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« on: 01 December 2011, 20:58:12 »
As above

I am looking at getting my lad one of these for christmas so he can use it for collage next year.

I've got a max of £250 to spend

Anybody got one on here ?
Whats the best one for the price out there ?

Opinions and advise welcome
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Re: Netbooks
« Reply #1 on: 01 December 2011, 21:03:21 »
Bought one for Miss Vamps a couple of years ago, she wants a lap top this year.... ::) ::)

Can't take a cd, well ours can't so we had to download 'Office' from the internet, has a usb so can use a stick for saving work....You can get them for around £150      I am sure an expert will be along shortly.... :y :y
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« Reply #2 on: 01 December 2011, 21:09:08 »
Old hat, they wont be around much longer methinks.

Probably 'too small' to be useful for college TBH...
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Re: Netbooks
« Reply #3 on: 01 December 2011, 21:09:42 »
Bugger, I've just sold SWMBO's netbook 2 hours ago!

Less than a yr old and had about 5mins use in total, as she never used it >:(
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Re: Netbooks
« Reply #4 on: 01 December 2011, 21:12:27 »
you can pickup laptops for £300 from Tesco much better than the netbooks too be honest and for college work will be able to accept cds as well
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Re: Netbooks
« Reply #5 on: 01 December 2011, 21:13:22 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 01 December 2011, 21:09:08
Old hat, they wont be around much longer methinks.

Probably 'too small' to be useful for college TBH...

Must admit, they are small so difficult for typing, or can be, Miss Vamps was only 9 so smaller hands, not mouth ::) ::) at the time.....She has started 'big school' now hence why she 'needs' a lap top.... :)
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Re: Netbooks
« Reply #6 on: 01 December 2011, 21:18:35 »
The poor resolutin also makes them bad for anything other than occasional use.

If mine has been used for more than 10hrs I'd be surprised ;)
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Re: Netbooks
« Reply #7 on: 01 December 2011, 21:18:57 »
I got Miss 2112 one last Christmas, but she generally uses my laptop. They're great for portability, if that's an issue, but lack some ease of functionality due to their size. No disc drive may prove to be an issue as well, and I agree with the others that perhaps you should consider a laptop if possible, and it will have greater longevity for you  :y
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« Reply #8 on: 01 December 2011, 21:35:39 »
He is looking for something he can stick in his rucksack so he can take it to school / collage.
The school are always having problems with the computer servers and other systems  :-\
Half the time, they don't even have internet  ::)

He understands about the limitations of not having a cd/dvd drive.
He uses a 8 gig flash drive on his keyring which he claims he can use to stick software on it.
He also has a old desktop wired into his 24" tv in his bedroom which he has just told me he is upgrading after christmas, with my rather money  ::)
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Re: Netbooks
« Reply #10 on: 01 December 2011, 21:48:19 »
Sorry, cannot recommend any for regular use :(

The Atom chip is sluggish, the related chipset is sluggish, the keyboard too small for typing, the screen resolution is too small to use for any time, and the things take ages to boot up (not so bad coming out of standby)
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« Reply #11 on: 01 December 2011, 22:21:28 »
I would say something like this http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.211-8727.aspx
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« Reply #12 on: 01 December 2011, 22:24:16 »
I have a Samsung N110 for travel - it has been great in 2 years I have had it - used in many countries via my usb broadband, loaded office onto it with external dvd drive.

Wouldn't trust it speed wise on anything higher than XP but for accessing emails and database while travelling has been ideal. Very small and with 8 hours battery life really effective if you travel a lot.
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Re: Netbooks
« Reply #13 on: 01 December 2011, 22:27:12 »
I picked up a second hand one not long ago for a reasonable £50.
Batt life is reasonable, portability is very good. Upgrade memory to 2 gig and they are quite useable.
Handy for in car diagnostics, a lot easier than carting the lappy out to the car.
Plays music/audiobooks but sounds a lot better through headphones. Watch videos from the HD/Network/Internet.
Browsing is a bit slow/clunky with the smaller screen res but acceptable for occasional use.
The lack of a dvd drive is no problem really as a dvd can be converted into an ISO file aand copied to a usb drive or over the network then mounted using virtual drive software so it appears as a dvd drive on the netbook.
So overall it's a handy little toy but not a complete replacement for my main laptop.
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Re: Netbooks
« Reply #14 on: 01 December 2011, 22:40:21 »
Please bear with me on this  ::)
I'm not that well up on these things anymore  :-[

Would it be fair to say that they are ok for basic word processing and t'internet browsing while on the move but if you want to play with photo's or music, use the pc  :-\

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