After the slimmest/lightest 10" netbook
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here a list on wiki netbooks
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Pfft Sony P series if you have the cash, I've seen a few in the flesh and still blows me away when I see one, you can litrally stick it in your back pocket
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I have the Packard Bell Dot MA, Amd athlon L110 cpu, ATI1270 graphics, 2gig ram, & Vista home premium and 11.6 screen, had it for 2 days now and I am very impressed with its slim size, performance and screen. Cracking good buy.
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Packard Bell's usually a name which scares me off, but that's a nice little machine, with a screen size I'd find very useful. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
The thing which puts me off -- reading some online reports -- is the fan noise. The one thing I hate most about my current laptop is the way I'll be engrossed in something, then the fan kicks in and 'wakes' me up.
I'm also a bit fussy about keyboards, as I do a lot of typing. That's what's led me to keep an eye on NC20 prices. Decent screen size and a well regarded keyboard.
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There is hardly any fan noise at all on my Dot MA, I believe it is a Gateway badged machine in the United States, but it takes the same batteries as the Acer aspiire one 751H 11.6in laptops and it shares the same case as well but different mobo and graphics. All the access slots are on the base so Ram, hard drive and mini pci-e slots are easily accessable.
I will do a mini review with some pictures later, because it is a great machine for £329 inc vat from a big, big supplier.
I would interested in reading your review. Especially if the battery can be replaced.
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The battery is a standard Acer battery and even has the Acer code on number on it
It just happens to be same as the 11.6in Acer models, strange co-incidence? I suspect this is just a redaged Acer model produced in the same factory by an OEM producer in China.I have replied to your PM
The battery is a standard Acer battery and even has the Acer code on number on it
I have replied to your PM
Thanks for the reply.
My only concern with Acer aspiire one 751H from the reviews is the slow cpu. I hope the amd cpu is faster.
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Interesting, thanks. The bang for buck (especially per pixel) on this machine is pretty high, so I'm open to persuasion.
Andrew McP
look forward to the review
saw one tonight in a big supermarket initial impressions were good, however im uncertain which os comes with it, some places say vista home basic and some say home premium???Did you get a Windows 7 upgrade voucher with it? Not found any indication that Packard Bell offer this if buying from other sources
After been hanging on waiting to buy a notebook for ages, was holding out for an ion, but after seeing what I have on youtube, I've realised that I'm never going to get decent gaming on a netbook, it will always be crippled by the atom processor.
I walking into a supermarket, and saw the packard bell dot ma, went home, thought about it, came back and bought one the next day, only to find two dead pixels stuck together, and the a key refused to spring back up. they had no more in stock, so I've ordered one from their online store, and will check it in the store before hopefully taking it away.
Super Tigers, what is your opinion after having it a while, I'm eager to know. I hear you can overclock it successfully to 1.44ghz, and that you can put windows seven on it which I'm hoping to do (even though I'm a complete novice). Have you tried any gaming on native resolution? All I need this netbook to do is play 720 movies (which I think it does struggle with) play command and conquer generals, zero hour and red alert, and even possibly sims 3, although I'm not going to lose sleep if it doesn't. Oh yeah, and run microsoft office!
Have you tried any of the above? I would probably get a 6 cell battery, but it really is a bargain for what you get, and having dedicated graphics as well as 2gb ram, if it can do command and conquer i'll be over the moon (and have a fully operational keyboard and no dead pixies!)
many thanks, I await your reply with baited breath!
I walking into a supermarket, and saw the packard bell dot ma, went home, thought about it, came back and bought one the next day, only to find two dead pixels stuck together, and the a key refused to spring back up. they had no more in stock, so I've ordered one from their online store, and will check it in the store before hopefully taking it away.
Super Tigers, what is your opinion after having it a while, I'm eager to know. I hear you can overclock it successfully to 1.44ghz, and that you can put windows seven on it which I'm hoping to do (even though I'm a complete novice). Have you tried any gaming on native resolution? All I need this netbook to do is play 720 movies (which I think it does struggle with) play command and conquer generals, zero hour and red alert, and even possibly sims 3, although I'm not going to lose sleep if it doesn't. Oh yeah, and run microsoft office!
Have you tried any of the above? I would probably get a 6 cell battery, but it really is a bargain for what you get, and having dedicated graphics as well as 2gb ram, if it can do command and conquer i'll be over the moon (and have a fully operational keyboard and no dead pixies!)
many thanks, I await your reply with baited breath!
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Pfft Sony P series if you have the cash, I've seen a few in the flesh and still blows me away when I see one, you can litrally stick it in your back pocket
Ah the sony maybe a sexy unit, but Sony is thee worst for advanced users. I just remember trying to put a new hd and xp on the last 2 vaio's I have owned. The bios's are locked. Sony website drivers are spotty. I have never had full function-ability after doing so. I want to own my netbook, not my netbook pwn me. I plan on going ssd, and 2gb ram, something that would void the warranty of the sony.
I have seen vids of netbooks with ssd's and 2gb ram and they are quite impressive. Miles ahead of the old p4 units at my old job. It's quite sad, but here in the US, a vast majority of business still use 1-3ghz non ht p4 machines. Most employee's own better pc's in their home.
xp is no prob on vaio p they have all the xp drivers available as a downloadable disk that self installs, the hdd is another matter, being 1.8" doesnt help at all .......
I saw the Sony P series in a shop yesterday. It's a sexy machine, but damn the resolution is awfully high for a such a little screen. I'd squint too much using that for any period of time.
I haven't really had anything to compare it against but having just got a Samsung NC10 I'd say it's quite light. Maybe a dell mini 9 would be lighter, on account of the SSD and absence of fans.
I haven't really had anything to compare it against but having just got a Samsung NC10 I'd say it's quite light. Maybe a dell mini 9 would be lighter, on account of the SSD and absence of fans.
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they are only locked if you lock them. ive put a new hard drive and win7 on my fw without a problem. the only issue i do have is the lack of Fn keys in 7.