buying today- can anyone recommend a netbook

estreetb

can anyone recommend a netbook in any of the dublin stores with the following. not buying online

i had my eye on a samsung nc10 a while ago but presume it has been surpassed now

preferably the more powerful of the atom processors
good screen
hard drive doesnt matter as have ext drive
2gb ram preferably and windows 7 premium, if not 1gb ram and windows xp
wifi
bluetooth
good card reader
good webcam

does anyone know if its possible to call into elara and buy from them without going online

mattfinucane

For something with a little more grunt than a standard Atom based Netbook, you could always go for the Acer 1810tz. They're a little more expensive though, with this particular example from Elara.ie costing €537 inclusing V.A.T.

http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfull.asp?productcode=ECE1811079&productID=S6954828

Elara: Kin

estreetb wrote: »

does anyone know if its possible to call into elara and buy from them without going online

You would need to preorder the item before coming in to collect, if you order it by 1pm on a certain day it will most likely be ready next day. Officially I have to say 1-2 working days.

estreetb

Elara (Kin) wrote: »

You would need to preorder the item before coming in to collect, if you order it by 1pm on a certain day it will most likely be ready next day. Officially I have to say 1-2 working days.

thanks. do you have special offers for boards members?

Elara: Kin

No we don't. Sorry.

estreetb

no problem.

can you tell me if you have any of the new i3 or i5 processors in atm

fuelinjection

Netbooks are just a fashion item.
Buy a laptop for the same money and get a real keyboard, processor and screen.

petes

fuelinjection wrote: »

Netbooks are just a fashion item.
Buy a laptop for the same money and get a real keyboard, processor and screen.

Seriously?

Elara: Kin

estreetb wrote: »

can you tell me if you have any of the new i3 or i5 processors in atm

i5 Laptops - http://www.elara.ie/products/notebooks.asp?srch=i5&anyallexact=all&manu=&mancode=&searchBtn=Search&layershowhide=&tfm_order=ASC&tfm_orderby=price

i3 Laptops - http://www.elara.ie/products/notebooks.asp?srch=i3&anyallexact=all&manu=&mancode=&searchBtn=Search&layershowhide=

Processors

i5 - http://www.elara.ie/products/results.asp?srch=i5+LGA1156+ddr+qpi&searchBtn=Search

i3 - http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfull.asp?productcode=MME1355657&productID=S7213109

Elara: Kin

fuelinjection wrote: »

Netbooks are just a fashion item.
Buy a laptop for the same money and get a real keyboard, processor and screen.

It fits a lot of people that need a unit to surf the web and go on things like social media sites and maybe forums.

They are not made to be used by professionals for work and they never were marketed that way.

fuelinjection

Elara (Kin) wrote: »

It fits a lot of people that need a unit to surf the web and go on things like social media sites and maybe forums.

They are not made to be used by professionals for work and they never were marketed that way.

Not true, unless you are trying to make a profit selling them to innocent people on here.
They do not act as a portable laptop, as they are weak and slow and have lots of annoying accessories to carry with them, you are better off buying a middle of the road laptop and buying it from the internet and not rip-off greedy Irish computer shop who are charging us with their bankloans for 4 houses and jeeps.

Elara: Kin

fuelinjection wrote: »

Not true, unless you are trying to make a profit selling them to innocent people on here.
They do not act as a portable laptop, as they are weak and slow and have lots of annoying accessories to carry with them, you are better off buying a middle of the road laptop and buying it from the internet and not rip-off greedy Irish computer shop who are charging us with their bankloans for 4 houses and jeeps.

Are you trolling?

L31mr0d

fuelinjection wrote: »

Netbooks are just a fashion item.
Buy a laptop for the same money and get a real keyboard, processor and screen.

You don't know what you're talking about. I can get 16 hours of battery life out of my netbook (2x6 cell batteries) for using the web, working with documents, watching movies, playing games, listening to music... etc, all in a package the size of a portable DVD Player.

When I'm going on holiday I don't need the power of a full blown laptop, I need battery life, internet access and somewhere to store my photos and videos (without the rigidity of a PMP)

It's already paid off. I'd only brought 16GB of memory cards with me on a recent holiday and ended up taking at least 20GB's of video and pictures. Without the netbook I would of had to delete photos or find somewhere that sold SD cards.

Also, on a day trip, the guide took photos and video for us. Everyone else had to leave their home address to request a CD be sent to them (I've done this before and they never arrive). I was able to just put the guides SD card into my netbook and get a copy of all the videos and pictures he'd taken immediately.

fuelinjection

Elara (Kin) wrote: »

Are you trolling?

Are you trying to sell netbooks that you have in stock to people that don't need them ?

MiCr0

the OP specifically asked for a netbook, so no-one is trying to sell them something that they don't want