Teh Netbooks

[S14DB]

Lately I have been looking at netbooks. Mainly the MSI Wind/Averatec Buddy,, Dell Mini 9, Lenovo S10, Samsung NC10 and the HP Mini 1000. Everyone is likes the Eee's but I didn't like the Eee 1000H.

Anyone have a netbook? Used any of them? Thoughts?


http://www.obsessable.com/comparator/netbooks-compared/

[BustedS13]

eee 1000h is my desire. if the dell was a 10" scren it'd be cooler though. also the lenovo is very nice, a buddy of mine has one.

[S14DB]

9~10" was what I was looking at. Doesn't seem to be to much of a difference. Some of those 8" are crazy small.

[neverrain]

I don't get peoples obsession with these. A few people I work with bought some and installed OSX on them.

Although I guess there is more appeal if you live in a city where you can always get internet.

[BustedS13]

yup. and with the eee's, the 9" screen comes with the more cramped keyboard. the 10" is perfect.

i'd be all about the s10 if they'd give it a bigger battery, though. very nice looking machine.

I don't get peoples obsession with these. A few people I work with bought some and installed OSX on them.

Although I guess there is more appeal if you live in a city where you can always get internet.

notebooks are heavy and cumbersome. they suck down batteries like crazy.
if you own a desktop, you'll never really use your notebook to its fullest extent because you can just get shit done on the desktop, which is more powerful anyway. at least, this is the case for me.
netbooks are portable, light, and do everything you really need on the go. great for sitting on the couch watching tv. won't burn your leg as bad.

[sub9lulu]

i m getting an ASUS

[Dutchmalmiss]

Yeah I'd go with the EEE 1000H, HA, or HE. You'll want the 6cell battery too. Dell's also coming out with the mini 10 as a competitor to the EEE 1000, so that should be good too. Doesn't the MSI wind only have one mouse button? I wouldn't be able to stand not having a right-click on XP.

[theicecreamdan]

I'm on my acer aspire 1. Girlfriend has whatever the HP mini with the normal harddrive.

I got a netbook because I use a laptop for internet, and homework. My Toshiba I always left at home because it was big and heavy for a backpack. I leave the netbook at home because I don't need a computer at school yet this semester... oh well.

[S14DB]

I want something I can drag around with me. Cause I am always leaving my laptop at home cause it's to big and I think I won't need it.

[ZenkiKid]

i have an HP DV6000 series, sucked but i tweaked the hell out of it (with any computer equppied with shit vista you should be tweaking anyway) and got it to run half decent

[xdumbxguyx]

ive been looking into netbooks as well, was looking at the eee pc and the mini 12.
why dont you like the eee pc?

[atom]

HP 2140 is the only netbook out right now I'd even consider buying.

[SochBAT]

my gf has the eee 1000ha. loves it. I really dig it too. nice keyboard. everythings nice.

ex gf has the msi wind (she works there). its ehhh. we thru osx on it cuz she's a whore like that.

[!Zar!]

So I decided to add a baby to my current portable pc stable.

Recently I've been eyeing netbooks. Acer One, Asus 1000HA, Hp 2133/2140 or 1010nr, Dell mini 9 and what not.

Right now I'm leaning towards the HP 2133 just because it isn't as expensive as the 2140 yet still performs pretty well.

Experiences and suggestions on any of the ones I've listed or forgotten?
I noobed it up elsewhere so I figured I'd just quote myself in here.

Some of the stuff has already been talked about. But I'm really interested in the HP 2133 or the 2140. I keep seeing these 1010nr's all over the place but haven't looked around at them.

[svensko]

ex gf has the msi wind (she works there). its ehhh. we thru osx on it cuz she's a whore like that.


How involved of a process was this? Just curious.

[RiversideS13]

I have eee pc 1000H, the longest battery time i had was close to 5 hours and shortest was 3.5 hours (my wifi is always on) . I upgraded the memory to 2GB for only $20 while it was on sale, it only took me 5 minutes to install it because it has a latch allow you to have easy access without avoiding the warranty. The hard drive can be upgrade too because it just a regular 2.5" SATA and it came with the oem window image disk. the boot up time is awsome, it only takes about 30-50 second. the camera sucks but i don't use it anyway. there is also a big internet community out there.

[Matej]

Such misleading title, I was hoping this thread was about something else.


http://images.allmoviephoto.com/2004_The_Notebook/2004_the_notebook_wallpaper_001.jpg

[!Zar!]

After some research it looks like I'm going with the Samsung NC10 instead of the HP 2140.

[svensko]

After some research it looks like I'm going with the Samsung NC10 instead of the HP 2140.

Just curious, but why?

[S14DB]

How involved of a process was this? Just curious.

Google "MSI Wind OSX" I won't direct link cause I dunno how legal it is.

