OT: Buying a Netbook

[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.

[Anonymous]

i went for the asus 1005ha in the end due to its 8 hour battery life. it costs about $320 on amazon

[Anonymous]

i went for the asus 1005ha in the end due to its 8 hour battery life. it costs about $320 on amazon

[Anonymous]

i went for the asus 1005ha in the end due to its 8 hour battery life. it costs about $320 on amazon

[Anonymous]

i went for the asus 1005ha in the end due to its 8 hour battery life. it costs about $320 on amazon

[Anonymous]

i went for the asus 1005ha in the end due to its 8 hour battery life. it costs about $320 on amazon

[Coronita]

Acer. But I’m biased 🙂

[Coronita]

Acer. But I’m biased 🙂

[Coronita]

Acer. But I’m biased 🙂

[Coronita]

Acer. But I’m biased 🙂

[Coronita]

Acer. But I’m biased 🙂

[drboom]

My wife and I have matching ASUS 900A ($299.00 at Best Buy last fall) netbooks, and they work quite well. We run Ubuntu Linux 8.10 Intrepid; no idea if Windows does well on these machines.

If you get one of these with 1GB of RAM, spend $32.00 (shipped) on a 2GB upgrade from crucial.com It makes a big difference if you can minimize or eliminate disk swapping since the MLC Flash drives in these things are slow.

Speaking of flash drives, I replaced the tiny 4GB unit in mine with a 64GB MLC drive. ($115.00 at the time, but prices fluctuate all over the place).

They’re good little machines. My wife prefers her work-supplied MacBook, but that’s mainly a screen size issue. I use mine almost exclusively, and we also have a late model 20″ iMac and an older 12″ G4 iBook to choose from.

I laugh when I see reviews that say netbooks are only good for light surfing, email, etc. I use mine for everything but video editing and conversion, and I’m a programmer/tech guy. If I have to type a lot of stuff, I use an Apple Bluetooth keyboard, though–these little chicklet keys can slow you down.

[drboom]

My wife and I have matching ASUS 900A ($299.00 at Best Buy last fall) netbooks, and they work quite well. We run Ubuntu Linux 8.10 Intrepid; no idea if Windows does well on these machines.

If you get one of these with 1GB of RAM, spend $32.00 (shipped) on a 2GB upgrade from crucial.com It makes a big difference if you can minimize or eliminate disk swapping since the MLC Flash drives in these things are slow.

Speaking of flash drives, I replaced the tiny 4GB unit in mine with a 64GB MLC drive. ($115.00 at the time, but prices fluctuate all over the place).

They’re good little machines. My wife prefers her work-supplied MacBook, but that’s mainly a screen size issue. I use mine almost exclusively, and we also have a late model 20″ iMac and an older 12″ G4 iBook to choose from.

I laugh when I see reviews that say netbooks are only good for light surfing, email, etc. I use mine for everything but video editing and conversion, and I’m a programmer/tech guy. If I have to type a lot of stuff, I use an Apple Bluetooth keyboard, though–these little chicklet keys can slow you down.

[drboom]

My wife and I have matching ASUS 900A ($299.00 at Best Buy last fall) netbooks, and they work quite well. We run Ubuntu Linux 8.10 Intrepid; no idea if Windows does well on these machines.

If you get one of these with 1GB of RAM, spend $32.00 (shipped) on a 2GB upgrade from crucial.com It makes a big difference if you can minimize or eliminate disk swapping since the MLC Flash drives in these things are slow.

Speaking of flash drives, I replaced the tiny 4GB unit in mine with a 64GB MLC drive. ($115.00 at the time, but prices fluctuate all over the place).

They’re good little machines. My wife prefers her work-supplied MacBook, but that’s mainly a screen size issue. I use mine almost exclusively, and we also have a late model 20″ iMac and an older 12″ G4 iBook to choose from.

I laugh when I see reviews that say netbooks are only good for light surfing, email, etc. I use mine for everything but video editing and conversion, and I’m a programmer/tech guy. If I have to type a lot of stuff, I use an Apple Bluetooth keyboard, though–these little chicklet keys can slow you down.

[drboom]

My wife and I have matching ASUS 900A ($299.00 at Best Buy last fall) netbooks, and they work quite well. We run Ubuntu Linux 8.10 Intrepid; no idea if Windows does well on these machines.

If you get one of these with 1GB of RAM, spend $32.00 (shipped) on a 2GB upgrade from crucial.com It makes a big difference if you can minimize or eliminate disk swapping since the MLC Flash drives in these things are slow.

Speaking of flash drives, I replaced the tiny 4GB unit in mine with a 64GB MLC drive. ($115.00 at the time, but prices fluctuate all over the place).

They’re good little machines. My wife prefers her work-supplied MacBook, but that’s mainly a screen size issue. I use mine almost exclusively, and we also have a late model 20″ iMac and an older 12″ G4 iBook to choose from.

I laugh when I see reviews that say netbooks are only good for light surfing, email, etc. I use mine for everything but video editing and conversion, and I’m a programmer/tech guy. If I have to type a lot of stuff, I use an Apple Bluetooth keyboard, though–these little chicklet keys can slow you down.

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