andy1000
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Hi,
Perhaps I'm being a bit presumptuous, but I'm very soon hoping to be able to afford a netbook and was wondering what opinions are on the following models? Before that, I'll list my major considerations when I've been doing my research:
1) my max budget is £275, ideally inc. postage.
2) I'm swaying towards Win XP as I'm used to the operating system and want to be able to store some music (obviously depending on hard drive size) and sync with my iPod which I use as my main music library now. The more I read about the different Linux OS's too slightly scare me!
3) I want 1Gb RAM
4) Battery life isn't hugely important to me, as the same for size/portability, as I'm planning on my netbook replacing my knackered laptop for home use (surfing and occasional office apps). I expect I'll need it on battery power for no more than 10% of it's usage time.
The choices I've been looking at are:
Advent 4211
- seems like a good size hard-drive.
- gets some good reviews online.
Acer One A150 (1Gb RAM, 120Gb HDD, Win XP)
- A great sized hard drive for storing music, even with XP as OS
- seems you either love it or hate it based on reviews
- I'm slightly put off by the trackpad size and button configuration
Asus Eee PC 901 (WinXP)
- Great battery life
- Relatively small SSD with XP as OS
- Small(er) keyboard
- possibly still above my price range
Asus Eee PC 900 (Win XP)
- Relatively small SSD with XP as OS
- Small(er) keyboard
- I've read about problems with the SSD on the Linus 16Gb version, plus it's reported as being quite slow in use
- possibly a 'bit old' compared to the other 3 netbooks?
So....the only one of the above I've seen in person (locked under a plastic case in Dixon's no less) has been the Acer One, and it did look nice, but as mentioned above I'm a little dubious of the trackpad with my large(ish) fingers.
It seems the prices for the Advent, Acer One and Asus 901 are all similar on XP, but which would people recommend?
Should I wait a while and see if the prices come down too, or just bite the bullet and get the Asus 900 or the Acer with Linux. I'm going away at the end of November for a week, so will definitely want it by then, with preferably a bit of lead-up time to get used to it.
Thanks for reading and any advice given!
Andy
Perhaps I'm being a bit presumptuous, but I'm very soon hoping to be able to afford a netbook and was wondering what opinions are on the following models? Before that, I'll list my major considerations when I've been doing my research:
1) my max budget is £275, ideally inc. postage.
2) I'm swaying towards Win XP as I'm used to the operating system and want to be able to store some music (obviously depending on hard drive size) and sync with my iPod which I use as my main music library now. The more I read about the different Linux OS's too slightly scare me!
3) I want 1Gb RAM
4) Battery life isn't hugely important to me, as the same for size/portability, as I'm planning on my netbook replacing my knackered laptop for home use (surfing and occasional office apps). I expect I'll need it on battery power for no more than 10% of it's usage time.
The choices I've been looking at are:
Advent 4211
- seems like a good size hard-drive.
- gets some good reviews online.
Acer One A150 (1Gb RAM, 120Gb HDD, Win XP)
- A great sized hard drive for storing music, even with XP as OS
- seems you either love it or hate it based on reviews
- I'm slightly put off by the trackpad size and button configuration
Asus Eee PC 901 (WinXP)
- Great battery life
- Relatively small SSD with XP as OS
- Small(er) keyboard
- possibly still above my price range
Asus Eee PC 900 (Win XP)
- Relatively small SSD with XP as OS
- Small(er) keyboard
- I've read about problems with the SSD on the Linus 16Gb version, plus it's reported as being quite slow in use
- possibly a 'bit old' compared to the other 3 netbooks?
So....the only one of the above I've seen in person (locked under a plastic case in Dixon's no less) has been the Acer One, and it did look nice, but as mentioned above I'm a little dubious of the trackpad with my large(ish) fingers.
It seems the prices for the Advent, Acer One and Asus 901 are all similar on XP, but which would people recommend?
Should I wait a while and see if the prices come down too, or just bite the bullet and get the Asus 900 or the Acer with Linux. I'm going away at the end of November for a week, so will definitely want it by then, with preferably a bit of lead-up time to get used to it.
Thanks for reading and any advice given!
Andy