[WanganRunner]

I bought an EEE 1000HA today for $300 even on craigslist. Brand new and sealed.

It's charging right now, I've yet to fire it up for the first time. I work and go to school in downtown DC, so there's always wifi somewhere. Also, I can use it to watch Top Gear on during my long subway commute, which is win.

[S14DB]

I'm still debating 10" vs 9"

[!Zar!]

Just curious, but why?

I'm on my phone right now, but a few various reasons which I'll post up later.

In other news, I just bought a Samsung NC10.

[svensko]

I'm still debating 10" vs 9"

9" for something you'd always carry around with you, 10" if you plan on using it on a desk/at home.

[!Zar!]

So far, so good with the Samsung NC10.

I decided to go with it due to it being most like a traditional laptop without feeling cheep like an eeepc.

It was either the Samsung NC10 or the HP 2140. But after checking out the specs they both are pretty much the same. Except the samsung comes with a better battery as well as better webcam.

So price for price the samsung is a huge bang for the buck.


The six cell lipo battery comes standard while the other laptops require you to buy it as an option.

The keyboard has a good feel to it since it doesn't have the multi language keys. So everything looks and feels "normal" so I don't find myself mistyping more often than I normally do.

My only gripe is the touchpad. Horizontally it's great. Vertically it's a little narrow. So I find myself tracking higher than the pad actually goes.

It's pretty small.

There are smaller, but they feel annoying to me when I try to type on them. But knowing me I'll pick up an 8" hp 1010nr or something just to see how I like it; they are so damn cheap it's hard to resist!


I'm going to buy a 2gig stick of ram tomorrow since I can't leave well enough alone; I don't feel a need for it but for $30 how can I complain?

[sub9lulu]

So far, so good with the Samsung NC10.
....


how is the NC10 better than the 1000 HA / 1000 HE ?

i couldnt find anyone got the 1000HE in stock yet

[!Zar!]

Honestly, they are pretty similar.

My problem with the prior eee pc's was that they placed the keys in stupid places.

Luckily the 1000he fixes that problem with an all new keyboard layout.

The touchpad is visibly bigger as compared to the samsung nc10.

Asus placed the seemingly netbook standard Intel atom processor in there but this time it's beefed up to 1.66mhz instead of the 1.5 that the samsung comes with.
I haven't had a change to test the new processor, but I could only imagine it's a tad bit faster if at best.


In other news, HP is releasing a higher res 2140 netbook supposedly some time around march.

Dell is releasing their mini 10 which seems promising with the integrated GPS, integrated mobile broadband, integrated TV tuner with Edge-to-edge 16:9 HD 720p 10-inch display.

This little wonder should be releasing in a couple weeks with pricing still yet to be unannounced.

[ANVIL]

man, the gf has been bugging me to pick one of these up and i think i finally might give in.

her sister got one and now she really wants one more than ever. her sister picked up that ACER. we are borrowing it right now because our laptop is being serviced (still) but cant get it to go on the net.. wtf?? it says connected but doesnt transfer any data... anyone have any ideas?

other than that.... are there any netbooks you guys would recommend to NOT get? they all seem pretty similar...

[WanganRunner]

I've only had this thing a day now and I love it. I was hopping on wifi all over the place when I was at class last night, and the keyboard is *just* big enough. A 9" netbook wouldn't have cut it.

Pic taken with lame blackberry 8900 camera:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i76/Keifeinzel/IMG00046-20090224-1311.jpg

[!Zar!]

Eee 100H no?

[WanganRunner]

Eee 100H no?

It's a 1000HA, yeah.

[!Zar!]

Oh even better.

I heard the sound system in that is quite the wonder.

[atom]

other than that.... are there any netbooks you guys would recommend to NOT get? they all seem pretty similar...

They really are all mostly the same performance wise since 95% of them are based on the same intel atom/945 combo. It's just the ergonomics that are different. The build quality of the HP netbooks is better than the other brands in my experience (I've messed with the HP, Acer One, and Asus netbooks). Also look at the battery. On the older netbooks a lot of them came with a shitty 3-cell battery which didn't last long. I think most of the newer netbooks come with a 6-cell now.

[SimpleS14]

I'm pretty darn tempted to by this:

Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 drops to a delicious $199 - Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/dells-inspiron-mini-9-drops-to-a-delicious-199/)

[Om1kron]

I'm pretty darn tempted to by this:

Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 drops to a delicious $199 - Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/dells-inspiron-mini-9-drops-to-a-delicious-199/)

That seriously would be a great investment to anyone who needs a laptop to do dyno tuning without spending 1600 bucks on a laptop.

[!Zar!]

Yeah, they are trying to blow out the last of the 9's since the 10 is coming out in a couple weeks.

