Cheapest netbooks discussion

nicky1312

can anyone advise me on the best mini laptop to get out of these 2 please
acer aspire d250 or the msi wind both from argos £199.99 thanks for any help

Donnie

Tontodollydog wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a very cheap netbook for my daughter to play games on internet? Older sister has laptop and she plagues the life out of her to use it. It would be kept at home so doesn't need much battery life. Looking to spend as little as possible.

Thanks for any advice

Amanda

Black

White

£164

pandora205

Donnie wrote: »

Black version sold out. Only 2 white six cell Samsung NC10's available at £253.

Thank you, I've ordered one of these.

Now what software will I need to go with it (presumably downloaded from the net as there is no CD rom)? Thanks

Edit. I've posted separately on techie forum as they are very helpful there.

BROSTE

Still not sure what netbooks to buy for 2 daughters in secondary school. Looking at the Samsung NC10 at 269 with 20 cashback to come back - Dixons

http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/store/dix_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1199070112.1260309867@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdeadejdfdflmecflgceggdhhmdfol.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=641083&category_oid=-35120

or a Toshiba NB200-11L at 245 with 50 cash back so 195! from ebuyer

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/165505

I would really appreciate any feedback before I decide in next day or so.

Thanks

Donnie

BROSTE wrote: »

Still not sure what netbooks to buy for 2 daughters in secondary school. Looking at the Samsung NC10 at 269 with 20 cashback to come back - Dixons

http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/store/dix_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1199070112.1260309867@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdeadejdfdflmecflgceggdhhmdfol.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=641083&category_oid=-35120

or a Toshiba NB200-11L at 245 with 50 cash back so 195! from ebuyer

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/165505

I would really appreciate any feedback before I decide in next day or so.

Thanks

Go for the Toshiba at that price.

JDPower

BROSTE wrote: »

Still not sure what netbooks to buy for 2 daughters in secondary school. Looking at the Samsung NC10 at 269 with 20 cashback to come back - Dixons

http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/store/dix_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1199070112.1260309867@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdeadejdfdflmecflgceggdhhmdfol.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=641083&category_oid=-35120

or a Toshiba NB200-11L at 245 with 50 cash back so 195! from ebuyer

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/165505

I would really appreciate any feedback before I decide in next day or so.

Thanks

The NC10 has generally good reviews but I would say the Toshiba just edges it. They have almost identical spec but the Tosh has marginally better graphics and, according to those links, longer battery life and cheaper

chocolatepennyfarthing

Oh no I cant decide now between the above two. I don't think the Toshiba has Bluetooth, would son really need that? Also read a few reviews that were not impressed with Toshiba keyboard. Help me decide please, Xmas is looming.

kwikbreaks

Ask the Oracle

cranford

A poster (Bargain_Bagger) a few days ago was asking whether he should buy extra memory for a Netbook. To protect Vista Microsoft only licienced XP Home to run with 1GB of RAM. see http://apcmag.com/microsoft_hobbles_xp_mininotes_with_1gb_ram_limit.ht

So if Vista is loaded then "GB can be used.

There are two other things I have noticed when looking for a NetBook. Not all of them come with a Free MS Works but have a trial MS Office which you need to pay for after 60 days. Most seem to have a recovery partition on the hard drive but not all come with a recovery DVD which can be used with an external DVD/CD drive, You have to create your own. A decent external DVD/CD drive is about £40.

You still need to consider what virus software you need and this can be another £40 pa after the 30 day trial that is normally offered. You can also look for a free one like AVG. There is info on this on MSE.

nancycosta222

fungus13 wrote: »

I`ve seen this website who specialise in laptops and feature a massive range of them, that are really easy to navigate. I have now bought a proper laptop and also one of these small netbooks from them and they delivered perfect service on each occaision.

Here you can look at quite a comprehensive list from a number of different makes.

Happy shopping x

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