mrpizz
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Hello,
I'm an engineering student with a small-ish budget looking for a netbook. I'm currently using a very old Dell desktop.
My budget is ~£250. Although if it's worth paying more then I can. I hope whatever I get will last a good few years.
Whatever I get, even if it is low standard, will probably be better than my current desktop. In which case I will be using the netbook as my main computer, not just as a portable computer. I have a screen, keyboard, mouse and external hard drive which I can plug in to use at home.
However - saying that - the main reason I want a netbook is because of portability. I travel a lot and I'm in the library more than I am at home.
I don't need to run programs like Autocad or Photoshop. I need it to browse the internet, look at PDFs and occasionally run programs like Matlab.
So the main requirements I'd like it to have are a good battery life, a decent matte screen (I'd like to be able to use it outside) and for it to have a decent processor (is that right?) so I can browse and multitask quickly (I can't stand how slow my current desktop is). Oh and I need to be able to plug it in to my monitor, which is an old Dell flatscreen.
I also really appreciate good design and build quality. A friend of mine uses an Acer netbook which is lovely. Another friend uses a Dell netbook which is horrible. I'm also typing this from a HP laptop which I have borrowed and it's full of horrible flaws (the keyboard and scroll pad are not nice). I'd like to avoid brands or models which have known flaws (not necessarily dell and hp, I don't know enough to write them off).
Thanks in advance. I don't know where to look for advice and I don't have enough money to not care about a purchase as big as this. I appreciate any help.
- Tom
I'm an engineering student with a small-ish budget looking for a netbook. I'm currently using a very old Dell desktop.
My budget is ~£250. Although if it's worth paying more then I can. I hope whatever I get will last a good few years.
Whatever I get, even if it is low standard, will probably be better than my current desktop. In which case I will be using the netbook as my main computer, not just as a portable computer. I have a screen, keyboard, mouse and external hard drive which I can plug in to use at home.
However - saying that - the main reason I want a netbook is because of portability. I travel a lot and I'm in the library more than I am at home.
I don't need to run programs like Autocad or Photoshop. I need it to browse the internet, look at PDFs and occasionally run programs like Matlab.
So the main requirements I'd like it to have are a good battery life, a decent matte screen (I'd like to be able to use it outside) and for it to have a decent processor (is that right?) so I can browse and multitask quickly (I can't stand how slow my current desktop is). Oh and I need to be able to plug it in to my monitor, which is an old Dell flatscreen.
I also really appreciate good design and build quality. A friend of mine uses an Acer netbook which is lovely. Another friend uses a Dell netbook which is horrible. I'm also typing this from a HP laptop which I have borrowed and it's full of horrible flaws (the keyboard and scroll pad are not nice). I'd like to avoid brands or models which have known flaws (not necessarily dell and hp, I don't know enough to write them off).
Thanks in advance. I don't know where to look for advice and I don't have enough money to not care about a purchase as big as this. I appreciate any help.
- Tom