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Planning to buy a netbook. Which is the better deal?

MSI Wind U100 Plus LXP8. Have not canvassed yet, but per Villman website P22,992. Should be cheaper if cash price.
Intel atom N280 1.66
2 GB DDR2 ram
250 GB HDD
10 inch LED screen 1024x600
4 in one card reader
10/100 lan and wifi g
6 cell battery
1 kg


Asus 1000HE. P19,300 cash price
Intel atom N280 1.66
1 GB DDR2 ram
160 GB HDD + 10 gb online storage.
10 inch screen 1024x600
MMC SD card reader
wifi N
6 cell battery claims up to 9 hours battery life.
1.45 kg
Does this have 10/100 LAN?

Battery not a big deal. I'm plugged in most of the time. Need LAN, my office still uses wired network. Weight is important. Hate carrying my current 15.4 inch laptop.
MSi Wind U100+ can be bought from PC Corner for only P21,000 cash if you have a Tipid PC forum account.

The Asus 1000HE has both bluetooth and Wifi N while Wind U100+ has a larger conventional HDD and.

Which is the better deal? Depends on what your primary needs are, connectivity to devices or more on-board storage. Also do you plan to do mods on the unit or use it as is?

For me, I would choose the 1000HE assuming I would feel comfy typing with it's keyboard and trackpad (that is coming from a Wind U100+ owner). I haven't had extensive time using the 1000HE so I can't definitely say which one. One thing I would definitely do is upgrade the memory to 2gb to maximize whatever performance I could get.

Currently I have a U100+ and it serves my needs well enough. It's original six cell battery is good for 4.5 hours of typical use which is NOT enough for me so I bought a nine cell battery pack which increased the time to around 7 hours. Aside from the usual internet surfing use, I also use my netbook to watch movies and tv shows while on out of town trips so I want a big HDD over connectivity options (Wifi N and BT).

But if I need BT, I already have a micro-USB BT device so its not that I don't have BT when I need it, its just less convenient to use it.