New Netbook?

CRenegade

Just wondering if anyone knows of any good deals going on netbooks anywhere?

Budget Around €300

Needed for travel so light weight and size important.

Will be used for Internet and photography (photoshop)

Needs: webcam, long life battery, good storage space - (Photos) and speed.

Bluetooth would be nice but not essential.

Any help or pointers welcome, cheers.

here's an asus with long battery life (11 hours) for under 300

http://www.dabs.ie/products/asus-eee-pc-1005p-seashell---atom-n450-1-66-ghz---10-1--tft-windows-7-starter-netbook-709Y.html?refs=14

I would recommend however spending a bit more for a netbook with an 11..6 inch or 12 inch screen with a better resoution - 1368 x 768. It will be just as portable as a 10 inch (screen measurement is diagonal and will weigh the same pretty much) but will have better keyboard size also and the resolution makes watching movies and looking at photos better and in general it's a lot more usable.

I see that's out of stock. Here's a similar asus but with bigger hard-drive.

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/ASUS_EEE_PC_1005PE_700444.html

£10 for 2 day delivery to Ire. I've used this site - v. good service.

but I'd spend the extra and get this instead.

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_ThinkPad_Edge_11_1007825.html

battery life not as good at 5 hours but way more powerful, better version of windows, more ram, hdmi and bigger screen.

if you or someone you know has access to an english bank account you can get it even cheaper with cashback.

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_ThinkPad_Edge_11_1046963.html

CRenegade

Cheers Glaso,

That first one seems pretty good and got bluetooth also. Very tempting.

Appreciate the help. ill look into the ups and downs of the 3.

no worries - just one thing on the lenovo - they are wrong on the battery life - in tests it will get 5 hours or so, unlike the 3 to 4 that they say.

CRenegade

Hey Glasso,

I ended uo buying this: http://www.dabs.ie/products/lenovo-s10-3-netbook-with-10-1--display---intel-atom-n455--1gb-ram---250gb-hdd---windows-7-starter-74BL.html

Arrived today - excellent.

Cheers for the help.