Netbooks..

[AlexS]

I was looking into these before Christmas, finally took the plunge yesterday, bought a Samsung NC10 in blue (same colour as my golf :approve
if anybody is considering a netbook, go for it, its a little cracker.

 

[browno]

Glad to hear you're enjoying it - I've had mine (acer aspire one 120Gb on linux) for about a fortnight, and very impressed too!

Such a nice, portable little bit of kit!

 

[oska]

Just had a play with this new Vaio and want it. I'm sure some are better in a lot of ways but this things tiny and for web and email it's fine once you get used to the pointer stick. Has a decent size drive too so storing some music and films for travelling is good along with the card slots. The screen is excellent quality for viewing webpages and films. Problem is the price. It won't compete with other netbooks offering similar features for a 3rd of the cash but if I had the money...

 

[CountryBumpkin.]

i got a nc10 in black. Its awesome, i fully agree with alex.

 

[ben lee]

whats the diffrence between a net book and laptop?

im looking for a cheap way to sure the net.

 

[CountryBumpkin.]

whats the diffrence between a net book and laptop?

im looking for a cheap way to sure the net.

netbook are bare essentials. They dont even have a disc drive. Laptops obviously do.

They are generally cheaper, but the spec is less.

Its great for surfing the net on the move. They weigh about 1kg.


There awesome for just surfing the web and IM.

 

[oska]

If you want something small to just surf etc then they are great. I don't travel much and download a lot of music so I wanted a laptop. My Dell laptop cost £289 and does pretty much everything I want. Games, emulators, music etc. Plus it has a decent size 14" screen, It's ok on the move too and I have a desktop for hungrier programs. I prefer funtionality but if I travelled a lot then a netbook would be bought.

 

[Daz]

Well.. my laptop weighs 1KG, has no disc drive internal.. but it's just classed as an ultraportable.. still CoreDuo, 2GB RAM, 12.1" screen etc.

The main defining thing is that they are really small and portable... usually smaller than most laptops and obviously much cheaper. A netbook has high enough spec to work for what it's designed to, but outside of that, it doesn't compare to a laptop. (They sometimes have the new Intel Atom chip - low power etc)

If you just want something to go on the internet from, and nothing much else, and you want it to be really small and portable.. a netbook is perfect.

 

[ben lee]

cool how much is a basic net book? can i conect it to my pc to transer pics ect?

 

[DamoWales]

I was looking at this samsung model in black. shall be purchasing

 

[big trev]

some of the netbooks are pretty good and reasonably priced good if you just use it for going on the internet and want something portable

 

[CountryBumpkin.]

cool how much is a basic net book? can i conect it to my pc to transer pics ect?

theres a acer one, the aspire one which is like £200-£260.

Then theres samsung nc10 which is like £300.

There all roughly the same. Id recommend the acer or samsung tho, just cause of the size of the HD.

 

[KDF]

Acer produce utter crap.. I wouldn't own one if they paid me !

Stick with proper brands ! Dell, HP and Sony Viao's and even Asus.