So I'm in the market for a netbook...
03-07-2009, 10:39 PM
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i can say first hand the HP 1000 is one of the best netbooks ive used.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218028867515
but you should also check out the new asus eeepc 1000ha it has one of the best keyboards available for netbooks.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...gtCjCVRqCjCVRq
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218028867515
but you should also check out the new asus eeepc 1000ha it has one of the best keyboards available for netbooks.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...gtCjCVRqCjCVRq
03-07-2009, 10:41 PM
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03-08-2009, 12:22 AM
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that's funny because if you look at the stats HP has one of the lowest failure rates of all the major manufactures. Acer is one of the worst.
Just because "you" or your "friend" had a bad experience with a brand doesn't make the brand suck.
But I still recommend buying an extended warranty depending on who it is through.
Just because "you" or your "friend" had a bad experience with a brand doesn't make the brand suck.
But I still recommend buying an extended warranty depending on who it is through.
03-08-2009, 12:25 AM
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The new Asus 1000he gets 9.5 hours of battery life depending on how you are using it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...SUS-_-34220369
best bang for the buck out there.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...SUS-_-34220369
best bang for the buck out there.
03-08-2009, 12:48 AM
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that's funny because if you look at the stats HP has one of the lowest failure rates of all the major manufactures. Acer is one of the worst.
Just because "you" or your "friend" had a bad experience with a brand doesn't make the brand suck.
But I still recommend buying an extended warranty depending on who it is through.
Just because "you" or your "friend" had a bad experience with a brand doesn't make the brand suck.
But I still recommend buying an extended warranty depending on who it is through.
lol but yea, if you do buy those products, make sure to get an extended warranty, conspiracy theory companies time their products to bail out after warranty!! its their evil scheemeee
03-08-2009, 01:19 AM
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hp is ****. hardware will fail on you once the warranty is over. its happened several time. asus with celeron = bad news. my experience with the celeron processor is really bad, its one of the low end cpus. id stay away from it if i were you. the MSI and Acer are about head to head. over anything though, id personally go with the lenovo. theres a lot of rep behind the name and i've used their systems and really like the design and simplicity. if i had only remembered about IBM and Lenova b4 i bought my stupid hp for college....
I was all for the acer but it just feels like a piece of trash relative to the hp. Im not hating same processor prob pretty similar performance........I think all these netbooks are so close in construction pick your screen your harddrive and thats it.
buy the dell for uber cheapz.
03-08-2009, 01:32 AM
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I think you'd be hard pressed to make a quality case of the hp vs. acer. and have anything positive to say about the acer over the hp.
I was all for the acer but it just feels like a piece of trash relative to the hp. Im not hating same processor prob pretty similar performance........I think all these netbooks are so close in construction pick your screen your harddrive and thats it.
buy the dell for uber cheapz.
I was all for the acer but it just feels like a piece of trash relative to the hp. Im not hating same processor prob pretty similar performance........I think all these netbooks are so close in construction pick your screen your harddrive and thats it.
buy the dell for uber cheapz.
03-08-2009, 10:27 AM
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So I'm currently looking into getting a netbook. I saw a few of them at Fry's yesterday and wanted to get your guy's opinion on the good ones out there
I'm looking to spend less than $500. Not looking for top of the line netbook, just something to surf the web, chat, watch movies and listen to music.
Any recommendations is welcome
Here's what I'm looking at:
Acer Aspire One
http://shop4.frys.com/product/572074...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG
Asus Eee
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218018141752
HP Mini netbook
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218028867515
MSI wind netbook
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218058779760
Lenovo S10
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GNBD8I
I'm looking to spend less than $500. Not looking for top of the line netbook, just something to surf the web, chat, watch movies and listen to music.
Any recommendations is welcome
Here's what I'm looking at:
Acer Aspire One
http://shop4.frys.com/product/572074...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG
Asus Eee
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218018141752
HP Mini netbook
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218028867515
MSI wind netbook
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218058779760
Lenovo S10
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GNBD8I
The other one I'd get next would be the Samsung NC10, the rest of the netbooks you're looking at are just plain garbage, dont waste your money. If you want a reliable, cheap and affective notebook....
MSI Wind or the Samsung NC10!
03-08-2009, 01:49 PM
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I am not sure if my friend had the Lenovo s10 or not (he had a lenovo netbook not sure if it was that exact model, sounds right though) anyway he ended up selling it and buying the HP mini 1000 and is in love with it.
Although keep in mind when you see a netbook costing less than $500 and it has a bigger sized solid state hard drive (SSD) 32-64gb, you know it's an older chipset used on that drive because the new chipsets which are incredibly fast are serious money and you won't get a laptop for under 500 dollars with one in it. Unless a company is trying to go out of business that is. So just because you see "solid state drive" don't think "oh man it's gonna be uber fast0rz!"
Although keep in mind when you see a netbook costing less than $500 and it has a bigger sized solid state hard drive (SSD) 32-64gb, you know it's an older chipset used on that drive because the new chipsets which are incredibly fast are serious money and you won't get a laptop for under 500 dollars with one in it. Unless a company is trying to go out of business that is. So just because you see "solid state drive" don't think "oh man it's gonna be uber fast0rz!"
03-08-2009, 03:51 PM
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I actually recently purchased one and did a month of background searching. I ended up with an MSI Wind... and with the rest of the stuff I do, I just got software online and installed it and it was pretty much everything I wanted from a netbook.
The other one I'd get next would be the Samsung NC10, the rest of the netbooks you're looking at are just plain garbage, dont waste your money. If you want a reliable, cheap and affective notebook....
MSI Wind or the Samsung NC10!
The other one I'd get next would be the Samsung NC10, the rest of the netbooks you're looking at are just plain garbage, dont waste your money. If you want a reliable, cheap and affective notebook....
MSI Wind or the Samsung NC10!
03-08-2009, 04:20 PM
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I like the hp screen the 10.1 inch fits in same size machine as the 8.9 inch! I think my hp mini is built pretty damn well. Especially for entertainment system HP has been making good stuff for a couple years. They are all so damn similar screen/harddrive/keyboard thats your different choices. Lenovo is obviously the best keyboard.