broken1
Expert Member
I wanted something very portable to take with me when I go on holiday, or just need some computing out of the house.
So, I thought hmmmm these netbooks look like they can do the job. Knowing full well that it will frustrate me if I can't do everything I want, the linux jobbies were out. So, then onto the windows ones.
I don't know how fast/powerful these Atom processors are, but I assume they're not great. I was looking at spending about 6k on one of these nifty Acer Netbooks, with the built in 3g etc.
But then I came accross the Acer Timeline 3810t. It's got a Core Solo 1.4Ghz Processor, (now) 3Gb of DDR3 Ram, 250GB HDD and a 13.3" screen. The laptop is macbook air thin in most places, with a bit of a wedge shape and comes loaded with Vista Home Premium (and the upgrade program to Win 7 once released).
Internet reviews and specs indicate it can also get 8hrs + of battery life. It's light, ultra-portable and even has a full sized keyboard. The only downside is it lacks an optical drive, but I can always get an external!
It was cheapish at R6999 from incredible corruption, and they threw in a free case as well which was quite nice. Notebook for very near netbook money. I know it's not the most powerful of the lot, but it has decent enough processor speeds for internet, email, office and itunes and it's the kind of thing I can comfortably use on an airplane.
So, I thought hmmmm these netbooks look like they can do the job. Knowing full well that it will frustrate me if I can't do everything I want, the linux jobbies were out. So, then onto the windows ones.
I don't know how fast/powerful these Atom processors are, but I assume they're not great. I was looking at spending about 6k on one of these nifty Acer Netbooks, with the built in 3g etc.
But then I came accross the Acer Timeline 3810t. It's got a Core Solo 1.4Ghz Processor, (now) 3Gb of DDR3 Ram, 250GB HDD and a 13.3" screen. The laptop is macbook air thin in most places, with a bit of a wedge shape and comes loaded with Vista Home Premium (and the upgrade program to Win 7 once released).
Internet reviews and specs indicate it can also get 8hrs + of battery life. It's light, ultra-portable and even has a full sized keyboard. The only downside is it lacks an optical drive, but I can always get an external!
It was cheapish at R6999 from incredible corruption, and they threw in a free case as well which was quite nice. Notebook for very near netbook money. I know it's not the most powerful of the lot, but it has decent enough processor speeds for internet, email, office and itunes and it's the kind of thing I can comfortably use on an airplane.