[S14DB]

I'm pretty darn tempted to by this:

Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 drops to a delicious $199 - Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/dells-inspiron-mini-9-drops-to-a-delicious-199/)

I dunno why they are doing that. They were already sold out will 3/12. Now they are sold out till 3/20.

Everyone is buying the Linux models to drop OSX on them.


That seriously would be a great investment to anyone who needs a laptop to do dyno tuning without spending 1600 bucks on a laptop.

I think a Table would be hard to read on a 9" screen.

[Leetheslacker]

I dunno why they are doing that. They were already sold out will 3/12. Now they are sold out till 3/20.

Everyone is buying the Linux models to drop OSX on them.




I think a Table would be hard to read on a 9" screen.

even with that $50 discount, its about $350 with enough ram and a big enough hdd for OSX.

[SimpleS14]

I dunno why they are doing that. They were already sold out will 3/12. Now they are sold out till 3/20.

Everyone is buying the Linux models to drop OSX on them.

After reading some of the comments, this looks like a better deal...

Sam's Club - Dell Inspiron Mini 9" Netbook 8GB SSD, 8.9" LCD (http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=425662)

I was considering putting OSX on it...but IDK if I can justify getting the bigger HDD and the retail DVD.

[S14DB]

even with that $50 discount, its about $350 with enough ram and a big enough hdd for OSX.

Fuck buying their ram. You can max the thing out(2gb) for $20 on newegg. Their 16gb($75) HD is reasonable for OSX. I don't know enough about PCI-E SSD's to buy a bigger one elsewere.

The XP model is still $299.

[!Zar!]

Yeah, 8gb is nothing...

I was going to buy ram off of newegg, but I decided to drop by Fry's electronics and grabbed a 2gb stick for $20.

Sucks though, because I now have a 1gb stick. Feels kind of pointless to post it up for $10. So I'll just hold onto it as a nerd paperweight.

[smellslikecurry]

i bought my girl the lenovo s10

thing is sick

build quality is really good and no faults yet at all

she uses it 24/7...law school shit

[WanganRunner]

I got Project64 (N64 emulator) running on my block-stock 1000HA today.

It runs BEAUTIFULLY, even in full screen. Obviously, full screen on a 1000HA is a wacky resolution and so it compresses it some, I will thus almost always play in a big window, but it's just nice to see what looked like 60fps full screen.

Now I'm going to try to get EPSXE and my Sega Model 2 Arcade emulator to run on it.

I might take vids with my Blackberry of the machine running N64 later today. It looks pretty cool. I don't even have a joypad for it yet, I'm thinking X360 USB.

[Omarius Maximus]

I'm typing this with a Lenovo s10. Excellent netbook, my only complaint is the quirky keyboard...the right shift button is extra small so I accidentally miss it often. The battery life is also abysmal. 2 hours if you're lucky. If you get the s10, do yourself a favor and pick up a 6 cell battery.

[WanganRunner]

I know this is an ancient thread, but I got another one.

I'd sold the 1000HA awhile back when shedding toys. I got an Everun note for $100 yesterday, almost brand new. It is fucking boss.


http://www.umpcportal.com/gallery/d/12449-4/IMG_7250.JPG

Review/Specs:

http://images.google.com/imgre...uyzAQ (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.umpcportal.com/gallery/d/12449-4/IMG_7250.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/09/everun-note-full-review/&usg=__oucIx_F2HBMPGbsXkGZozuq0Bgk=&h=300&w=400&sz=33&hl=en&start=18&sig2=qRBHRBABofLAjCW9Kc6fNw&tbnid=9AcnGMRXY3R1PM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deverun%2Bnote%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den&ei=blymSuOYFZn_lAep-uyzAQ)


It's a dual-core AMD 64 Turion with ATI RS690E.

I was playing the Quake 3 Arena demo on it yesterday and it wasn't even stressing it out. I want to try HL2.

No battery life when gaming, but still fun as shit. I can get 2 hrs watching video, I was catching up on Top Gear on the metro.

[!Zar!]

I already have the Samsung NC10 and wanted to try something else, so I picked up the MSI Wind on a whim. I haven't had a chance to use the Wind a lot, but after the first few minutes I noticed that the touch pad sucks horribly. Now with the NC10 I noticed that the touch pad feel wasn't right either. After spending a few minutes I was able to disable/adjust a few features and it feels just like my full size laptops in precision.
But so far there isn't anything that can be done aside from changing the touch pad. I've checked around and that seems to be the only remedy.

I'll post up more once I get the time chance to do a test between them as well as more time with them.

[WanganRunner]

That's why I like the Everun. It's touchscreen, so even if the pointer sucks (which it does), I don't have to use it if I don't want to.

[!Zar!]

Well, if I was able to score one as cheap as you, I would. But as it stands right now, they aren't plentiful enough to find one for myself yet. Unless I start searching around online. And at that point I'd loose interest being as how I'm not extremely interested in it right now.

