Gee, It wasn't too long ago when I started the journey of seeing if one of these devices could work for my daughter starting University next year. Has the job gotten easier?Nope. This afternoon I opened the latest Harris Technology catalogue. Page 4 has a host of Netbooks. The Del, Acer, Lenovo, Toshiba and Wind versions are all there sporting essentially the same specifications. Mostly they differ in the hard disk drives and the battery life and most importantly price.
The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 does not come with a hard disk drive and so has higher battery life. To get extra data or applications you would use a 8GB Flash drive or attach a USB powered external drive. Of course with that attached and sucking power it will reduce the battery to the life of the others.
It might be good to look at the details closer.
| Feature | Dell Inspiron Mini 9 | Acer Aspire N270 | Wind U100 | Lenovo N270 or Netbook S10 |
| Processor | Intel Atom 1.6GHz | Intel Atom 1.6GHz | Intel Atom 1.6GHz | Intel Atom 1.6GHz |
| Memory | 1GB | 1GB | 1 GB | 1GB |
| Hard Drive | 16GB SSD | 160GB SSD available | 120GB | 160GB |
| Screen Size | 8.9" | 8.9" | 8.9" | 8.9" |
| Integrated Webcam | Optional | Yes | Yes | yes |
| USB 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Bluetooth | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| WiFi | g | a/b/g | a/g/n+ | a/g/n+ |
| Price | $549 | $529 | $699 | $699 |
| Weight | 2.28lbs | n/a | 1kg | 2.65lbs |
Over all so far the Acer Aspire One 270 looks the best. It has a low price, a real HDD so you can put some data on it. I assume it weighs the same as the others which is about 1KG.
Next stop is to go and have a look at the shops. I would get the Windows XP version as it is easier to understand. If I bought one for myself it would have Linux, of course.
If you have one of these I would love to hear more.
theBizWiz
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http://www.informgroup.com.au/
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