Small netbook for schoolwork

qev · 4th June 2010, 5:24 PM

Hi, i'm after a netbook just to take down notes and browse the internet for school. It must have good battery life and be reasonably fast. Could I get anything within the 200-300 dollar price range.

Cheers

disguisey · 4th June 2010, 6:26 PM

with a decent battery not for anything under $300 from $300-$400 yes definatly on here, try looking at purchasing a 6cell netbook then purchase a 9cell after otherwise its gonna cost ya way to much

vindicator · 4th June 2010, 9:38 PM

Lenovo S10e - $299

qev · 4th June 2010, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by vindicator

Lenovo S10e - $299

anything cheaper than that?

and that seems very similar to the government laptops which i dont want it to be

Taceo Corpus · 5th June 2010, 1:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by qev

anything cheaper than that?

and that seems very similar to the government laptops which i dont want it to be

At that price point, practically everything will be like the government laptops.

SLATYE · 5th June 2010, 1:20 AM

You can get the Eee 701 for $199 but that's a far lower-end system (8GB SSD instead of 160GB HDD, 512MB of RAM instead of 1GB, smaller battery, smaller screen, no copy of Windows included).

Higher-end options:

MSI Wind 10" $335 - 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, Atom N270, Windows 7 Starter Edition, 10.1" LCD

EeePC 904HA $288.37 - 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, Atom N270, Windows XP Home, 8.9" LCD

Viewsonic VNB107B $324 - 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, Atom N450, Windows 7 Starter Edition, 10.1" LCD

Asus EeePC 1000H $335.45 - 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, Atom N270, Windows XP Home, 10.1" LCD

_the_duke_ · 5th June 2010, 7:53 AM

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Originally Posted by dfcowell

At that price point, practically everything will be like the government laptops.

Kids these days...

They want it all for ~~nothing~~ a cheap price.

4th June 2010, 5:24 PM	#1
qev Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 415	Small netbook for schoolwork Hi, i'm after a netbook just to take down notes and browse the internet for school. It must have good battery life and be reasonably fast. Could I get anything within the 200-300 dollar price range. Cheers

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5th June 2010, 1:20 AM	#6
SLATYE SLATYE, not SLAYTE Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 25,773	You can get the Eee 701 for $199 but that's a far lower-end system (8GB SSD instead of 160GB HDD, 512MB of RAM instead of 1GB, smaller battery, smaller screen, no copy of Windows included). Higher-end options: MSI Wind 10" $335 - 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, Atom N270, Windows 7 Starter Edition, 10.1" LCD EeePC 904HA $288.37 - 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, Atom N270, Windows XP Home, 8.9" LCD Viewsonic VNB107B $324 - 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, Atom N450, Windows 7 Starter Edition, 10.1" LCD Asus EeePC 1000H $335.45 - 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, Atom N270, Windows XP Home, 10.1" LCD __________________ Main system: Phenom II X4 920 \| 8GB (4x 2GB) DDR2-800 \| Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 v2.0 \| Leadtek Geforce 9600GSO 384MB \| Enermax Modu82+ 525W \| 1TB Hitachi HDD \| 3.5" + 5.25" FDD Laptop: Compal EL80 \| C2D T7200 \| 320GB Fujistu HDD \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| GF Go 7600