Netbook

[Lancstree]

Does anyone have any advice to offer on those tiny laptops they call 'netbooks'? They seem good value for money and ultra portable - I'm quite tempted to get the Toshiba NB100 for £260 from carphonewarehouse. I only want one for spreadsheets, word processing, photo's and the net. I have a desktop to do the more demanding stuff.

[Rupe]

I was under the impression that they are only for web browsing? Nowt else.

[Steve Bullman]

ive had 2. the asus...which i killed with a cup of coffee.....and my latest one is the samsung which is a great buy IMO. it has a 10" screen but the clincher is it has a 7hour battery life which nothing else can compare with at the moment.

[Steve Bullman]

I was under the impression that they are only for web browsing? Nowt else.

 

they are fine for word processing rupe.

[Lancstree]

Well it has 120 gig hard disk and 1gig of ram. I think it would be capable of more than browsing but not multi-tasking. Thats a pretty good spec though the processor (intel atom) would only have a little muscle

[Lancstree]

What about photo's and music steve?

[Steve Bullman]

i havent played music but i dont see why it hsould be a problem. it has an sd card slot so i view my pictures at work after i take them with no probs. if you want to start adding programs like paintshop pro, photoshop etc you wouldnt have much joy though

[Lancstree]

Thats good enough. Its just a case of which one to go for - gonna look at some tomorrow I think.

[Steve Bullman]

this is the one i have, and like i said. worth it for the battery life alone

 

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=58QV

[Lancstree]

It looks a good one steve and the spec is pretty much the same as the toshiba but its slightly bigger and maybe more user friendly. The battery life might swing it for me too.