ARGOS-Net Book reduced to £199.99

J20BABY

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/catalogId/1500001801/partNumber/5081897.htm

• Intel® Atom™ N270 processor.
• 1.6GHz processor speed.
• 512MB cache.
• 1GB DDR2 RAM.

• 160GB SATA hard drive.

• 10in screen size.
• Resolution 1024 x 600 pixels.

• UMA graphics.

• 1 Ethernet port.
• Wireless/Wi-Fi enabled - b/g.

• 3 USB ports.
• Media card reader.
• Bluetooth.

• Integrated 1.3MP webcam.

• Windows XP Home operating system installed.
• 3.5 hours battery life.

• Size (H)3, (W)26, (D)18.cm.
• Weight 1.1kg.

Available in various colours, am wondering whether to get on for my 9 year old daughter, pretty good reviews!

buglawton

Can't go far wrong at that price, assuming your 9 yr old does not want to be a serious gamer on this computer!

1carminestocky

Great deal but already posted:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2011721

buglawton

Hmm maybe OP just wanted confirmation that his is good buy for a 9 yr old rather than shooting down

J20BABY

oops sorry, had a quick look but couldn't find the other post.
No I doubt they'll be that much gaming on it!

tiff

I've just reserved a white one for my 9 year old DD, already bought a Samsung for my 12 year old son, which was a higher price but didnt want to pay as much for the 9 year old. Just need to get a better wireless router now to support 4 laptops.

1carminestocky

buglawton wrote: »

Hmm maybe OP just wanted confirmation that his is good buy for a 9 yr old rather than shooting down

If you genuinely think I was 'shooting down' the OP I think you should get out more.

OP, it's a bargain, nuff said.

toejumper

Thanks for the heads up, been looking for one for dd who is also 9 years old. just reserved a black one.

josh1234

most of these netbooks are 199 now i would advise waiting till october and get one with windows 7......

eklynne

There are a few with windows 7 already on ebay for around the £220 mark. I'm not familiar with this brand. Holding out for an Acer d150.

anewman

eklynne wrote: »

There are a few with windows 7 already on ebay for around the £220 mark. I'm not familiar with this brand. Holding out for an Acer d150.

I doubt they would be official windows 7 as it hasn't been officially released yet. Prices should come down once Windows 7 is released, particularly as XP is rather old now.

Only thing I would say about this one is that the battery life is rather low (3.5 hours claimed probably means 2.5 to 3 hours in practice). MSI are supposed to be one of the good brands in these types of laptops. So long as it will be plugged in the mains most of the time I'm sure your daughter would be very happy with it.

It should play most basic games, and even some PC World et al will tell you they just will never ever play (after fiddling with the settings to make the frame rate faster). See for example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2qrN2BcV1w&NR=1