Netbook or Laptop

ondarack

Im looking to get my sister 1 of the above as she has started college. i was looking at both of these

http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/pc-peripherals/notebook-computers/netbook/NP-N102S-B01UK

or this

http://www.samsung.com/uk/function/search/espsearchResult?input_keyword=rv515%2015.6%E2%80%9D%20essential%20notebook&keywords=rv515%2015.6%E2%80%9D%20essential%20notebook

If I was buying for myself I would probably choose the later but I get the feeling she would rather a netbook. Are netbooks reliable? Are they a lot slower than notebooks?

Alanstrainor

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5087176.htm

That is better than the littlewoods offering.

I would go for a laptop for college being honest. If the budget, if the budget could stretch a bit, you might get something a bit lighter and smaller for not all that much money.

ondarack

Alanstrainor wrote: »

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5087176.htm

That is better than the littlewoods offering.

I would go for a laptop for college being honest. If the budget, if the budget could stretch a bit, you might get something a bit lighter and smaller for not all that much money.

Ya I would prefer get a laptop too, why would you say the toshiba is better? I have an samsung rv520 and im happy with it, I can use 10% discount on the samsung and get it for 360. Im just wondering,not questioning you

areyawell

Netbooks are not really suitable for college work. Screens way too small, the size of the back or front of a dvd box. Get a decent 14 inch or 15 inch laptop. Theres ultrabooks available that are available in 14 inch but there fairly expensive, around 600 quid or more

areyawell

ondarack wrote: »

Ya I would prefer get a laptop too, why would you say the toshiba is better? I have an samsung rv520 and im happy with it, I can use 10% discount on the samsung and get it for 360. Im just wondering,not questioning you

AMD Dual Core Processor E-450 (1.65GHz, 1MB L2 Cache)

Thats not a great processor to be honest. The Toshiba one has

Intel® Core™ i3-380M Processor (3M Cache, 2.53 GHz)

The more Cache the better. Nearly a ghz in different in speed and an extra 2MB cache which is one of the main things for speed. 1MB isn't great at all.

ondarack

thanks for the advice lads, any more suggestions?

ondarack

what about this 1 http://www.theverge.com/products/satellite-c850/5366

areyawell

yea thats grand, make sure to get the i3 processor with though if you have a choice

Alanstrainor

ondarack wrote: »

Ya I would prefer get a laptop too, why would you say the toshiba is better? I have an samsung rv520 and im happy with it, I can use 10% discount on the samsung and get it for 360. Im just wondering,not questioning you

Question away! Doesn't bother me at all:)

The i3 in the one I linked would be a much better processor, and well worth the little extra cash. Toshiba are a good brand, I would reckon she'd get 4+ years out of it if it was well maintained. Netbooks are too small for real typing work in college.