Your Next Netbook
With the holidays (and the release of Windows 7) just around the corner, I find myself looking shopping around for a new, “perfect” netbook. There are so many models coming out left, right and center that it’s hard to pick one and stick with it since all of them have one thing or another going for them. This has a bigger screen, that has a better battery life. This has an Intel Centrino processor, that has a touchscreen.
For my Christmas Wish List, I’ve decided to choose one netbook and stick with it. No second thoughts, no hard feelings. None. To do that, I have to narrow down my list.
- 1) Acer Aspire 1410
It’s a reasonably sized 11.6″ netbook with a 1.4GHz Intel Core2 Solo ULV SU3500 Processor, 2048MB DDR2 667MHz Memory, 250GB SATA Hard Drive, an almost full-sized keyboard and a 6-cell battery that can go on for as long as 6 hours.
The processor is a huge selling point for me as well as the keyboard. I’m a little iffy about the six-hour battery since a lot of other netbooks can go longer than that but still. It’s a good deal. It’s practically a notebook in a netbook’s body for $439.99.
- 2) Asus Eee PC 1005HA-P
The perennial (so far) number one on the Amazon’s Bestseller’s List. Intel Atom N280 Processor 1.66GHz, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 1 x SODIMM Slot, 2GB Max; Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400 RPM) and 10GB Free Eee Storage with a 10.5-hour battery for $354.99? It’s easy to see why.
I love the idea of the 10.5-hour battery (of course, in the real world it doesn’t last THAT long, but still…) even though it’s a little heavy. But what did Sam Witwicky’s (Transformers) grandfather say? No sacrifice, no victory? Besides, it looks like it’s THE best netbook currently available, not only in the Eee PC line but over all.
- 3) Samsung Go
1.6 GHz Intel Atom Processor, 1GB DD2R RAM, 160GB Hard Drive, Windows XP Home, Up to 9 Hours of Battery Life (6 Cell 8850mAh), 10.1″ wide LED-backlit LCD display with a rubberized chassis that sets it apart from the other netbooks.
I have a special fondness for the Samsung Go. Maybe it’s because it looks different with the rubberized lid and looks very durable, considering that I have butterfingers. It has decent (ha! 8.5 is just “decent”?) battery life and a 94% keyboard. Also, it’s a very, very good netbook.
After going through a lot of netbooks and netbook reviews, I’ve finally resigned myself to the fact that netbooks will only get better and better and no matter what netbook you get, you’ll end up wishing you waited for the next one to come out. But that’s not an excuse to be happy with the one you’ve got. How about you? Which is your next netbook?
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