Netbook Help.

[Khris1201]

Im going to be going off too the military soon, and want to get a Netbook as im unable to take my PC with me.

My knowledge of Netbooks is pretty limited, and ive had little luck in finding reliable sources of information and reviews.

I was wondering if anyone could recommend things to look for in a Netbook, or could suggest some of the better performing ones. I am on a tight budget so im looking towards the less expensive end of the market. I understand most are similar in the hardware they use, so i dont expect alot of difference.

Im planning on using it primarily while it is plugged in, so im not worried about 3 or 6 cell batteries.

Im located in Canada so any model suggestions would obviously need to be available here.

Any info or suggestions would be much appreciated. :worship:

 

[Daza]

Got an acer aspire over here in the Uk its labled as the A150, got a 1.6ghz atom in it with 1gb ram and a 120gb hdd with xp home

From my experience of using it its naff at viewing HD videos on the web has a few stutters here and there but most of the time its fine not as quick as a desktop but for £150 defo worth it,

I use it mostly for web browsing the occasional itunes fling and a bit of word processing, the keyboard does take a little getting used to as its tiny the track pad has its buttons either side instead of underneath again after a week of use its second nature now.

I get around 2hrs on battery when web browsing but like you said I run it mostly with the power cord.

However if you want something a tad more desktop speed like, I used to run a 12" fujitsu siemens amilo pro that had a core2due chip in it that I gave to my mom ran much faster than this netbook as it seems the netbook craze has suppased the smaller laptops that were around.

 

[Khris1201]

The Acer you mentioned sounds alot like this one...

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4639208&CatId=3987

Its one of the 3 I have already put some thought into, and im happy to see someone is happy using it.

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4421682&CatId=2289

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4826629&CatId=3987

The last choice is more expensive but I thought the larger screen might be worth it.

Still looking for input though.