Netbooks - Who Uses One?

And do you like it? What brand and model?

I'm in the market for something portable, that I can get relatively fast internet surfing speeds, and can save photos on, and I'm not looking for a full sized laptop.

So many choices! I want to keep it under $300, but not sure what to choose! :tears:

Just got my wife an Acer from Wal-Mart. $298, she really likes it. 8.9" screen, easy to travel with and has wireless network. We us an aircard from US Cellular. AT&T is probally more wide spread and a little faster.

I have a Dell Mini 9", its a good little book, lightweight and it has about 4 hr's battery life. I actually ordered 2gigs of memory from Crucial for it when I bought it for like 30 bucks, so if you do look into them get the lowest memory and look into buying memory somewhere. My Mini only has a 16 SSD (helps battery life), but i just keep everything on my external harddrive if I need something

Thanks guys! I wouldn't even mind a refurbished if it cost less. I get Dell employee discount through my employer, which knocks 7% off the cost of a Dell.

Dell and Acer are the two I've looked at so far.

I use the paper ones.

I have a Sony Vaio P series. It rocks is super light weight and fits in my jacket pocket. Not to mention being a very well made computer.


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Yeah you can get them through the Dell Outlet for $259 they have quite a few listed but then come and go on the list

I did alot of searching and as far as the battery life, the Dell with the SSD come out one of the highest at 4 hours

You know I love mine, I think John would take it if he could ;)...........but it's MINE

I have been considering buying one. And now as a result of this thread I just called Dell and ordered one.

Hi,

Would you be able to save money if you used Quidco or a similar scheme?

I recently had to buy a laptop for a family member and managed to build up £35 or so that should be paid in a couple of months.


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