I didn't know it was touch screen, so that's good to know. I'm sure I'll come across one some time soon/eventually.

[T chop]

I have a HP Mini 1000, it came with Vista, and it was really slow, even when it was brand new. I bought it for traveling but I never actually took it anywhere, when I went out so it was kind of just a waste. I regret not buying a normal laptop.

Not having a CD/DVD drive sometimes a pain but I have an external. I also find if overheats easily. If you want to use it for the internet ONLY it's not bad, but even then I found I had to scroll way too much and I couldn't view images properly or some web sites.

[WanganRunner]

Well, if I was able to score one as cheap as you, I would. But as it stands right now, they aren't plentiful enough to find one for myself yet. Unless I start searching around online.

Actually, I think it's recently out of production.

I don't think I'd buy one at full price, keyboard is too small. For $100 though, I'll take it.

[S14DB]

I have a HP Mini 1000, it came with Vista, and it was really slow, even when it was brand new. I bought it for traveling but I never actually took it anywhere, when I went out so it was kind of just a waste. I regret not buying a normal laptop.

Not having a CD/DVD drive sometimes a pain but I have an external. I also find if overheats easily. If you want to use it for the internet ONLY it's not bad, but even then I found I had to scroll way too much and I couldn't view images properly or some web sites.
Rollback to XP or wait for 7. Vista is a netbook killer.

[Screenname]

I know this is an ancient thread, but I got another one.

I'd sold the 1000HA awhile back when shedding toys. I got an Everun note for $100 yesterday, almost brand new. It is fucking boss.


http://www.umpcportal.com/gallery/d/12449-4/IMG_7250.JPG

Review/Specs:

http://images.google.com/imgre...uyzAQ (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.umpcportal.com/gallery/d/12449-4/IMG_7250.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/09/everun-note-full-review/&usg=__oucIx_F2HBMPGbsXkGZozuq0Bgk=&h=300&w=400&sz=33&hl=en&start=18&sig2=qRBHRBABofLAjCW9Kc6fNw&tbnid=9AcnGMRXY3R1PM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deverun%2Bnote%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den&ei=blymSuOYFZn_lAep-uyzAQ)


It's a dual-core AMD 64 Turion with ATI RS690E.

I was playing the Quake 3 Arena demo on it yesterday and it wasn't even stressing it out. I want to try HL2.

No battery life when gaming, but still fun as shit. I can get 2 hrs watching video, I was catching up on Top Gear on the metro.



How and where did you get this for $100. If you have hookups please let me know.

[WanganRunner]

How and where did you get this for $100. If you have hookups please let me know.


Friend owned it (and a billion other toys), didn't use it a lot, got bored of it, and sold it to me for $100. He'd probably used it for a couple hours, max.

I got my iPhone 3G from him also, same idea.

[Screenname]

Friend owned it (and a billion other toys), didn't use it a lot, got bored of it, and sold it to me for $100. He'd probably used it for a couple hours, max.

I got my iPhone 3G from him also, same idea.


Those are some good friends.

[WanganRunner]

I'm thinking of trying to sell/trade the Everun for another EEE, just because I'd rather have a 10" keyboard, but I'll probably miss the horsepower so I'm on the fence about it.

If I could get $500 for it, I'd probably sell it. Then I could get a $300 EEE and a $200 Flip Ultra HD, lol.

[SochBAT]

BUMP. Its been one hell of a year, and a lot of new things have changed up the Netbook market.

The new chipset N450 atom processor is wicked. Adds a lot of refinement to the current stock of netbooks.

I picked up a Gateway LT2104U.

1.66 N450
250gb SATA HD
1.3 MP webcam for cybering (why else would you want a webcam, duhhhh)
Nice 93% keyboard (Almost exactly like my A4Tech Mini Keyboard)
Multi-Gesture mouse pad (stops multitouch as soon as you start typing)
IIRC, N Speed wireless built in
1g Ram, expandable to 2g physical
Win7 starter (cant change background, boo)
6 Cell battery (8.5 hrs usage)

Only for 309 @ bestbuy. SOO awesome. The arrowkey placement is weird, takes some getting used to. Its literally, half of a key itself.

[Pg Up][UpArrw][Pgdwn]
[LftArr][DwnArr][RgtArr]

Weird, but still, admissible.

The awesome thing about Win7 is the ReadyBoost. You can use ____gb USB sticks to work as additional ram. BBuy had a 4g stick for 13, and I am using the full stick to Boost.

Literally, this laptop works faster than my aunts HP DV7, My cousins FAPbook, and other similar netbooks.

The BIGGEST draw for me to this laptop? It didn't look like it was meant for kids. Its got a refined look, sleek, and sharp, like a normal laptop, just physically smaller.