Asus 1008HA or 1005HA.
I have the Packard Bell Dot MA
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.
Andrew McP
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.
The battery is a standard Acer battery and even has the Acer code on number on itIt 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
There is hardly any fan noise at all on my Dot MA
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 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.
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.
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.