Mini-Laptop

I think I want to buy a mini-laptop.  Recently, I gave the older laptop to the boys to use as their computer.  I used their old computer for spare parts to make my mother-in-laws computer come back to life. (Make sure your computer signs it’s organ donor card today)

So I have been left without a spare laptop.  I used that one for presentations and for trips.  Mainly I would be checking email, instant messaging and reading my news feed during these times and a full blown laptop is too much.  However, I need to also give presentations, so a smartPhone is too small.  I need something in the middle.  A mini-laptop.

Dell has this model which is under $300.  1 gig of ram, 8″ screen, very light, 4 hours of battery. Comes with 8G of HD, but for $40, you get 16G. Webcam built in for $25.  The only bad thing is 802.11g not N.  Modified, $364 plus tax/shipping.

I am new to this market, so I am still exploring.

Amazon has an Acer Aspire that is similar for around the same price.  It has a much larger hard drive, but its not solid state, its a real laptop HD.  Probably affects battery life alot.

Amazon has this Asus model that has a slighly larger screen.

I’ll keep exploring, but I think I am going to buy one of these in the next week or so.  The price is good and I HAVE TO HAVE ONE.  Whoops…did my geeky nature get out there a little too much.  Sorry.

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3 responses to “Mini-Laptop”

  1. Shaun Kester Avatar

    Check out http://www.liliputing.com/. The product database can help you compare side by side.

  2. tagecho Avatar

    What about Eee Pc.

  3. mdmadph Avatar

    As someone who has used all these models you mentioned, let me give a little bit of advice:

    If you do a lot of typing, the keyboards on the Dell and the Asus EEEPc will drive you crazy.

    The Asus’ keyboard is way too small, and the Dell’s non-standard placement of keys is a pain in the butt.

    Either the Acer Aspire you mentioned of the very nice HP Mini 1000 will be your best bet — both of them have normal-sized keyboards.

Whatya think?