Need your opinion on these netbooks...

[Kristaps-K9-Lv]

Acer Aspire one D250 -- http://www.acer-ee.com/acer/product.do?link=oln85e.redirect&changedAlts=&kcond48e.c2att101=-1&CRC=2759084358#wrAjaxHistory=0
Asus Eee PC 1008HA -- http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=LUiLXJyf53i17Dmh

I am interested in a netbook up to 10 or maybe 12 inches size and in price under 600$$ !!!
these two models are both the same in specs except Acer has more usb ports- both Atom 280 & 1gb ram
Im interested in your opinion on these two (which is the best- looks dont mather much & I know how good they look) or maybe suggets another netbook with Nvidia ION or Atom N280 cpu and under 600$!! :)


EDIT: Im also very interested in Nvidia Ion Netbooks up to 12inches -- when will it be avaiable to customers??

[josefcrist]

i have an asus eee 701 and a 1000h after useing both of them my recommendation is

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T240P-amazing-quiet-and-ultra-portable_W0QQitemZ220466680067QQcmdZViewItemQQptZA U_comp_laptop?hash=item3354d69103&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

older sony vaio such as the one above

[galaxys]

I'm also a big fan of the Sony Vaio's...

[orelsi]

UMPC >>> NetBook



http://www.myviliv.com/eng/product/s5.asp

There is talk about a S5 with a slide-out keyboard!!!

[orb3000]

Yeah,
vliv great models!!
I´ll go for one soon!
@ orlesi, where you heard about S5 with slideout kb?
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Respect OP modesl, I would go for Asus, I don´t really trust in Acer, seems poor quality for me, no ofense.

[stylez]

Asus 701 4G users have been using since the day of launch "XP Pro SP3 2GB DDR2 OC 900MHz" ;) My PC uses Asus Mobo etc, so i'd go for Asus :D

[Kristaps-K9-Lv]

Right now Im leaning more towards Asus eee pc 1008HA -- it can be upgraded but its harder than on other models(you have to take apart all the netbook) but its more stylish and faster than acer or a lot of other netbooks...

BTW-- does anyone know when a netbook with Nvidia Ion can be bought (like Lenovo S12 or anything else)

[josefcrist]

Asus 701 4G users have been using since the day of launch "XP Pro SP3 2GB DDR2 OC 900MHz" ;) My PC uses Asus Mobo etc, so i'd go for Asus :D

the screen is way too small and even with the 800x600 hacked screen driver there is still not enough space to really make it useful. but the good thing about the 701 is you can get one for cheap now.

[stylez]

the screen is way too small and even with the 800x600 hacked screen driver there is still not enough space to really make it useful. but the good thing about the 701 is you can get one for cheap now.

Yep i wasn't recommending the 701 just the brand lol ;)
Was a purchase when UMPC's became more affordable and if the larger screen sizes where available when purchased would have gone for another Asus model.

[orelsi]

@ orlesi, where you heard about S5 with slideout kb?


There was a post in a UMPC forum with several people claiming it + jkk said that there is a (possible) slide-out keyboard device from viliv coming up, so things start to add up.

[josefcrist]

Yep i wasn't recommending the 701 just the brand lol ;)
Was a purchase when UMPC's became more affordable and if the larger screen sizes where available when purchased would have gone for another Asus model.

i had a raon everrun and i loved it. other than it was too small and too big. too small to be useful and too big to be really portable like a phone plus it did not make phone calls. i miss it. but yeah it was expensive.

[+ Que PPC]

netbooks sucks...
1Ghz atom? mutta! just for the easiest and lightweight laptop... nop i dislike them then no drives Plus the drive... na ha, you will get seriously frustrated when you begun to get bored or out of batt at 2:30 of heavy usage...

Believe me... Oh if you dont believe dont buy acer aspire one... the bat is worst than toshiba and asus.

[Kristaps-K9-Lv]

netbooks sucks...
1Ghz atom? mutta! just for the easiest and lightweight laptop... nop i dislike them then no drives Plus the drive... na ha, you will get seriously frustrated when you begun to get bored or out of batt at 2:30 of heavy usage...

Believe me... Oh if you dont believe dont buy acer aspire one... the bat is worst than toshiba and asus.

I know how its with the atom -- I am currently using a old Dell Latitude D600 with 512RAM and 1.4ghz pentium M processor -- trust me its slow -- with win7 the D600 is faster than with XP and mostly because of the Ram ... battery- well I can use a Laptop for a lot of hours with no charge (of course if possible) for instance D600 hold about 30 - 40 mins when on max performance(no wifi and brighness on max) but with min performance(600mhz) about an hour ( but unusable because of cpu speed)

So Im not worried about performance cuz I have the patience and the netbook will be as a power saving computer which I use when I dont need the power of my Desktop PC (3.5 ghz C2D, 4gb Ram, 8800GTS 640mb, Asus Striker II Formula), which is a power hungry beast -300MWh a month(if get the mwh correctly :D