04-18-2011, 03:12 AM | #1 |
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Need a new netbook
Going to university soon and I don't plan to use my old desktop while I'm there.
I want a netbook that's pretty light, steady and has a good quality battery that won't die on me after a year. |
04-18-2011, 03:29 AM | #2 |
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I will suggest one but mine be abit off the beaten track.
Go on eBay and look for a Dell Mini 10V. You should be able to get a N280 (1.66GHz) Atom version for just under US$375. There is a N270 version but no point going down that path. Now here's where you need to spend abit more. Get a new Seagate 7200RPM Hybrid Drive of 500GB size Get a 2GB SODIMM RAM upgrade and you need an external DVD drive for about US$40. and a 8GB memory stick for about US$12? Total will top out at about US$500 Here's where it gets fun. You can DUAL boot the machine and run both Mac OS X 10.6.7 and Windows 7 on it. I've used this machine for work and home and I enjoy it immensely. Never ever caught out. I can run word processors, spreadsheets, iTunes and the GIMP for image processing. You'll be the envy of so many. |
04-18-2011, 03:35 AM | #3 |
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Moderator Notice
Moved to "Which one should I buy?" sub-forum on the assumption that netbook usage will involve ebook-reading. If just generic advice on netbooks requested, please advise via PM and I will move it the "Lounge" sub-forum. Cheers, Marc Moderator |
04-18-2011, 06:34 AM | #4 |
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I'm not up to date on the latest netbooks, but they tend to be near-identical to the point that the critical differences are not specs, but ergonomics. How comfortably is the keyboard laid out? Is it a glossy or matte screen (I would highly recommend matte, especially for ebooks)? How does the trackpad behave?
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04-18-2011, 04:18 PM | #5 |
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Some people use the enTourage eDGe as if it were a netbook. It has 2 screens that fold together like a book. One screen is e-ink, the other is LCD running Android.
It all depends on what your uses are: "University" is pretty vague, as is "netbook". Best wishes to you! I hope you find just the thing!! |
04-19-2011, 11:10 PM | #6 |
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We have a Gateway Netbook. It has an 11.1" screen and we really like it.
Filark, I found this thread looking for the eDGe forum. Still looking. |
04-19-2011, 11:29 PM | #7 |
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Particularly for a college student, I suggest you upgrade to a laptop with AMD Fusion. This is a tick above the Intel netbooks. There are now several more laptops to choose from, but the first good example was the HP dmz1, see HP dm1z: Taking Fusion on the Road. This is using the E-350 microprocessor, which is best if you can afford it. The cheaper option is the C-50, which is closer to the Intel Atom. See Brazos comes to Acer's Aspire One 522 netbook.
The two sites I link to above have reviews of other laptops, look under their "mobile" reviews. |
04-19-2011, 11:39 PM | #8 |
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Yeah. The AMD fusion notbooks (nickname for them) are very cool. Decent integrated graphics via the APU, great battery life. Smokes a standard Atom netbook, and great pricing.
The DM1Z is a pretty popular unit. There's an IBM model also but it's a little pricier for pretty much the same specs. |
04-19-2011, 11:52 PM | #9 |
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Benham, the eDGe forums (MobileRead and enTourage) are here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=218 http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/forum.php |
04-20-2011, 01:52 AM | #10 |
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It really depends on your major and how much power you need. Engineering majors will find netbooks totally inadequate for their needs. Meanwhile, a $250 netbook will be more than adequate for history majors.
My son switched from a laptop to a netbook (standard specs) for his last two years and loved it. |
04-20-2011, 07:04 AM | #11 |
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Hello
One option can be the Asus ASUS Eee PC T101MT (review in http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/27/a...t101mt-review/). 10.1 inch, touch, inking (pen included), screen rotates and can be used as a slate (great for reading eBooks or magazines)… I’m writing this post in one! Note: It looks that they are selling it in the US (at least in some places) with windows 7 starter and 1 gig of ram. If so, my advice is to get one more gig and upgrade to (at least) windows home premium (that’s the configuration we have in Europe). Best regards, |
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I like Asus eeepc. Good quality, not too expensive and really light. But I remove the ugly Windows and usually install Lubuntu :-) ... uses about 200MB for running the operating system and couple of extra tasks; you will re-gain ~800MB (if you have 1GB of RAM) for other activities. Calibre runs on Linux too. Asus eeepc ... at least for me ... |
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Get rid of that ugly Window$ operating system and install Lubuntu. It's free, more secure and better. My wife is not a computer expert and she loves it; does not want to go back to Windows. Viruses are now part of the past for her. |
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