netbook help please

kellyf_2

Hi

im looking to buy my husband a netbook for xmas and im really unsure which one to go for
he has hinted about the dell mini 9 and also a toshiba one??
he already has a dell laptop for everyday use so this would just be for internet use.
i really dont know which one would be the best,i have around £250-£300 max to spend

any ideas?

thanks

Kelly

Aiadi

I would personally go for an ASUS Eee as they are now the best established within the netbook era.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/asus-eee/s/qid=1228482655/ref=sr_nr_p_4_0?ie=UTF8&rs=560798&keywords=Asus%20Eee&bbn=560798&rnid=365489011&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3AAsus%20Eee%2Ci%3Aelectronics%2Cn%3A560798%2Cp_4%3AAsus

vibrantcolour

The best combination of Spec, price etc is currently the Samsung NC10.

Available from ebuyer.com for about £300.

OR - If budget not that high the MSI Wind (novatech.co.uk) or Advent 4211 (pcworld.co.uk), the same machine, different branding.

I have one, its excellent!

techno12

NC10 - got mine yesterday from Play.Com (£279 with Quidco, but it's gone up since I ordered it as it's getting loads of "it's the best netbook" reviews and thus in short supply)

I'm amazed at the battery life, it's still showing 30% after 5 hours use!

I also have an original Asus EeePC 701 which I've had all year, used it every day, but the just over 2hr battery life was rubbish. And Linux is awful, nothing I want to run is available on it, and it's the biggest convoluted pain ever to install new software... I'm enjoying the familiarity of XP in the NC10.

kellyf_2

how do these compare to the mini 9 and the toshiba netbook?

nomoneytoday

kellyf wrote: »

how do these compare to the mini 9 and the toshiba netbook?

Most of the UMPC's are full of the same components - a 1.6 Atom, 1 gb ram and a 9 or 10" screen. Only the bundled software and hard drive size seems to change

AFAIK the Tosh has a real hard drive, whereas the Dell has a solid state drive as standard..

techno12

Yeah, they're pretty standard spec. The big difference is the battery, most come with a 3-cell battery (2 or 3 hours), whereas the odd one comes with 6-cell (NC10, a few EeePCs etc)

Aiadi

Important to consider the build quality on these if it is going to be on the move a lot. That is when the ASUS come to its own.

I think the NC10 is on QVC at midnight (or it could be the ACER one) as Today's special value.