feather light but, felt “cheap” to the touch. If you’re into modding at all, the Apsire is less mod friendly.

The MSI Wind seems to be the mod leader.

[creechrr]

I have the Asus EEE PC 1000H. If you have large hands the extra width of the 10″ netbooks is nice. The resolution is the same between the 9″ and 10″ displays.

I can’t complain much about the performance. It handles the usual surfing, word processing, and mulitmedia apps just fine. In fact, my Dell desktop took a dump a couple of days ago. I used the EEE PC as a replacement just fine. I connected the VGA port to my 20″ LCD. All I had to do was select the correct resolution. Even dual display using the netbooks LCD works. I even had OS X running on it for awhile.

The 9″ will be lighter and easier to carry on your travels. The Aspire One is feather light but, felt “cheap” to the touch. If you’re into modding at all, the Apsire is less mod friendly.

The MSI Wind seems to be the mod leader.

[creechrr]

I have the Asus EEE PC 1000H. If you have large hands the extra width of the 10″ netbooks is nice. The resolution is the same between the 9″ and 10″ displays.

I can’t complain much about the performance. It handles the usual surfing, word processing, and mulitmedia apps just fine. In fact, my Dell desktop took a dump a couple of days ago. I used the EEE PC as a replacement just fine. I connected the VGA port to my 20″ LCD. All I had to do was select the correct resolution. Even dual display using the netbooks LCD works. I even had OS X running on it for awhile.

The 9″ will be lighter and easier to carry on your travels. The Aspire One is feather light but, felt “cheap” to the touch. If you’re into modding at all, the Apsire is less mod friendly.

The MSI Wind seems to be the mod leader.

[creechrr]

I have the Asus EEE PC 1000H. If you have large hands the extra width of the 10″ netbooks is nice. The resolution is the same between the 9″ and 10″ displays.

I can’t complain much about the performance. It handles the usual surfing, word processing, and mulitmedia apps just fine. In fact, my Dell desktop took a dump a couple of days ago. I used the EEE PC as a replacement just fine. I connected the VGA port to my 20″ LCD. All I had to do was select the correct resolution. Even dual display using the netbooks LCD works. I even had OS X running on it for awhile.

The 9″ will be lighter and easier to carry on your travels. The Aspire One is feather light but, felt “cheap” to the touch. If you’re into modding at all, the Apsire is less mod friendly.

The MSI Wind seems to be the mod leader.

[creechrr]

I have the Asus EEE PC 1000H. If you have large hands the extra width of the 10″ netbooks is nice. The resolution is the same between the 9″ and 10″ displays.

I can’t complain much about the performance. It handles the usual surfing, word processing, and mulitmedia apps just fine. In fact, my Dell desktop took a dump a couple of days ago. I used the EEE PC as a replacement just fine. I connected the VGA port to my 20″ LCD. All I had to do was select the correct resolution. Even dual display using the netbooks LCD works. I even had OS X running on it for awhile.

The 9″ will be lighter and easier to carry on your travels. The Aspire One is feather light but, felt “cheap” to the touch. If you’re into modding at all, the Apsire is less mod friendly.

The MSI Wind seems to be the mod leader.

[kev374]

thanks, definitely not into modding. I just want something to carry around while travelling that will let me surf the web and watch some video when I am bored at the airport, maybe view a word or excel doc here and there. Since I carry other stuff in my backpack like my DSLR and stuff I don’t want anything that will be a pain to lug around.

My question is this… is the 10″ that much bigger or heavier than a 9″ that the extra weight is noticable? I have checked some of these models in the store but unfortunately I could not get a sense of the weight as they had removed the batteries and they were running off the adapter.

[kev374]

thanks, definitely not into modding. I just want something to carry around while travelling that will let me surf the web and watch some video when I am bored at the airport, maybe view a word or excel doc here and there. Since I carry other stuff in my backpack like my DSLR and stuff I don’t want anything that will be a pain to lug around.

My question is this… is the 10″ that much bigger or heavier than a 9″ that the extra weight is noticable? I have checked some of these models in the store but unfortunately I could not get a sense of the weight as they had removed the batteries and they were running off the adapter.

[kev374]

thanks, definitely not into modding. I just want something to carry around while travelling that will let me surf the web and watch some video when I am bored at the airport, maybe view a word or excel doc here and there. Since I carry other stuff in my backpack like my DSLR and stuff I don’t want anything that will be a pain to lug around.

My question is this… is the 10″ that much bigger or heavier than a 9″ that the extra weight is noticable? I have checked some of these models in the store but unfortunately I could not get a sense of the weight as they had removed the batteries and they were running off the adapter.

[kev374]

thanks, definitely not into modding. I just want something to carry around while travelling that will let me surf the web and watch some video when I am bored at the airport, maybe view a word or excel doc here and there. Since I carry other stuff in my backpack like my DSLR and stuff I don’t want anything that will be a pain to lug around.

My question is this… is the 10″ that much bigger or heavier than a 9″ that the extra weight is noticable? I have checked some of these models in the store but unfortunately I could not get a sense of the weight as they had removed the batteries and they were running off the adapter.

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