Which 10" Netbook to get?

schizo said:
The 1000HE's right shift key is appropriately placed...
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Perhaps, but it's tiny and my friend routinely misses it on his 1000HE. I had the same issue.

ThePoliticalThinker said:
firefox seems to bog if u got like 3 windows open :(
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I had about 10 tabs on both the HP and the 1000HE w/ 7 or 8 add ons wo/ experiencing too many issues. Well, unless the site involved heavy flash or just threw a bunch of crap on the screen.

Impulse said:
...when dual-core netbooks come out? :eek:
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Grrrrrrrrrreat. So I can burn both nuts off. :(
 
Haha, yeah, they're gonna have to improve the heatsink designs by then... Have you seen the heatsink that goes into most of these netbooks? I dunno what type of heatsinks high-end laptops use these days but the metal plate under the keyboard that's connected to the CPU and NB on most of these netbooks barely passes for a heatsink... I think the heat issues are due to the NB more so than the Atom though, hopefully Intel will start bundling something more efficient with their Atom procs in the future.
 
I have not. But I can assure you the Samsung NC10 will get torn apart, repasted, and fully inspected upon arrival!
 
I'm using a LG dvd burner is there a better burner?

Dude, wrong thread?
 
ThePoliticalThinker said:
im using 7051 windows 7 build is there a better build?
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7068 is the best I have tried. The only bug I have found is that the aero preview for wmp on the taskbar doesn't work with the play/pause button, but the stability and everything else has been flawless. Running it on a desktop and not a netbook, but it's a great build.
 
Sammy comes tomorrow woot!

So what games work well on a netbook?
 
WORLD OF GOO! I've mostly played either that or old SNES games on an emulator on my netbook, heh. Haven't really tried installing anything fancier like an RTS... I only really play for short stints on it, and neither World of Goo nor the SNES games take much space at all so that's all I've bothered with. This portable gamepad might be neat to have if you wanna play a lot of console-type action games on it, heh.
 
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Ok, so what W7 version am I looking for tomorrow?

NEVER before played Netbook games list:

1. Starcraft
2. Deus Ex
3. Diablo 2
4. Grim Fandango
5. System Shock I/II

Can you believe it? I should have my gaming license revoked, I know. ;)

I tried world of goo, but couldn't get into it. Ok, I give. I just really suck at it and get mad. The netbook would end up a wad of goo on the wall. :mad:
 
This thread was super helpful!

I still haven't decided though. Ha!
 
Never played Deus Ex myself either, though they're all widely considered classics... I think Diablo 2 and Grim Fandango would probably be the most fun on the netbook, I dunno about trying to play an FPS-like game on it... Or a strategy game, even if it's an old low-res one, stuff's still gonna be tiny on the screen; 'specially Zerglings omg, and just forget about finding the Ghost's laser pointer when a nuke's about to hit you in the ass, heh.

Slow paced games that don't require screen space is what I go for on the netbook really... Like RPGs, I've played some Chrono Trigger on it, never get tired of replaying that; and adventure games or simple strategy/puzzle games. You should try any of the old school Lucasarts adventure games if you haven't, Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Sam & Max, etc. There's always the new Sam & Max games/episodes too even though it's not from Lucas.
 
I can play warcraft III frozen throne on my 1000he at 800x600. I had to turn everything down to get the frame rate decent when there are a ton of units on the ground though. Just throwin that out there for other games you can play on a netbook.
 
Lol, they're not that bad. Starcraft seems to run great, 1st 2 missions anyway. I got 720p running about 90% smoothly, it gets a little jittery in a tough scene. That little Atom's got some power, that's for sure!

Here's an attempt to kill it:

netbookstresstesting.jpg
 
I got the ss off just as the system was hibernating. :p

It would not turn on again, despite having 5% until I connected the AC adapter.
 
I was able to run a 720p x264 TV show on an Acer Aspire One - 1.6 Atom, 512MB RAM. Had to get it around 25 processes or so otherwise it would skip.

Once I got it around 25 - most ideally less, it worked great.
 
Samsung NC10

CCCP = Fail
CoreAVC = Win*
Media Player Classic - Home Cinema = ?

CoreAVC did jump a bit in busy scenes, but it's minor. I noticed a less than thrilling contrast ratio when using it however this may be fixable w/ some setting. I haven't tried out MPC - HC yet, but apparently there's more info in an HD thread here somewhere.

EDIT: Done on XP w/ 35 processes. Perhaps newer drivers from Intel would help? Maybe not...
 
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My 1000HE just arrived yesterday. Overall I am happy. There is a minor scratch on the screen, and a minor scratch on the bezel above the screen. This is annoying, but I'm willing to live with it as I do not want to go through the hassle of RMA, etc. I bought it new from Newegg.

Has anyone found a nice way to remove the stickers from the palm rest? I picked a corner back on one of them and it looks like it will leave a lot of residue behind. WD40 and a rag maybe?

