Looking for netbook

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What does everyone recommend? my budget is between 200-350. I just need something for school work, with decent battery life, and maybe able to play a low end game like doom or warcraft 3 every now and then.
 
A tad out of your budget, but I have the Dell Latitude 2100. It's rugged as all hell, pretty snappy Intel Atom, 10" touch screen, wifi, yada yada...you can get them with SSD'd which is nice.

My wife plays all kinds of games on it with no problem.
 
I am in the same boat aswell, curious to see what others say
 
Anyone else? I checked out the dells.. a little too pricey.
 
I'd see if you can find a deal on an Acer 1410 or Gateway EC14 series. They are far superior to the average Netbook. Have the 4500 graphics compared to the 950 on most netbooks, and the screen is bigger (1366x768). They can be had in the $350 range if you look around.

I have one and haven't been disappointed. Superior to all the netbooks I have used.
 
The Lenovo S-10 or an updated model of it, is a little pricy, but the keyboard does not flex like cheap netbooks and feels solid. All depends on how good of a one you want. Most are built cheaply, if you are spending the money get something worth your while.
 
I'd recommend you stay away from Atom netbooks if you want to play any type of games. Save up and get a 400-500 CULV laptop instead.
 
I have a VAIO p. I knew gaming would be a challenge, but it is seriously terribly(atom z520 1.33ghz) though pretty much any other netbook will be running a more power hungry atom, which is wayyyyy better. My mom as an Aspire1, and loves it, and I haven't tried any games on it. Does it have to be new? You should look into something culv. Actually, if you can come up with a bit more cash, check out the dell Vostro v13. 13" screen, macbook air sized, celeron/4500 or even core2duo. I am planning on buying one. http://www.dell.com/us/en/business/...&cs=04&~ck=mn&dgc=IR&cid=dellhp&lid=delldeals
 
^^^ that Dell looks nice. Personally, I like the 11.6" Acer's better, but to each his own.
 
I have a Dell Mini 10v I got for free by switching to Comcast bundled services and it's pretty good. XP, 1.6 ghz proc/1 GB RAM and 120 GB HD. It's a decent little rig and the small size is freakin' awesome.

But if I were going buy it, I'd get 2 GB of RAM and possibly just spend $100-150 more and get a full sized laptop.
 
^^^ $200 is a good price for a netbook. If you're going to get into the $350 range, the 11.6" Notebooks seem to have more bang for the buck.
 
If you want something a bit bigger, something macbook air sized, check out the Vostro13 from Dell. base model has celeron 1.3Ghz, 4500MHD, 2gb ram, wifi, bluetooth, 13" screen. Don't forget, .65" thickness. Yeah, 2/3rd of an inch. I bought mine for $478 with 2day shipping.
 
That is such a mac wanna-be, I saw that at best buy and laughed.

Still awesome though, and thats one section that mac really does have over most PCs is styling
 
(Ive had 3 of these) Mini 9's will run about 4 hours on the OEM battery. 7-8 on extended. Mini 9s can be a bit rough to type on though. They use SSD drives that go as high as 128gb adn will carry 2gb of ram. These are the best for road warrior duty. They are also fairly rugged.

Mini 10 and 10v have odd touch pads that are hard to get used to,

I have a latitude 2100 (see signature) and I absolutely love it.


What you have to remember is these are not CHEAP LAPTOPS. They are NETBOOKS. Once you realize this and you want graphical horsepower in a small platform, you'll need to look into ultra portables like an XPS M1210.

Netbooks are good for homework, surfing, documents, email etc. Look around here: http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/ This should help you out.
 
So the latitude 2100 touchpad is significantly different than the Mini 10v? I had a Mini 10v, but the touchpad drove me crazy.
 
It's touch pad has seperate buttons, like a mini 9 if you will. Also, not all 2100s have touch screens but it's a nice thing to have. Another nice things is upgrading the ram and HDD is very simple. 7 screws and the bottom comes off, exposing the bits.
 
I have been looking for sometime for a Light weight Netbook/Laptop. And in the end i drew the conclusion that its useless to get Netbook. I will agree with the above comment that ULV is the way to go. Check sites like tigerdirect has some pretty low weight laptops (refurbished) for around 400$ or less. Also get 13.3 inch screen, it will have better res and good view. There is though one Atom based MSI x320 going around for about 390 or so @ eBay and few one other Online store, that can be a good choice over 10.1 screen.
I am very interested in the new ULV dual cores coming out from Toshiba and HP but they cost over 500$. SO do check out the Atom based MSI x320 has 13.3 screen and decent specs.
 
^^^ I have a hard time spending close to $400 for an Atom based machine no matter what it is, especially with the ULV ones being so cheap. $400 for the SU2300 from Acer/Gateway with Win 7 home premium. Seems like a no brainer from the "power user" perspective. The battery life isn't quite as good (still a good 4 or 5 hours), but other than that, you're picking up HDMI, better graphics, and a much better processor. 11.6" vs. 13.3" isn't that big of a deal, especially if the OP was looking at a 10" netbook. Both the 11.6" and 13" are 1366x768.
 
abbasdr said:
I have been looking for sometime for a Light weight Netbook/Laptop. And in the end i drew the conclusion that its useless to get Netbook. I will agree with the above comment that ULV is the way to go. Check sites like tigerdirect has some pretty low weight laptops (refurbished) for around 400$ or less. Also get 13.3 inch screen, it will have better res and good view. There is though one Atom based MSI x320 going around for about 390 or so @ eBay and few one other Online store, that can be a good choice over 10.1 screen.
I am very interested in the new ULV dual cores coming out from Toshiba and HP but they cost over 500$. SO do check out the Atom based MSI x320 has 13.3 screen and decent specs.
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If you want a 13" screen, don't get anything with an atom in it(processor...lol) get the Dell v13. I hope to have mine on the 2nd, I am so excited!
Anyways, even though it is clocked at 1.3Ghz, the front side bus is much faster, and you will notice it. And, at $449, and only .65" think, its a steal!
 
versii said:
If you want a 13" screen, don't get anything with an atom in it(processor...lol) get the Dell v13. I hope to have mine on the 2nd, I am so excited!
Anyways, even though it is clocked at 1.3Ghz, the front side bus is much faster, and you will notice it. And, at $449, and only .65" think, its a steal!
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I have seen that. It looks nice. Which processor is that? SU4100?
 
I bought myself a Gateway EC1436u for x-mas. Great little laptop. Dual core processor and slightly bigger screen than the other netbooks (11.6). I might have to buy a second since my wife never lets me use it.
 
Marshmallow64 said:
I recommend the Asus 1005pe, 14 hours of battery life! Looks stylish too.
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Battery life and price are really the only reasons to go with an Atom based system. In every other way, the CULV laptops are better.

I ended up selling my Gateway EC1435 and ended up going back to a Dell Mini 10v simply because the price was right ($200 with memory upgrade). The Gateway is much, much nicer, but it's overkill for what I needed it for.
 
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