Netbook with 11" Screen

DaisyDaisy82

Hello

I wondered if anyone could give me any advice.

I'm looking to spend my Christmas money on a netbook. I've been looking at the Samsung NC10 for a while but think I would prefer a slightly bigger screen - 11 inches.

I'm at a loss where to start to look and compare, does anyone has any suggestions?

I want to be able to browse the internet, alter a word document occasionally and plug my ipod in for Itunes and dont really want to spend more than £250-£300.00.

Thanks in advance

elvch01

I'm a fan of Acer myself (2x Acer laptops plus dekstop) and a mate has their 11.6" netbook - which looks fine (as far as netbooks go) and will be within budget

DaisyDaisy82

Which Acer would you recommend? I think I would prefer windows XP

elvch01

DaisyDaisy82 wrote: »

Which Acer would you recommend? I think I would prefer windows XP

for XP, then http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.206-1621.aspx might do - but you can get them with Windows 7 nowadays too (although I would use Linux myself)

-TangleFoot-

Suggest you wait a little while - the next generation of netbooks are due to arrive shortly.

• Meet the new Pine Trail netbooks
• Dell, Asus & MSI Confirm Updated N450 'Pine Trail' Netbooks

DaisyDaisy82

Ok thanks for your helpful replies.

I've been looking at the Acer One 751. The only negative that keeps popping up is that it has a slow processor.

Has anyone had any experience of this? Does it hinder the netbook or are the reviewers being particularly picky? Or is there a way of improving it maybe?

Lots of questions I know .

In reality i'll be using the netbook for browsing the internet, possibly watching the odd TV repeat, plugging in my ipod and camera and occassionally using word.

I would be really grateful for your opinion.

Basil1234

i wouldn't buy a netbook if i was you there are much better deals for a proper 15 inch lappy with a proper processor decent ram and alot of netbooks don't have a dvd drive either for the £300 mark.
have you considered dell outlet? customer returned items eg can't afford/ returns etc i bought one before xmas cost me £280
was customer return said was a fault with a part lab tested it and fine this lappy would have cost me £420 had i to get new new
spec on mine
15.6 screen, 1.8 celeron dual core processor, 4gb ram, wifi card,bluetooth card,dvd burner,better battery 6 cell,onboard graphics does and vista on it.

lucky for me i had copy of win 7 kicking around as i personally dont like vista.
mate of mine said dont buy a netbook you will end up regetting it he was right!
so i pass on the same advice to you.

have a look yourself basically in the stockroom is price of lappy plus £21 ish delivery just have a look and check the spec on the blue link for each system

my only advice is untick the scratch&dent box then click filter results! and bobs your uncle, you will have to traw through each page as money filter is rubbish btw but im sure you will find a nice 1545
http://outlet.euro.dell.com/topics/global.aspx/arb/online/en/InventorySearch?c=uk&cs=ukdfh1&l=en&lob=INSP&s=dfh

jaydeeuk1

Basil1234 wrote: »

i wouldn't buy a netbook if i was you there are much better deals for a proper 15 inch lappy with a proper processor decent ram and alot of netbooks don't have a dvd drive either for the £300 mark.

You really don't get the point of netbooks do you?

Anyone know of a netbook with a CULV cpu (not an atom) paired with either an ati 3200, or geforce 9400 like in the ion platform, and under £400? Closest I can get is the Acer ferrari at £350ish but has an athlon dual core (low power 1.2ghz)

Basil1234

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

You really don't get the point of netbooks do you?

yes i do they are underpowered have a very small screens so you eyes will tire easier and for the same sort of money you can get a reasonable laptop that has a proper processor etc etc etc

if like netbooks be my guest but at the mo the specs on them processor wise mainly and the low ram side secondly.

i was only trying to point out they do have certain issues but the Op can make there own mind up.

:beer:

John_Gray

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

You really don't get the point of netbooks do you?

The point seems to be for manufacturers to make £lots of profit by providing an underpowered CPU coupled with an almost unreadably small screen, just 1 GB of memory, and without an optical drive, for almost the same price as a proper laptop with a readable screen, much more memory, and an optical drive. Beats me why people can't see through the netbook craze. About all you can say in their favour is that they are small (but see above), and their battery often lasts quite a long time.

-TangleFoot-

DaisyDaisy82 wrote: »

I've been looking at the Acer One 751. The only negative that keeps popping up is that it has a slow processor.

...i'll be using the netbook for browsing the internet, possibly watching the odd TV repeat, plugging in my ipod and camera and occassionally using word.

Here's a brief snippet of a review:

It feels slower than rivals like the MSI Wind U115 Hybrid and Asus Eee PC 1000HE and struggles with tasks like smoothly playing BBC iPlayer video in full-screen mode.

Unfortunately, this particular problem is faced by nearly all netbooks due to the relative weakness of the processors used and the fact that the ubiquitous Adobe Flash Player currently relies on the CPU to do most of the work.