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05-February-2009, 10:30 AM
Picking up some on-the-side work (recession be darned; it's good to be wanted) and need a new computer for my non 9-to-5 work stuff.
As it won't be my "main" machine, or at least, simply doesn't need heavy processing power - my main concern is portability - so I've started leaning towards the "netbook" end of the market. It's mostly "consulting" - so mostly just need to read documents and such. (Prefer 10" screen or better).
(Proper "powerful" laptops - but little ones with 12-13" screens - are darned expensive.)
Has anyone here used one (a netbook)? Got one? Have a recommendation?
Machines available here are things like the Dell Mini 9 & 12 (10 soon?), the Acer and Asus range, the older MSI Wind machines and the Toshiba NB100.
[Of course, for just a few hundred more I can get a low-end 15.4" screen "normal" laptop (with much more power and better specs) - but that gets a bit big and heavy for what I want (and it's hard to avoid temptation like adding better video etc.. that adds more $$). Overall, the Dell Vostro 13" models seem a good alternative to the netbooks - and reasonably small; I like the Lenovo SL series too - due to the stick pointer - but they are relatively much more expensive.]
Overall, the machine I'm currently lusting after is the 2Gb HD screen version of the HP Mini 2140. (Main issue here is that the resellers all seem confused about the specifications... and the HP site does not clear things up much).
Any comments or suggestions? Do you have a netbook you hate/love? Do you use it for "business" or for surfing BAUT in the bath?
As it won't be my "main" machine, or at least, simply doesn't need heavy processing power - my main concern is portability - so I've started leaning towards the "netbook" end of the market. It's mostly "consulting" - so mostly just need to read documents and such. (Prefer 10" screen or better).
(Proper "powerful" laptops - but little ones with 12-13" screens - are darned expensive.)
Has anyone here used one (a netbook)? Got one? Have a recommendation?
Machines available here are things like the Dell Mini 9 & 12 (10 soon?), the Acer and Asus range, the older MSI Wind machines and the Toshiba NB100.
[Of course, for just a few hundred more I can get a low-end 15.4" screen "normal" laptop (with much more power and better specs) - but that gets a bit big and heavy for what I want (and it's hard to avoid temptation like adding better video etc.. that adds more $$). Overall, the Dell Vostro 13" models seem a good alternative to the netbooks - and reasonably small; I like the Lenovo SL series too - due to the stick pointer - but they are relatively much more expensive.]
Overall, the machine I'm currently lusting after is the 2Gb HD screen version of the HP Mini 2140. (Main issue here is that the resellers all seem confused about the specifications... and the HP site does not clear things up much).
Any comments or suggestions? Do you have a netbook you hate/love? Do you use it for "business" or for surfing BAUT in the bath?