I should be getting the 2GB ram upgrade today. This weekend I will try to install Win XP SP2 from a flashdrive which I have never done before. I found some directions online, and it looks a little more complicated than I was expecting, but nothing too bad.

Anyone else's EEE PC arrive with scratches inside as well? Everything was wrapped like new, and the seal on the box was not broken.
 
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CJRP said:
My 1000HE just arrived yesterday. Overall I am happy. There is a minor scratch on the screen, and a minor scratch on the bezel above the screen. This is annoying, but I'm willing to live with it as I do not want to go through the hassle of RMA, etc. I bought it new from Newegg.

Has anyone found a nice way to remove the stickers from the palm rest? It picked a corned back on one of them and it looks like it will leave a lot of residue behind. WD40 and a rag maybe?

I should be getting the 2GB ram upgrade today. This weekend I will try to install Win XP SP2 from a flashdrive which I have never done before. I found some directions online, and it looks a little more complicated than I was expecting, but nothing too bad.

Anyone else's EEE PC arrive with scratches inside as well? Everything was wrapped like new, and the seal on the box was not broken.
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Got mine from zipzoomfly and it had no scratches at all. And my stickers came off without any residue left....was the first thing i did after verifying that the machine is ok.
 
Got my 1000he yesterday. I'm in bed typing on it right now. :D

At first it woudn't boot up. Kept saying something about selecting the right boot device.

The HD was making all kinds of funky noises and wasn't recognised in the BIOS either.

I had resigned to send it back as being broken, but as a last ditch effort I opened up the bottom and gave the HD a good smack. That did the trick. Hopefully the HD just wasn't connected as opposed to being faulty.
 
Unless I read about your experience on a forum recently, that's the 2nd time I've read that about the 1000HE.

I actually had my first BSOD on the NC10 yesterday. Installed partition magic to see what's what w/ the drive and it said something about a mismatched size. I clicked through to "fix" it, then opened up XP's storage under comp manage, and poof, drivetemp.sys, unpaged something or other.

The error can relate to bad ram, sector, controller or page file error. I think it might have been my deletion of the partition w/ the page file. At least I hope. Just a little while ago, it loaded W7, but sort of froze before loading the systray icons. It just kinda sat there w/ the swirly swirling. I guess I'll have to run some tests to be sure.

But I have to wonder if maybe I should check the HDD connection. :D
 
Nope, wasn't me; do you have a link to the post on that forum?

I have a one year warranty, but if my HD suddenly goes kaput and I have RMA the thing a few months from I am going to be one sad panda.
 
Decided to try out the new version of the Aspire One AOD150. Looks much better than the previous version- bigger screen and no gap between the screen and keyboard. The only thing I don't think I'll like is the rocker-type trackpad buttons.

I've also owned an Asus 1000H and a Lenovo S10. Of the two, I likes the Asus better.
 
DirtyDrummer said:
Nope, wasn't me; do you have a link to the post on that forum?
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Lol, it was a newegg review...on the NC10. :D After a bit more usage today, W7 still seems a bit slower than XP. I may wipe and reload W7 to the first part of the drive tomorrow. I love me some "pin to taskbar" and "fling down, click left" action. Although I'm having trouble w/ the same playable 720p movies that worked in XP. I didn't change any drivers though, so maybe that might have something to do w/ it. Or perhaps it's just the extra overhead for Aero. Anyone have 720p running ok in W7?
 
fibroptikl said:
I was able to run a 720p x264 TV show on an Acer Aspire One - 1.6 Atom, 512MB RAM. Had to get it around 25 processes or so otherwise it would skip.

Once I got it around 25 - most ideally less, it worked great.
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Probably easier with 1GB of RAM no? I don't remember if I've played 720p on mine, though I've heard others have done it w/o much difficulty. 480p rips and online streams play just fine on my AAO w/1GB of RAM and like 35-40 running processes (using MPC or PowerDVD). Intel's integrated video also recognizes the proper res of my 37" HDTV just fine (720p but 1336x768 actual).

As far as the quality of my AAO goes in general, after having owned it for nearly 6 months now I gotta say I'm shocked...

I wasn't expecting much from Acer to start with, but knowing they were obviously using the same darn components as every other netbook manufacturer I figured it'd be allright... But it's been more than that, it arrived with almost no crapware out of the box (short of McAffee and Google Desktop), they've updated some drivers w/regularity, the thing still feels solid and well put after traveling with it half a dozen times, and I've had maybe one or two freeze-ups or restarts tops (probably due to heat when it was sitting on the sofa for hours).

No BSODs at all or any other issues whatsoever, most of the drivers are on Windows Update too, makes it easyt o keep 'em up to date. The gap between the keyboard and the monitor (mentioned above) has never bothered me either since it's barely a gap with the 6-cell battery anyway. Frankly I think the newer model with the larger screen, touchpad and battery is a huuuuge steal at $350. Hell if it drops closer to $300 I may be tempted to see how much I can get for my 8.9" just to upgrade...

If it hadn't turned out as well as it has I'd be miffed I paid $400 for it in Nov. :p
 
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