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    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    They are all more or less the same. Dual core Atom N2600 processor, 1 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD and Windows 7 Starter.

    I have three ASUS netbooks myself, never any problems.

    If you decide to get one of the ASUS, make sure it's a X101CH. According to the ASUS website, the X101 only has an Atom N455 (which is cr@p) and an 8 GB "SSD", although the Argos website says it has an N2600 and a 320 GB HDD.

    Personally, I find a white keyboard easier to work with in poor ambient light than a black one.


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    gustafo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gustafo


    Torqay wrote: »
    They are all more or less the same. Dual core Atom N2600 processor, 1 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD and Windows 7 Starter.

    I have three ASUS netbooks myself, never any problems.

    If you decide to get one of the ASUS, make sure it's a X101CH. According to the ASUS website, the X101 only has an Atom N455 (which is cr@p) and an 8 GB "SSD", although the Argos website says it has an N2600 and a 320 GB HDD.

    Personally, I find a white keyboard easier to work with in poor ambient light than a black one.

    cheers dude very helpfull info, just a quick Q will i have no problem downloading and streaming movies from a torrent and watching them on 1 of these, also as i work and travel abroad and i usually watch football on a subscribed (LOF) half dodgy website should i be ok to watch this?

    Again i don't know much about them cheers.


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    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    720p (which already exceeds the 1024x600 resolution) and 1080p will play perfectly well, although at 1080p you'll hear the fan quite a lot.

    Correction, I believe the X101CH is fanless. ;)


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    sealgaire
    Registered Users Posts: 733 ✭✭✭sealgaire


    Looking for a netbook myself. Its for travelling with work.

    That Asus in argos any good? I want to keep it to about 1kg so that pretty much rules out the 11" netbooks.

    Any suggestions apart for the Argos netbooks?


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