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Advice on what netbook to get?

  • 08-05-2010 8:54pm
    #1
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭


    I want a netbook preferably about 10inch screen, €500 or less, has to be able to run autocad smoothly

    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    Most netbooks have a single core Atom and low-res (1024x600) 10" screen. It wouldn't be great for Autocad.

    If you can afford something a little big bigger, I would get maybe an 11.6" ultra-portable rather than a regular netbook. For example the Acer Aspire 1810TZ. Link

    Or perhaps one of the high-end 12" netbooks with dualcore atom. For example the Asus 1201N Link


  • #3
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Dont touch Samsung with a barge pole.

    I have one ATM. (Nc140)

    Greatest loadof boll ^ix if something serious goes wrong. :mad:

    They do NOT come with a proper system restore disk.

    In otherwords if your new Samsung netbook picks up a core virus, you are expected to pay extra to get the proplem sorted out. :mad:

    My old Asus EEEPc 109 / 1000 came with a system disk that re installed the complete registered windows XP operating system incorporated in the disk that was supplied.


  • #4
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,473 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    not the type of system i'd like to be doing autocad on

    is this in bargain alerts, but its 15"
    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055905114


  • #5
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    Voodu Child wrote: »
    Most netbooks have a single core Atom and low-res (1024x600) 10" screen. It wouldn't be great for Autocad.

    If you can afford something a little big bigger, I would get maybe an 11.6" ultra-portable rather than a regular netbook. For example the Acer Aspire 1810TZ. Link

    Or perhaps one of the high-end 12" netbooks with dualcore atom. For example the Asus 1201N Link

    I'm not that up to date with sizes, i said 10inch because i taught 14inch was the next smallist, i'll take a look at your links, thanks for your input :cool:


  • #6
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    Ghost Train wrote: »
    not the type of system i'd like to be doing autocad on

    is this in bargain alerts, but its 15"
    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055905114

    I do autocad on my pc, it's just i was looking for a laptop for work, i'll take a look thanks


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  • #7
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Fighting Irish wrote: »
    I want a netbook preferably about 10inch screen, €500 or less, has to be able to run autocad smoothly

    Any ideas?

    Despite autocad being processor intensive, so netbooks wouldn't be a good choice anyway, the biggest problem with your plan is the screen size. For the laugh i installed a copy of autocad on my netbook (10"), and it was ridiculous trying to use it for anything! Seriously, you need at very least a 13" high res screen for it. And i would say a bigger screen would be better.


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