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cathy95	Best netbook and where to buy them	Lead	[-]
Posts: 2025 (07/05/2009 3:53 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I'm looking to buy one of the new netbooks. It gets to be a pain lugging around my laptop to work/school, so I'm looking for something smaller. I saw some at Staples and Best Buy, but I'm not certain. Anyone have one? And if so, which one do you think is the best buy? Also, where is a good place to buy them? I'm wanting to make sure that I get a good computer for the money. Opinions are appreciated! Also, once you bought them, did you think the netbook was worth buying?
PlaySka4me		#1	[-]
Posts: 20314 (07/05/2009 3:57 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	We just got one for my Mom for her BD, I'm actually on it right now. It's an MSI, which I had never heard of before, but it had all of the qualifications we wanted, for the best price. It's got a 10.1" screen, the keys are a good size (they are basically as big as they can be for a computer of this size), 1GB RAM, 160GB HD (which is huge for a netbook), 3USB ports, memory card port, webcam/mic. That is basically what we were looking for. It was $300, we got it at a store called Brandsmart but I don't think those are everywhere. I dunno how much it weighs exactly, but it is super light.
cheerios630		#2	[-]
Posts: 7013 (07/05/2009 4:02 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	10" eee PC, Best Buy, $300ish. I have one as do my dad and father-in-law (both professors who take it to school). Great battery life. Watch the size of the keyboard - I knew I couldn't handle one that was a little smaller.
cathy95		#3	[-]
Posts: 2026 (07/05/2009 4:05 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	10" eee PC, Best Buy, $300ish. I have one as do my dad and father-in-law (both professors who take it to school). Great battery life. Watch the size of the keyboard - I knew I couldn't handle one that was a little smaller. Is that the Asus? That or Acer are the ones I've been looking at.
MyTitsAreMoreIndieThanYours		#4	[-]
Posts: 4292 (07/05/2009 4:08 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	http://www.tigerdirect.com http://www.newegg.com Both of those sites are good and will get you something cheap. And look for a brand you know.. the unknown brands I'm always staying away from.. I'd stick around HP, Toshiba, Samsung, etc. No Acer or Asus. Yeah, they look great for a greatprice, but you'll be paying for it in a year. Lemme see if I can find some good prices on some netbooks.
cheerios630		#5	[-]
Posts: 7014 (07/05/2009 4:08 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	cathy95 wrote: 10" eee PC, Best Buy, $300ish. I have one as do my dad and father-in-law (both professors who take it to school). Great battery life. Watch the size of the keyboard - I knew I couldn't handle one that was a little smaller. Is that the Asus? That or Acer are the ones I've been looking at. http://www.bestbuy.com/si...uct&id=1218068507709
cheerios630		#6	[-]
Posts: 7015 (07/05/2009 4:09 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	MyTitsAreMoreIndieThanYours wrote: http://www.tigerdirect.com http://www.newegg.com Both of those sites are good and will get you something cheap. And look for a brand you know.. the unknown brands I'm always staying away from.. I'd stick around HP, Toshiba, Samsung, etc. No Acer or Asus. Yeah, they look great for a greatprice, but you'll be paying for it in a year. Lemme see if I can find some good prices on some netbooks. Those may be more widely-known, but Asus is actually one of the best brands for netbooks.
PlaySka4me		#7	[-]
Posts: 20315 (07/05/2009 4:11 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I saw that one when I was looking, the price was compareable to the MSI, but the keyboard was wayyyy too small.
MyTitsAreMoreIndieThanYours		#8	[-]
Posts: 4293 (07/05/2009 4:13 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	See, we have Asus brand things at my work, and its complete crap! http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4483582&CatId=3987 HP, 8.9 inch screen, $299. HP has great laptops.
MyTitsAreMoreIndieThanYours		#9	[-]
Posts: 4294 (07/05/2009 4:16 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Also, I'm assuming that this is only for word processing/internet? No gaming? No graphics?
cathy95		#10	[-]
Posts: 2027 (07/06/2009 10:49 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Also, I'm assuming that this is only for word processing/internet? No gaming? No graphics? Yes, that's about all I'd be doing.
vegaschik212		#11	[-]
Posts: 390 (07/06/2009 11:32 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I love, love, LOVE my Asus eeePC. Yeah, its not a big name brand, but consumer reports originally rated it above most of the other brands. I looked just now, and the Samsung one is rated higher, but is about $100 more expensive. For that price, I'd buy an actual laptop. They also seem to like the Acer Aspire, which was one I looked at too. But I had to wait to get that one, and well, I don't wait well The bigger nambed brands reviewed just don't have the battery life this one does. I can user it for 5+ hours without charging it. I will agree that the speakers suck big time. But I don't listen to much on it, so I'm not all that concerned. I have the 10' one because I'm using it mostly to type some of my action research paper on. I couldn't imagine a smaller keyboard. I tried them out in bestbuy and it was just bad. I personally wouldn't go smaller than a 10 inch one. And if you do, just be aware that its a SMALL keyboard. Yeah it;ll fit in a medium sized purse, but I make enough typos as it is, no need for my fingers to be crashing into each other unnecessarily. I bought mine at bestbuy, and got the extended warenty thingy and paid $370. One of my best purchases ever. I really, really, really, love it. I'm sitting in starbucks now using it If I was okay to wait, I probably would have ordered one online. But again, once I made up my minde there was to be no waiting Sue

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