GusTavToo

I've just had a small cash boost after being paid for a job and I'm think
of investing in a Netbook. Its main use would be for email/surfing around
the house and Office when I'm away with work. We can also restrict the kids
use to the ageing laptop :-)

I'm not looking to spend more than £200-£250. Are there any brands or
processors that I should look out for or avoid?

I've never dipped my toe in the Netbook market before.

TIA.

Gus.
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gospvg

On 09/01/2012 18:08, GusTavToo wrote:
> I've just had a small cash boost after being paid for a job and I'm think
> of investing in a Netbook. Its main use would be for email/surfing around
> the house and Office when I'm away with work. We can also restrict the kids
> use to the ageing laptop :-)
>
> I'm not looking to spend more than £200-£250. Are there any brands or
> processors that I should look out for or avoid?
>
> I've never dipped my toe in the Netbook market before.
>

We have a couple of nice samsung netbooks at work, not sure I would want
a netbook for home use though, the few I have used seem slow to me &
have never worked on bbc iplayer.

I would say get a cheapo laptop or an ipad instead.


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Zomoniac

On 09/01/2012 18:08, GusTavToo wrote:
> I've just had a small cash boost after being paid for a job and I'm think
> of investing in a Netbook. Its main use would be for email/surfing around
> the house and Office when I'm away with work. We can also restrict the kids
> use to the ageing laptop :-)
>
> I'm not looking to spend more than £200-£250. Are there any brands or
> processors that I should look out for or avoid?
>
> I've never dipped my toe in the Netbook market before.

I have a Samsung N110 (10.1", 1.6GHz Atom, 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Windows
7) that you can have for £100+P&P if you're interested?

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Dr Zoidberg

"GusTavToo" <GusTavToo@clasf.org.invalid> wrote in message
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> I've just had a small cash boost after being paid for a job and I'm think
> of investing in a Netbook. Its main use would be for email/surfing around
> the house and Office when I'm away with work. We can also restrict the
> kids
> use to the ageing laptop :-)
>
> I'm not looking to spend more than £200-£250. Are there any brands or
> processors that I should look out for or avoid?
>
Second hand iPad?
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Tim Miller

GusTavToo <GusTavToo@clasf.org.invalid> wrote:
> I've just had a small cash boost after being paid for a job and I'm think
> of investing in a Netbook. Its main use would be for email/surfing around
> the house and Office when I'm away with work.

> I'm not looking to spend more than £200-£250. Are there any brands or
> processors that I should look out for or avoid?
>
If you're looking to do any sort of serious typing on it, then avoid the
mistake I made and make sure you get a full-sized keyboard. I got a Dell
Mini 9 a few years ago and the small keyboard, low resolution and stupid
screen shape make it all but unusable for most things.

I do most of my typing for personal use nowadays on an iPad.

Tim (tm)

GusTavToo

Zomoniac <the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/01/2012 18:08, GusTavToo wrote:
>> I've just had a small cash boost after being paid for a job and I'm think
>> of investing in a Netbook. Its main use would be for email/surfing around
>> the house and Office when I'm away with work. We can also restrict the kids
>> use to the ageing laptop :-)
>>
>> I'm not looking to spend more than £200-£250. Are there any brands or
>> processors that I should look out for or avoid?
>>
>> I've never dipped my toe in the Netbook market before.
>
> I have a Samsung N110 (10.1", 1.6GHz Atom, 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Windows 7)
> that you can have for £100+P&P if you're interested?

That sounds very promising. Does this email work?

Gus.
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deKay

On Mon, 9 Jan 2012, GusTavToo wrote:

> I've just had a small cash boost after being paid for a job and I'm think
> of investing in a Netbook. Its main use would be for email/surfing around
> the house and Office when I'm away with work. We can also restrict the kids
> use to the ageing laptop :-)
>
> I'm not looking to spend more than £200-£250. Are there any brands or
> processors that I should look out for or avoid?
>
> I've never dipped my toe in the Netbook market before.

You can get a nice Samsung dual core Atom for that price. Maybe spend an
extra £15 to boost it to 2GB.

deKay
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Zomoniac

On 09/01/2012 21:01, GusTavToo wrote:
> Zomoniac<the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On 09/01/2012 18:08, GusTavToo wrote:
>>> I've just had a small cash boost after being paid for a job and I'm think
>>> of investing in a Netbook. Its main use would be for email/surfing around
>>> the house and Office when I'm away with work. We can also restrict the kids
>>> use to the ageing laptop :-)
>>>
>>> I'm not looking to spend more than £200-£250. Are there any brands or
>>> processors that I should look out for or avoid?
>>>
>>> I've never dipped my toe in the Netbook market before.
>>
>> I have a Samsung N110 (10.1", 1.6GHz Atom, 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Windows 7)
>> that you can have for £100+P&P if you're interested?
>
> That sounds very promising. Does this email work?

Sure does.

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Toby Newman

On 2012-01-09, GusTavToo <GusTavToo@clasf.org.invalid> wrote:
> I've just had a small cash boost after being paid for a job and I'm think
> of investing in a Netbook. Its main use would be for email/surfing around
> the house and Office when I'm away with work. We can also restrict the kids
> use to the ageing laptop :-)
>
> I'm not looking to spend more than £200-£250. Are there any brands or
> processors that I should look out for or avoid?
>
> I've never dipped my toe in the Netbook market before.

I have an Eeepc 1001ha
Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz Processor
It's fine for what I use it for, i.e. mostly sshing to other boxes
with some light web browsing.

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