LG Netbook only £229.98 delivered

bcwc

Cheap LG Netbook for only £229.98 delivered:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/160892

Supposed to be around the £300 mark, so good price for a decent spec Netbook with Windows XP. Only downsides I can see are no Bluetooth (but can get a dongle for a couple of quid), and a very basic battery (only around an hour and a half). These would cost an extra £80 or so with a Samsung NC10. So horses for courses.

Here's the spec:

Processor

• Intel® Atom™ Processor N270, 1.6GHz,
• 533MHz FSB,
• 512KB L2 Cache
• Mobile Intel®945 GSE Express Chipset

Memory

• 1GB (DDR2 667MHz, Embedded single channel)

Hard Drive

• 160GB 2.5"

Optical Drive

• No Optical Drive

Software

• Operating System: Genuine Windows ® XP Home
• IP Operator,
• LG Magnifier,
• Cyberink YouCam,
• SRS Trusurroun HD,
• Norton Anti-virus,
• Connection manager(3G only)

Security

• HDD Security,
• Kensington Lock

Display

• 10" wide LCD display
• LED Backlight
• Resolution Type: WSVGA

Graphics

• Intel GMA 950

Audio

• Integrated Stereo Speaker
• SRS WOW HD, SRS TruSurround XT,

Input Devices

• 82 keys (93%) ER Wide Keyboard
• Touchpad
• Larger SHIFT Key

Networking

• WLAN 802.11 b/g
• LAN: 10/100MB Ethernet

Power Supply

• 3 cell battery
• 40W Adapter

Dimensions

• Lightweight 1.19kg
• Width 261.8 mm
• Depth 180 mm
• Height 19~31 mm

Interfaces

• 3in1 Card Reader
• 3xUSB,
• 1 x VGA,
• 1 x RJ45,
• 1 x Mic-in,
• 1 x HP-out

Warranty/Miscellaneous

• 1.3 Megapixel webcam

horsepills

For me, this Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is much better value - £188 delivered with the 10% discount code! (M8BX1P0J$8PRDV)

It runs Linux rather than XP, but has a whopping 2GB of RAM. & a 4-cell battery.

bcwc

horsepills wrote: »

For me, this Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is much better value - £188 delivered with the 10% discount code! (M8BX1P0J$8PRDV)

It runs Linux rather than XP, but has a whopping 2GB of RAM. & a 4-cell battery.

Again, horses for courses, as the Dell's screen is an inch smaller, doesn't provide the massive 160GB HDD which some people want for storage and the webcam is lower res at 0.3M instaed of 1.3M. 2GB RAM on the Dell is good though, given that the LG is not actually upgradable above the 1GB it comes with. Win XP is usually worth an extra £30-40, and for me it's got to be Windows every time, but that's a personal preference.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.