Netbook around £200?

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Looking for something to take to university and work (word processing, reading pdfs, possibly some light spreadsheets) on when I have a couple of hours off. Will also be used for light browsing at home, possibly hooked up to a monitor, keyboard and mouse.

The eeepc 1001HA can be had for £199, with the downside it only has a 3-cell battery. How long can it be reasonably expected to last? Asus quote 4hrs but I imagine that's an exaggeration. Don't want to go much over £200 new, say £210 max.

Open to second hand too, but would have to be around the £150 mark max for something without a warranty etc.

Thanks for any ideas.
 
Attu90 said:
Ive just bought a Lenovo S10-2 for £210 but with the vat increase the same site now lists it as £223 but still worth it i think, its got a 6 cell batttery (lasts about 6 hours surfing the net) N280, 1gb ram and 160gb harddrive with win xp.

Ive now installed Windows 7 home premium and its runs great but will probably upgrade to 2gb ram soon.
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Yes, I looked at the S10-2, it looks very nice but is a tiny bit over budget. Going to keep my eyes peeled for an offer on one though.

Muel said:
I'd recomment the NC10 or whatever the new version of it is. I have an NC10 and it lasts me a true 5 hours with brightness full and wifi on.

My mate just got a Toshiba something or other, but it was about £300, lasts 9-10 hours though.

We use them for uni every day, dunno where I'd be without mine tbh.
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NC10 is a bit old now, and hard to obtain at a reasonable price anyway. The newer versions are slightly over my budget too unfortunately. I also had a go with an NC10 and didn't much like the touchpad (way too narrow), and the build quality was a little disappointing with the one I tried.

Anyone know what pinetrail netbooks are coming and when? Aren't they supposed to be a bit cheaper to make? It could be worth waiting for one perhaps.
 
I've noticed that, but when you're on a strict budget it's tricky.

Been looking at the pine trail Asus netbooks on the horizon, looks like they'll be available soon for around £250 on some models, might push prices down of the older ones, so I reckon I'll hold out and see what happens in the next month or so.

Would appreciate any other comments though chaps.
 
Currently hoping the Asus 1001P comes in at sub £200. Looks like a decent machine and ticks all the boxes. $299 in the US atm, which is less than £200, so hopefully come release here (I think feb 8th), it'll be a good price.

249 euros (amazon.de) is about £218, so a big difference in price from the US to europe it would seem. That's pretty annoying. I'd like to see an option with no OS, as I really don't want/need another copy of crappy old XP.
 
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Asus 1001HA - £229 (for 6-cell)

Asus 1005HA - £229 (6-cell)

Toshiba NB200 - effectively ~£190 with cashback and quidco. 6-cell.

Any opinions on those three?

The 1001P doesn't seem to be surfacing yet.
 
I suggest you pop into a high st store and see for yourself by having a play with some of the ones on display. Since you're in Clifton, there is at least one place on the triangle that has some on display.

Out of interest, what library/computer room are you having problems with? I assume you're at UoB or UWE..?
 
Looked at the NB200, seemed nice, and cashback on certain models makes it less than £190, but my only thought was the keys were a little small and cheap feeling. It's also a little larger than the one I eventually went for.

I bought an Asus Eee PC 1001HA with a 6-cell battery. It's basically identical to the 1005HA but has a different finish, which seems as though it will attract scratches a little less as well as being different!

Waiting for it to arrive, but will probably be doing a review of it when it does and I have used it for a while. Cost me ~£212 once all is said and done (e.g. quidco). Not bad at all.

Comes with XP, but thinking about going straight to Ubuntu netbook remix if possible. XP is ancient and a lot more susceptible to viruses/crap than ubuntu. Means I won't have to cripple the CPU with an A/V prog too.

There's also expressgate I believe and the possibility of dual booting I hope.

Anyone got a 1001HA or 1005HA and an opinion on it?
 
What cases are people using with their netbooks?

There seems to be a well-priced targus slipcase, but lots of reviews say their netbooks don't fit in it. It's the 10.2" version I think.
 
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