Dirt cheap netbook required! help please!

cuthbertlilly

Good evening folks,

I currently have a Dell Inspiron core i-3 laptop, which is fine. However, the low battery life and lack of portability is a nuisance.

Hence, I am looking in to getting a netbook - preferably as cheap as possible (for surfing, e-mails, simple documents, matched betting etc).

Any suggestions?

Also, how do I find the cheapest netbooks on Amazon.co.uk (have £45 in vouchers from Harris poll and Valued opinions!)?

James123_2

Can't go too wrong with the MSI Wind for basic, reliable performance for the things you mention. They're generally highly regarded and build quality is good - we have three! Check out Argos Outlet on Ebay - they sell 'refurb' models for around £128. We've bought a few and they've been fine - mostly damaged packaging.

cuthbertlilly

James123 wrote: »

Can't go too wrong with the MSI Wind for basic, reliable performance for the things you mention. They're generally highly regarded and build quality is good - we have three! Check out Argos Outlet on Ebay - they sell 'refurb' models for around £128. We've bought a few and they've been fine - mostly damaged packaging.

thanks for the recommendation. Since i'ved got £45 vouchers for Amazon.co.uk, i can't find such a good price on Amazon.co.uk - is there a way of finding similar deals to ebay on there?

stilltheone

rj2009 wrote: »

thanks for the recommendation. Since i'ved got £45 vouchers for Amazon.co.uk, i can't find such a good price on Amazon.co.uk - is there a way of finding similar deals to ebay on there?

If you really want to use your vouchers, you can consider this Samsung N145 Plus for £193(£148)

Here is a useful thread for you: How to speed up Samsung NetBook. Consider purchasing the 2GB RAM DDR3 module to complete the process.

I_luv_cats

stilltheone wrote: »

If you really want to use your vouchers, you can consider this Samsung N145 Plus for £193(£148)

Here is a useful thread for you: How to speed up Samsung NetBook. Consider purchasing the 2GB RAM DDR3 module to complete the process.

I have the Samsung N150 plus (£205) and it is a nice little machine for the money. I'm getting DDR2 2gb ram from Crucial for around £20.

stilltheone

purplegirl2 wrote: »

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NeverAgain_2

Have you tried a netbook?

I have a Samsung N150, and it's a good little machine, but they are a bit slow.

PC World/Currys are not normally cheap, but the last time I was in they had reasonable spec Acer netbooks for around £175.

I_luv_cats

NeverAgain wrote: »

Have you tried a netbook?

I have a Samsung N150, and it's a good little machine, but they are a bit slow.

PC World/Currys are not normally cheap, but the last time I was in they had reasonable spec Acer netbooks for around £175.

OK if just surfing BUT if your windows is updating and another system is working too, you will get a little hang. (@ the mo I am surfing and windows is installing 73 updates with no problem - 84% mem and 60% cpu - running ccleaner pushes the cpu to 100%)

The processor, ram, op sys are all lower spec of a standard laptop.

BUT for portability, are not locked down like an ipad, cheaper than a Android 3.0 tablet, just don't run too many progs @ once and for the price they are a gem.

free4440273

stilltheone wrote: »

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stilltheone

I_luv_cats wrote: »

OK if just surfing BUT if your windows is updating and another system is working too, you will get a little hang. (@ the mo I am surfing and windows is installing 73 updates with no problem - 84% mem and 60% cpu - running ccleaner pushes the cpu to 100%)

The processor, ram, op sys are all lower spec of a standard laptop.

BUT for portability, are not locked down like an ipad, cheaper than a Android 3.0 tablet, just don't run too many progs @ once and for the price they are a gem.

The extra RAM can really make a difference. I was uninterested in using my old ACER Netbook running XP when it had only 512MB RAM.
Slotted in another 1GB RAM module and now I use it in preference to my laptop whilst travelling.

free4440273

another piece of Ram will really up the ante -- def. worth doing imo. (go for 1GB ).