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Kamui | Posted: Feb 27 2011, 02:01 PM |
Abba Zaba, you my only friend! Group: Advanced Members Posts: 4,681 Member No.: 469 Joined: Jun 11th 2003 Location: NY | Hey guys & gals. I am looking into buying my mum a computer for her birthday, I wanted to get her a laptop but they are kind of pricey for me at the moment. And I noticed that I can get a netbook from $200-300 and I wanted to know how do they compare to a regular laptop ? Besides being smaller in size and having a smaller processor. All she will be using it for is web browsing. I just wanted to make sure it will be able to pick up my connection from my wireless router, and I know the newer models have built in wifi. So is it worth it to pick one up or should I just go for a reasonably priced desktop ? This post has been edited by momoji on Feb 27 2011, 02:02 PM |
Lebon14 | Posted: Feb 27 2011, 02:32 PM |
🎧 Group: Advanced Members Posts: 6,594 Member No.: 18,005 Joined: May 25th 2006 Location: Canada | Oopsie Kamui... Moved to "Computers & Technologies". Well, In the 200-300$ range... you best bet is to check your eltronic retailers and try to find the model you might want. And, habitually, in those price ranges... Windows doesn't come along (add ~100$ for Windows 7 Starter). Otherwise, you are stuck with Linux or will have the I-NEED-TO-DIE OS Windows (Dead)XP. Having a budget of 300-400$ would be easier to find and Windows 7 Home Premium would come along. Brand wise... I suggest Asus, Toshiba (if they ever do netbooks) and HP. Here is one by Compaq I found on Newegg.com : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16834107071 $329.99 |
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Spaz | Posted: Feb 27 2011, 10:01 PM |
Just a guy towing a car across the country to chase a dream. Group: FORUM MODERATOR Posts: 9,272 Member No.: 30,193 Joined: Jul 25th 2008 Location: Plymouth, MN | If you buy her a netbook, buy her a wireless USB mouse too, the touchpads on those things are utter garbage. |
Lebon14 | Posted: Feb 28 2011, 09:52 AM | ||
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Good point. I hate touch pads... emergency only hardware... | ||
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khat17 | Posted: Mar 7 2011, 12:18 PM |
IDW SIMPLETON Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,168 Member No.: 17,668 Joined: May 7th 2006 Location: Mandeville, Jamaica | Netbooks are nice for browsing and doing a few documents. If possible check and ensure that the one you get has an SSD instead of a HDD - I've seen situations where persons take for granted that the machine is so small and the HDD's go bad due to various things - squeezing, bumping (dropping). Also, if you're sure she's not going to do more than browsing and such then maybe one of them with Linux would suffice? If not then Windows for the familiarity. |