Ultra cheap Netbooks?

[TW]Fox · 14 May 2009 at 10:13

Hi guys,

Know absolutely nothing about these (I still think the way to portable computing Nirvania is my Dell D620 and 4 batteries

) but the GF wants one.

Very, very budget oriented, basically I am after the cheapest netbook around with Windows XP. Spec doesnt matter, it needs to browse the internet and do MSN and have Wifi. Thats it. Obviously I dont want to pay £X for a completely crap one if there is a better one for £10 more, but price is the main issue here.

So guys - whats the best cheapo?

I have a spare XP Retail license - can you install this easily on the cheaper Linux models?

[TW]Fox · 14 May 2009 at 10:26

Sounds good, out of interest whats the battery life like? I've seen it quoted as 3 hours, seems a bit... low to me? My Core2Duo T7700 Dell manages that with a WXGA screen :confused:

[TW]Fox · 14 May 2009 at 12:23

Some of them have an 8Gb SSD drive. Are these to be avoided?

[TW]Fox · 14 May 2009 at 13:04

OcUK dont sell them and all the places that do I've never heard of and am loathe to order from

[TW]Fox · 14 May 2009 at 13:09

What is the difference between an A150L and an A150AW? According to Wiki there isnt an A150AW but it seems to exist..

Do the Linux ones have a Windows Key on the keyboard?

[TW]Fox · 14 May 2009 at 13:34

randal24 said:
I think the Netbooks run embedded XP, so not sure if the standard XP licence would be applicable to that product.

I am going to buy a Linux one as I have a spare, legitimate XP Retail key as I now run Vista on my main machine. So the licensing isn't an issue.

[TW]Fox · 16 May 2009 at 17:46

Ev0 said:
How much you wanting to spend, toying with the idea of selling mine and getting one of those Dell mini 10s with the high res screen

I was looking at a new one for £170..