buying a netbook

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ok, so I am suffering from a bad case of "gat juk" ?

I need an objective person to help me out. What is the best deal in laptops I can go for at the moment? I heard that the new generation core i3 and core i5 has superior battery life.

The following are my most important factors in my laptop.

Easily portable (durable)
Longest possible battery life
Durable
Not too heavy
Screen must not glare when moving between different lighted rooms
Not to keen on playing games but being capable of doing 3D imaging / modeling and designs would be a great plus.

Currently I have my eye on the ACER eMachine eME730G-434G50Mnks Notebook from computersonly.co.za

What is the general concensus on Acer notebooks?
I used to have 2 DELL laptops in the past, pentium 2 and 3. They both used to suffer from keyboard keys not functioning later on in their lives.

Are there similar characteristics of Acer notebooks I should be aware of?

Thanks for reading my topic,
Hope you can assist me :)
 
Thought you where looking for a Netbook?

Anyway, nothing wrong with Acer as long as its not the bottom of the range - the only issue with them is their cheap keyboard. Personally Acer is always a brand I look at when buying a laptop.
 
I think most manufacturers have different models for good reasons, so it really is a case of how much you can afford to pay. I personally have had bad luck with Acer products, but it could just be a fluke. I'm not saying they are bad, but they seem to be the least reliable, at least in this part of the country.

I might be slightly biased though as I have two Toshiba laptops, an HP and a Asus EEE PC. I guess it's different strokes for different folks, but your money is the biggest consideration these days when it comes to purchasing hardware.

Also different models will have different 'priorities', if I can call it that. A netbook will be optimized to have the longest battery life, as it has a low-powered processor and a small screen, with no optical drive. A high-end notebook will have monster graphics (think Alienware) and a big screen, but will be very expsensive and the battery life will suffer as a result. There are laptops for either end of the spectrum, though. Since you said you might be doing gaming and some video work, an add-on graphics card is a must. the integrated graphics these days are very good, but a discrete solution would be preferred. The Asus K50iD has the nVidia GT320M graphics IIRC, and they aren't too expensive. They are still the older Pentium chips though, so CPU performance is not as good as the i series
 
ya I forgot its not a netbook but a laptop/notebook...

Somebody mentioned in some thread that people should steer away from atoms for they are sheit.
I'm so glad for reading this as now my mind is happily shifted away from getting a netbook until they release something ultra portable with an ultra long battery life which can actually do the same work as a Pentium 4 running xp ^^ which is what I'm using at home.
 
Tweak said:
ya I forgot its not a netbook but a laptop/notebook...

Somebody mentioned in some thread that people should steer away from atoms for they are sheit.
I'm so glad for reading this as now my mind is happily shifted away from getting a netbook until they release something ultra portable with an ultra long battery life which can actually do the same work as a Pentium 4 running xp ^^ which is what I'm using at home.
Click to expand...

It's called the E-350. Much better performance than atom.
 
Qwikslver said:
It's called the E-350. Much better performance than atom.
Click to expand...

thanks for clearing that up :D

How long has this standard been out for? Probably going to be quite expensive for the next 6-12 months?

Cheers
 
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