Do you own a NETBOOK?

**ghosthunter** · October 13th, 2009 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by Lucius

The only reason I like it is because it's Sony. Lenovo and the others maybe okay in terms of specs but I'm after the brand name.

It's your money. Just think you are just paying for the brand name which isn't worth much after a year.

The reason why people buy computers is to use them. If they are difficult to use, that machine has failed its primary purpose.

Just giving you my advise. But at the end of the day, it is your money.

**j_avonni** · October 14th, 2009 09:27 AM

My daughter just bought her netbook. The brand's MSI. What can you say about this brand?

**ghosthunter** · October 14th, 2009 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by j_avonni

My daughter just bought her netbook. The brand's MSI. What can you say about this brand?

MSI netbook. Might be the U100 series. Its a good value for money netbook. Battery life will vary depending on the exact model and how big the battery she got with the netbook (between 3 cells and 6 cell battery).

**woohoo** · October 15th, 2009 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

It's your money. Just think you are just paying for the brand name which isn't worth much after a year.

The reason why people buy computers is to use them. If they are difficult to use, that machine has failed its primary purpose.

Just giving you my advise. But at the end of the day, it is your money.

I myself go for excellent after-sales tech support. Go Lenovo!

Sony's quality is suspect, IMHO. Overpriced pa.

**Jun aka Pekto** · October 16th, 2009 08:17 PM

I was checking out newegg.com. Looking at the top rated netbooks by buyers, ASUS was the top choice with 12 netbooks earning a perfect 5:

ASUS: 12
MSI: 7
Acer: 6
Samsung: 4
Lenovo: 3
Toshiba: 1

**j_avonni** · October 16th, 2009 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

MSI netbook. Might be the U100 series. Its a good value for money netbook. Battery life will vary depending on the exact model and how big the battery she got with the netbook (between 3 cells and 6 cell battery).

It's U100 plus series!

**ghosthunter** · October 16th, 2009 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by j_avonni

It's U100 plus series!

If thats so, I have the exact same netbook although I have done a few things already like upgrade the battery to nine cells and replaced the original 250gb hdd with a WD 500gb hdd.

The U100+ does have it's short comings like:
-no bluetooth
-the left/right button under the touchpad is sometimes difficult to click
-screen brightness still too bright even in the minimum setting.
-built-in speakers are crap!
-eco mode seems not to help much to extend batt life
-unit tends to tip backwards if you tilt the screen back.

Beyond the shortcomings it does have it's good side:
-big keyboard
-battery pack tilts keyboard to a more ergonomic angle to type
-easy to access internals for upgrades and mods
-runs either Windows, Mac OS or Linux with no problems
-decent looks
-decently big hdd (250gb)

**kapitan88** · October 19th, 2009 11:27 PM

please help me choose between the 2 netbooks for my gradeschool daughter.

ACER / ASUS
proc: n270 / n280
ram: 1gb / 2gb
hd: 160 / 160
screen: 8.9 / 10.1
os: - / xph
batt: 7hrs / 8hrs
cond: 8mos / New

price diff=6K

usage: browsing at home (with external monitor keyboard mouse)
browsing outside. (facebook games, word, ol games, movies)

worth it ba yung price diff nila in terms of useability? ramdam ba yung 1in difference ng screen size?

**georgeousairess** · October 19th, 2009 11:35 PM

asus is a better choice un parts mura lang.... okdin cia un acer on my experience un cam lage una nasisira

**ghosthunter** · October 19th, 2009 11:37 PM

Originally Posted by kapitan88

please help me choose between the 2 netbooks for my gradeschool daughter.

ACER / ASUS
proc: n270 / n280
ram: 1gb / 2gb
hd: 160 / 160
screen: 8.9 / 10.1
os: - / xph
batt: 7hrs / 8hrs
cond: 8mos / New

price diff=6K

usage: browsing at home (with external monitor keyboard mouse)
browsing outside. (facebook games, word, ol games, movies)

worth it ba yung price diff nila in terms of useability? ramdam ba yung 1in difference ng screen size?

The bigger screen does make a difference. Also the Acer Aspire One 9" model has a smaller keyboard than the Asus EEE-PC.

Also having 2gb ram does make a difference in the performance of Windows XP.

CPU, between N270 and N280, there is not much difference in real world performance. I know since I had an AAO before and now my netbook features a N280 cpu.