Netbook

OllieNorth

Hi all,
Looking for some advice, am thinking about buying a netbook. Could anyone recommend a good one. Also what are the boardsies opinions on them. Would i be better off with a laptop.
Thanks in advance,
Ollie:)

missingtime

By all accounts the Samsung NC10 is the best. Might have to do a bit o' research to find out which one is best for yourself though.

Greenman

missingtime wrote: »

By all accounts the Samsung NC10 is the best. Might have to do a bit o' research to find out which one is best for yourself though.

Plus this has been a long lrunning
thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055409982 bought one a few weeks ago, very user friendly.

Let us know what you decide.

Alanstrainor

OP, what do you want out of your netbook? We can't tell you what you need if you can't tell us what it's going to be used for. A netbook is very light and relatively inexpensive, but the trade off being that it's not going to be terribly fast at doing more than just web browsing and mail. However a laptop will be heavier and larger, but will have at least a dvd burner and will be more powerful etc. You need to give us more info

Amalgam

Not keen on the Samsung, take a look at the Eee 1000HE, here's a nice concise review.

Dining Room Table Reviews - Asus Eee PC 1000HE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50KWkKkTrQk

(I use a rather creaky Eee 900 myself, addicted to the size and shock proof SSD)

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It also pays to hang around a lively forum to see what people have complaints about!

Asus Eee user forum: http://forum.eeeuser.com/

OllieNorth

Hi All,
Thanks for the replys so far. I already have a sony laptop but I was looking for something smaller and lighter for out and about. It would be mainly used for e-mail and web surfing am addictet to boards, dont post much but enjoy trawling through the different forums. I would like the netbook to have a decent size HD to store some music, pictures and maybe some video.
Thanks again,
Ollie:)

Sephiroth_dude

+1 nc10,great little machine.

budhabob

I am also in the market for a netbook, and looking at the 1000he. what are netbooks like to run office (mainly word)? I know they wont be lightning, but while running nothing else are they ok?

Amalgam

I've run the student edition, it works fine, the main problem when you work on a document, on a screen that size, is the user interface, you really have to tame the panels and 'ribbon' visible, otherwise it'll eat into your screen space.

It just isn't fun, on a small screen, to have only two thirds of it given over to the actual view of the document..

On the default install image of various Asus Eee's Open Office\Star Office (I forget which) is installed.

budhabob

Amalgam wrote: »

I've run the student edition, it works fine, the main problem when you work on a document, on a screen that size, is the user interface, you really have to tame the panels and 'ribbon' visible, otherwise it'll eat into your screen space.

It just isn't fun, on a small screen, to have only two thirds of it given over to the actual view of the document..

On the default install image of various Asus Eee's Open Office\Star Office (I forget which) is installed.

nice one, thanks for that. the screen size is obviously an issue, but one that comes with all netbooks so its to be expected.

lala stone

Hi all,

can anyone recommend a good netbook?
mainly for emails, net, office and storing music.. I want to get a netbook because I will be travelling..

I heard the
Acer Aspire One & Eee PC 1000 HE


were good..
I only have 350 - 400e to spend..

Thanks

Sephiroth_dude

lala stone wrote: »

Hi all,

can anyone recommend a good netbook?
mainly for emails, net, office and storing music.. I want to get a netbook because I will be travelling..

I heard the
Acer Aspire One & Eee PC 1000 HE


were good..
I only have 350 - 400e to spend..

Thanks

samsung nc10 all the way

lala stone

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

samsung nc10 all the way

Thanks for that!!!

How much do they work out at?

murpho999

lala stone wrote: »

Thanks for that!!!

How much do they work out at?

Seen it in shops at €429, but seen it on net for €399

MunsterCycling

murpho999 wrote: »

Seen it in shops at €429, but seen it on net for €399

Not an Irish company BTW:

Misco (Northamptonshire, Wellingborough Office)
Misco is a division of Systemax Europe Ltd

10-14 Darby Close
Park Farm South
Wellingborough
Northants
NN8 6GS


Misco (Scotland Sales and Returns Office)
Misco is a division of Systemax Europe Ltd

2 Cartsdyke Avenue
Greenock
Inverclyde
Scotland
PA15 1DT


Misco (London Sales Office)
A trading division of Systemax Europe Ltd

Unit 1 Ferry Lane Industrial Estate
Wickford Way
Walthamstow
London
E17 6HG



Have a read from their Contact Us page, seems they may have had problems in the past:
Polite manner
We do appreciate mistakes and late deliveries are frustrating, but never the less they do occasionally happen. We want to focus our efforts on resolving the issue and our customers can help us with this:

• - Provide us with the order number the issue is related too
• - Some details on what has happened
• - What is your expectation with regards to a solution
• - Please do this in a polite calm manner - your enquiry will become easier to resolve if communication is courteous

Verbal abuse will not be tolerated, and in extreme circumstances calls may be terminated. This is not what we want to do but may have to if the courtesy is not offered to our team. Calls maybe recorded for training purposes.

Greenman

lala stone wrote: »

Thanks for that!!!

How much do they work out at?

Elara.ie have them as per http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfull.asp?productcode=ECE1691330