Spec me a Netbook Please!

[Marakith]

Hello,

I'm looking to get a netbook for under £300 which I'll be using mostly for surfing and blogging. I'll also be using it heavily with my plasma TV, so I want it to be graphically capable and with HDMI out.

I've been thinking about either the Acer Aspire One 522 or the Toshiba NB550d because both seem to have very good graphics and can support 1080p with no trouble.

Can you suggest any good alternatives? Is there a better model coming soon and should I wait a month or two?

Thanks!

 

[olivier renault]

Hello,

I'm looking to get a netbook for under £300 which I'll be using mostly for surfing and blogging. I'll also be using it heavily with my plasma TV, so I want it to be graphically capable and with HDMI out.

I've been thinking about either the Acer Aspire One 522 or the Toshiba NB550d because both seem to have very good graphics and can support 1080p with no trouble.

Can you suggest any good alternatives? Is there a better model coming soon and should I wait a month or two?

Thanks!

Not with your budget, I don't think. Llano will start appearing soon, but they will be competing with i3 platforms, not Atoms. AMD C-50, E350 would be a good bet. Also worth checking out are the Ion netbooks.

HP dm1z, Lenovo X121e are alternatives. I don't think they will be in your price bracket though.

Another option is CULV 13'' laptops, with Intel GMA4500HD. They can be found around £350 (paid £340 for mine a while ago). UL30A, Acer Timeline 3810TG, ect... SOme even come with dedicated graphics cards.

 

[Marakith]

Thanks for that - I'll keep an eye out for the x121e.

After playing around with the Aspire 522, I've decided that 10.1 is too small for my hands to comfortably fit on, so I'm considering these:

Acer Aspire One 753
Acer Aspire One 722

The former is Intel-based and the latter AMD-based. Are they both similar performance or is there something I'm not quite understanding about the chipset differences. The 753 is approx £100 more than the 722.