Which Netbook for travels?

[karlod]

Hi

Im going away for a while doing a bit of back packing and I want to get a netbook to take with. As I don’t know to much about them and which are good and bad I thought id pick your brains about the good bad and ugly.
Really its just for email/Internet, uploading pics and music and general adhoc stuff. Not looking to run and major apps on it (maybe photoshop).
Can anybody help; makes models, things to look out for and other info?
Also, when would be best to buy, before or after Christmas (im heading late jan)


Thanks
Karl

 

[Armada]

Hi,

I am using a Samsung NC10 which runs XP. I find it great - I have it about 6 months now.

Its light, has a 10" screen, a good keyboard and has a battery life of about 7hrs. I bought mine from Argos for €379 but if you shop around I'm sure it will be cheaper now.

 

[michaelm]

The Samsung N110 (reviewed here) is the king of the netbook hill. It has an 11-hour light use battery life.

 

[DrMoriarty]

If your budget is tight and you can live with slightly less impressive battery life, the Dell outlet site is currently selling off Mini 10 netbooks at . I picked one up (with Windows XP and a 160GB hard drive) for €207 incl. delivery and VAT. Popped Windows 7 onto it and it runs like a dream.

See [broken link removed] on Boards.ie.

But for its battery life (and certain other features), yes, the Samsung looks to be the biz.

 

[pansyflower]

I also have the Samsung NC10 and am very pleased with it. The only thing that gets me is the small touchpad, but as I am a mouse person I don't use it a lot.

 

[karlod]

Thanks everybody.

Ive heard about the samsung one. 11 hour battery???? Brilliant!! Its at the price i want to pay. Might look into it more.
What about XP versus Window 7? Should i look for the later OS, will it make any difference?