Cheapest netbooks discussion

Lakeuk

Over at channelflip they've got a series on netbook reviews, I also noticed yesterday that Tesco were selling an acer for under £200 didn't take any notice of the model number though:-

http://www.channelflip.com/2008/09/08/netbooks-group-test-introduction/
http://www.channelflip.com/2008/09/08/acer-aspire-one/
http://www.channelflip.com/2008/09/09/netbooks-hp-mininote-2133/
http://www.channelflip.com/2008/09/10/netbooks-msi-wind/
http://www.channelflip.com/2008/09/11/netbooks-asus-eee-pc-901-1001/

Fifer

thehound wrote: »

Do these netbooks have usb ports? I can't see any mention of them in each one's spec.

Three USB ports on the Asus Eee.

gairlochgal

My kids have got the eee. I haven't looked at it much but they are used to nice computers and are happy with it. The 10 yr old was sitting next to me on the couch tonight playing a web game that involved choosing a presidential character and paint balling Hilary Clinton. McCain won every time!

Minerva69

Cuddles_In_the_Buff wrote: »

The Acer Aspire one does. It's a nice netbook too

Yes, can agree with that as I bought one yesterday after reading the messages here and doing some research . It has 3 USB ports, like the Asus, but the Acer also has 2 card readers (one on each side) so you can leave an SD card in the left-hand side slot to increase your memory size. I decided to go for this one as the keyboard seems better for me than the Asus EEE PC, I can always buy a spare battery later if I find the battery life is too short. I reserved it online and picked it up at my local Currys store (£199) but I went through the Topcashback site so will get 5% cashback. The man in Currys said I'd picked the right colour (I got blue) as he thought the white one was "horrible" :laugh: There seems to be quite a good user forum here: http://www.aspireoneuser.com/

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fatnbald wrote: »

we saw a super sexy Packard Bell netbook in Curry's the other day but there was no info posted about it I do know it was running vista

This wasn't a netbook - it was just a small laptop sometimes called a subnotebook. This is the one:

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0736238151.1223825836@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdeadefgjdhdhkcflgceggdhhmdgmi.0&page=Product&fm=1&sm=0&tm=1&sku=904068&category_oid=

However Packard Bell are going to release a netbook in the near future

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/23/packard-bell-enters-the-netbook-game-with-the-dot/

Lugh_Chronain

I've deleted this post as I've realised it is no longer an offer.

nedmundo

Maplin are doing 7 inch netbooks for £120 (graded).

fatnbald

grahawk wrote: »

This wasn't a netbook - it was just a small laptop sometimes called a subnotebook. This is the one:

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0736238151.1223825836@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdeadefgjdhdhkcflgceggdhhmdgmi.0&page=Product&fm=1&sm=0&tm=1&sku=904068&category_oid=

However Packard Bell are going to release a netbook in the near future

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/23/packard-bell-enters-the-netbook-game-with-the-dot/

It looked more like the recently released on to be honest, it was on the same display as the eeepc and the Acer netbook and was of a very similar size, I wish I did not dislike the high street retailers as much as I do so I will spend sufficient time in there to look properly next time !.

hrvoon

Hello MSE

Any chance of the article being updated to include a comparison of the Dell mini laptop?

Cheers, Ruth

catnap53

Got the Acer Aspire One A150Bb today in Costco at 234 pounds including a two year warranty.

DS's Macbook died when we had only had it for 18 months old and he was waiting to see what was new this week. I was not inclined to replace something that I didn't consider fit for purpose. He decided (under a bit of pressure) that they would be far too expensive to take to college every day anyway, so we were recommended to get the Acer as an interim until he can afford to replace the macbook.

Looks good so far.

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