Have you submitted yourself to the Netbook craze?

[Cabalo]

i've one, i looked at my needs, and i didn't need a notebook, i needed something more suitable to my travelling around, as i already have a pretty powerful desktop.

i bought the Asus 901 back in November. Great choice.

[Marduk]

Thinking about a netbook because I barely use my computer for anything other than browsing the web and watching movie/tv shows.

[Squeamous]

I was looking at the available dishes (Toshiba NB100, Acer Aspire One, Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Mini Ui3520, Samsung NC10, Asus EEE 1000H, HP Mini 2140, et al.) and I'm keen on getting myself one of these little things once the cash comes back.

ATM I'm thinking of waiting for the Samsung NC20, seeing as it comes with a 12" screen (it's an XL-netbook, as opposed to a subpar notebook), and I saw the 8.9" screen on a gal's EEE and it was really tiny.

Dell's already launched something on this new 12" netbook league (the Dell Inspiron Mini 12), but I know Samsung always has the better craftsmanship.

This seems like the ideal mini laptop to take to lectures and the like. Provided the keyboard is spacious enough (I hear the Samsung NC10 already is 93% of a full-sized, the HP Mini being 92%, so this NC20's must be even bigger) it can be used to write papers, surf the net, watch a few XviD's and listen to music. Nothing too power-hungry, but definitely an incentive to stay off enticing PC games.

Has anyone here purchased one of these lilliputs and would like to share the experience/success/in-success if such is the case?

I've got an Acer eee pc. It's good for train journeys or going to see my computer illiterate parents. Prolonged use gives me a headache though, and the keyboard is itty bitty. I think it's too small for anything but browsing the net and the odd bit of messageboarding. Battery life is shite...meant to be 3 hours but more like 1, and I absolutely detest the OS that came with it.

[JPaul]

I've got an aspire one but only because I got it for Mrs JP and she doesn't really like it. I think it's a fantastic wee thing. So I got her a new laptop to replace it but she said my old one would do her fine so I formatted that and she took it. Basically I got a new laptop and the aspire as a swap for my old laptop. Now that's cool.

The only thing I didn't like about the installed software was the media players and I've replaced those with vlc.

[The Flying Cow]

I've got an Acer eee pc. It's good for train journeys or going to see my computer illiterate parents. Prolonged use gives me a headache though, and the keyboard is itty bitty. I think it's too small for anything but browsing the net and the odd bit of messageboarding. Battery life is shite...meant to be 3 hours but more like 1, and I absolutely detest the OS that came with it.

Hallo Squeamous (Village Jester here).

Precisely the reason behind my stubborn wait for the 12" netbook market to expand (Samsung NC20 coming soon). Frankly I feel 10" screens are quite small, and I'd want to use the thing to write papers and the like, at the school premises. From the look of things I'll have to wait for quite a while, since this new 20 seems to be coming out clearly overpriced.

[JPaul]

I've got an Acer eee pc. It's good for train journeys or going to see my computer illiterate parents. Prolonged use gives me a headache though, and the keyboard is itty bitty. I think it's too small for anything but browsing the net and the odd bit of messageboarding. Battery life is shite...meant to be 3 hours but more like 1, and I absolutely detest the OS that came with it.

Hallo Squeamous (Village Jester here).

Precisely the reason behind my stubborn wait for the 12" netbook market to expand (Samsung NC20 coming soon). Frankly I feel 10" screens are quite small, and I'd want to use the thing to write papers and the like, at the school premises. From the look of things I'll have to wait for quite a while, since this new 20 seems to be coming out clearly overpriced.

So you're buying a laptop with a small screen, that's not a netbook.

[The Flying Cow]

It's a netbook because of the specs (Via Nano processor 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, and integrated graphics).

It's like the Dell Inspiron Mini 12. XL netbook.

[JPaul]

It's a netbook because of the specs (Via Nano processor 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, and integrated graphics).

It's like the Dell Inspiron Mini 12. XL netbook.

A netbook should start up in jig time, weigh about 1 ounce and have a decent battery life. For preference it should be all solid state and no moving parts inside. You should be able to walk about with it and just lay it down whenever you want. Not worry about if the HD is working.

You just described a wee laptop with a shite processor. Why the fuck would you need a 160GB HD in a netbook. It's for doing internets and very basic stuff, it's not really even a computer per se.

Acer Aspire with 8GB solid state memory (easily upgradeable), 512 ram, linux OS and practically all the software you need built in. That's a netbook. Like RP suggested, why would he want a crap laptop. Like I replied, that's not what a netbook is.

[Squeamous]

I concur with JP - you might as well get a proper lap top if you want to do more than the absolute basics. The Netbook I have is handy to just shove in a rucksack and keep me occupied for a couple of hours when I'm at a loss for stuff to do.