Ebay / buying netbook

Ericka

Hi all, I've a quick question about buying on ebay. Why are the ones from the likes of Hong Kong so cheap? I've been snooping about for a fairly basic one, and it's tempting. But I couldn't help wondering what was wrong with them!

Can anyone shed any light? Thanks!

Farcear

Link?

Could be a scam -- if it sounds too good to be true.

Alanstrainor

Give us a link. You'll have to pay ~25% extra on top of the price though, due to taxes.

Ericka

Well the likes of these here. They seem to move quite quickly, and I've just seen one sold at around €65. I don't think its a con job, but wondered if it would be suitable for use here or if I'd need another connection or something

jhegarty

It's pda , not a netbook.

Farcear

Agreed; they aren't really netbooks at all, just glorified PDAs. Compare:

7" Netbook
Screen 7" (tiny!)
Processor Speed 266MHz
Memory (RAM) 128MB (forget trying to do two things at once!)

vs

Dell Mini 10 (~€300):
Screen 10"
Processor 1330MHz
Memory (RAM) 1000MB

and when the product description includes the words "Far Away from viruses," I'd be a little sceptical about what kind of product support is available!

jhegarty

Farcear wrote: »

Agreed; they aren't really netbooks at all, just glorified PDAs. Compare:

7" Netbook
Screen 7" (tiny!)
Processor Speed 266MHz
Memory (RAM) 128MB (forget trying to do two things at once!)

and when the product description includes the words "Far Away from viruses," I'd be a little sceptical about what kind of product support is available!

To be fair they are quite good specs for running windows ce. The software for it uses a fraction of the ram/processor that xp software does.


Op ,
If you want something to write a document , or watch a movie on then these would be ok.

If you want to do anything more (including proper web browsing) then get a real netbook.

Ericka

Thanks for the info guys. I basically wanted something very small and discreet that I could use for taking notes in college, because theres a lot of writing involved. The plan was to just transfer my notes to my desktop at home afterwards, and maybe for a little internet usage.

So these definitely wouldn't do the job?

jhegarty

Ericka wrote: »

Thanks for the info guys. I basically wanted something very small and discreet that I could use for taking notes in college, because theres a lot of writing involved. The plan was to just transfer my notes to my desktop at home afterwards, and maybe for a little internet usage.

So these definitely wouldn't do the job?

Writing notes yes (if you have small hands ), web browsing no.

Ericka

jhegarty wrote: »

Writing notes yes (if you have small hands ), web browsing no.

Oh they're very small

I could survive without the web browsing I suppose. I was worried I might have to buy extra connections or something so it would work here. Do you think that would be a problem?

jhegarty

Ericka wrote: »

Oh they're very small

I could survive without the web browsing I suppose. I was worried I might have to buy extra connections or something so it would work here. Do you think that would be a problem?

The charger is the only thing that may be an issue, but it looks like a standard size.

Maplins have a ce machine at the moment , i'd advise you have a look at one in person.

They really are tiny.

Ericka

jhegarty wrote: »

The charger is the only thing that may be an issue, but it looks like a standard size.

Maplins have a ce machine at the moment , i'd advise you have a look at one in person.

They really are tiny.

You're right, will do. Thanks again