[THIN] Re: Off Topic: Netbooks
- From: "Joe Shonk" <joe.shonk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:37:02 -0700
I bought a cheap Acer w/ a 6 cell battery. Upgraded the HD to 640 gigs and
replaced WinXP with Win 7. Works good for what I want to use it for. The
kids have one too.
Joe
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Greg Reese
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:54 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Off Topic: Netbooks
knowing my wife, she will use it for facebook, gmail, and skype. Looks like
most of the deals are on units with 1GB RAM. I can handle upgrading that
though.
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Doug Rooney <Doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I second everything said below, I just purchased the HP Minis for our sales
staff and the love them, yes the keyboards are small, but for on the road
use it is fine. As an everyday use machine, it may not be so good. The
machines I ordered had 160 GB Hard Drive, 2 GB RAM, no optical drive. Also
if it will be used a lot on battery, one must be sure to understand proper
charging, even these modern batteries can get messed up if charged
improperly.
Thank You
~Doug Rooney
Sonoma Tilemakers
IT Manager
7750 Bell Rd.
Windsor Ca, 95492
(707) 837-8177 X211
(707) 837-9472 FAX
it@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Evan Mann
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:24 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Off Topic: Netbooks
If you're interested in HD video playback. I like the new HP Mini 210
because you can get it with an HD screen as an upgrade, 1366x768. And they
offer the Broadcom HD accelerator PCI-E add-in. For general computing,
the 1366x768 screen is a must for me, and that size is not common to find so
much on the 10.1" models. The smaller screen with only 600 lines of
resolution are just not very usable for me personally.
Outside of that, they are all just about the same. The keyboard layout and
comfort with the typing should be a top deciding factor. Make sure you get
something with a 4-6 cell battery (skip 3 cell IMO). And get the new
generation Atom processors , not the original ones. The newer ones are more
energy efficient, so better battery runtime.
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Greg Reese
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:18 PM
To: Thin
Subject: [THIN] Off Topic: Netbooks
This is waaaaaay off topic, but I am curious what everyone's opinion is with
regard to netbooks.
My wife wants one, and they all seem roughly similar between MSI, Acer,
Lenovo etc.
or are such a commodity item nowadays the point that it really doesn't
matter.
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