I have bought a Samsung NC10 (a netbook) for the sum of £239 + £14 back at some point via QuidCo - Originally I bought it with the intention of selling it on eBay for about £300 but now i'm not so sure what to do.
I have an eee 701 (a modded one) which I really really like, but it's just too small (7") to really be of that much use. Plus the CPU is a bit too weak for Chrome (600 MHz Celeron ftl), and I also have a big 15.4" laptop with ok specs (Core 2 Duo / 4 GB RAM / 120 GB HDD / Onboard Graphics).
ATM I use the big HP for School etc, and my eee for standing my notepads on (:X I'm selling it soon). I keep thinking it'd be nice to carry something a little smaller and hopefully not need to bring a charger, but i'm only at School for a few more weeks then i'm off for the summer and then to Uni. All it does is run Chrome, Office and then the (very very) occasional game.
I have 2GB of RAM in the eee and 1GB on my desk, so I could swap it over and put 2GB in the NC10 if needs be.
I'm just wondering what to do - Originally I wanted to get a second hand HP TX tablet PC for Uni and then build an ok desktop, but now i'm wondering if the NC10 might be better.
Few questions, though...
How bad is the single core? I thought I could live with a rubbish CPU, but the eee proved I can't - it needs to run Chrome at the very least and 3 monitors has made me a big multi-tasker, however my laptops Core 2 T7200 2GHz CPU is barely ever fully used so I'm not sure.
Whats the battery like? I've read claims of 6-7.5 hours, but whenever I've bought anything with a long claimed battery life it's never been that great. It'd be great if it could last me a whole day (School day could be anywhere up to 6 hours) without needing to bring the charger with me.
What size is the charger? On my HP it's got an inline power brick thing, whereas my eee is just a big plug with a single cable to the unit which is much nicer.
In short - Help!
I have an eee 701 (a modded one) which I really really like, but it's just too small (7") to really be of that much use. Plus the CPU is a bit too weak for Chrome (600 MHz Celeron ftl), and I also have a big 15.4" laptop with ok specs (Core 2 Duo / 4 GB RAM / 120 GB HDD / Onboard Graphics).
ATM I use the big HP for School etc, and my eee for standing my notepads on (:X I'm selling it soon). I keep thinking it'd be nice to carry something a little smaller and hopefully not need to bring a charger, but i'm only at School for a few more weeks then i'm off for the summer and then to Uni. All it does is run Chrome, Office and then the (very very) occasional game.
I have 2GB of RAM in the eee and 1GB on my desk, so I could swap it over and put 2GB in the NC10 if needs be.
I'm just wondering what to do - Originally I wanted to get a second hand HP TX tablet PC for Uni and then build an ok desktop, but now i'm wondering if the NC10 might be better.
Few questions, though...
How bad is the single core? I thought I could live with a rubbish CPU, but the eee proved I can't - it needs to run Chrome at the very least and 3 monitors has made me a big multi-tasker, however my laptops Core 2 T7200 2GHz CPU is barely ever fully used so I'm not sure.
Whats the battery like? I've read claims of 6-7.5 hours, but whenever I've bought anything with a long claimed battery life it's never been that great. It'd be great if it could last me a whole day (School day could be anywhere up to 6 hours) without needing to bring the charger with me.
What size is the charger? On my HP it's got an inline power brick thing, whereas my eee is just a big plug with a single cable to the unit which is much nicer.
In short - Help!
