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    The 3 Best Netbooks Right Now

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    Image of CommentingpointlesslyisMeh CommentingpointlesslyisMeh
    12/11/09

    In reply to The 3 Best Netbooks Right Now
    ....the Mini 311’s score is 501 points better than the overall ultraportable average, and is almost identical to the latest MacBook Air ($1,995).

    [www.laptopmag.com]
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/11/09

    In reply to The 3 Best Netbooks Right Now
    (I know this is proselytizing but) I think that Linux deserves a mention for netbooks. It runs fast on the current gen of netbook and, best of all, is free to install.

    Skip Moblin - it doesn't install on most hardware.

    The netbook build of Ubuntu deserves a look, even if there are a couple of oddball glitches.

    Remember what the concept behind a netbook is: quick-and-dirty computing on the go. Checking email, watching movies, and surfing the web. Great deals can be had if you stick to that philosophy. If I'm going to game on a PC, I'm not going to do it on a 10" screen. Because I don't require gaming capability, a wide range of netbooks is available.

    Personally, I love my little eeePC. The keyboard is decently spaced, the keys don't feel to mushy to me, and, most importantly, the hinge design provides a natural grip point for carrying the netbook from room to room without worry of damaging the hardware.

    Is it the world's lightest netbook? No. But when I'm websurfing while watching TV, the bottom doesn't get hot. That is a vital selling point. These are points that need to be brought to the fore.

    How hot does it get? How much battery time do you get while running Firefox and Pidgin? How durable does it feel? What is the real-world range of the wireless card inside?
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/11/09

    In reply to The 3 Best Netbooks Right Now
    I had a ridiculously hard time finding a netbook that fit my main criteria when I was looking for one. Basically my choices were HP Mini, or...wait until someone else comes out with another netbook that has a solid-state drive. Sure, it's only got 16GB on the internal drive, but I slipped a 32GB SDHC card into the reader, and now I've got a good on-the-go LDraw machine with a crash-proof model library, and I can check e-mail and such as a bonus.
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    Image of (Starman) NONAME (Starman) NONAME
    12/10/09

    In reply to The 3 Best Netbooks Right Now
    Wait wait, where the hell is an ASUS here? O_O
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    Image of Maori_Yelir Maori_Yelir
    12/10/09

    @(Starman) Starman: They may have started the trend but their netbooks aren't exactly the nicest thing in the world. In fact, the original EEE PC looks ancient by comparison when you line it up against Dell, HP, Toshiba, ACER ect. Can't start a fire without a spark but the spark is usually much less impressive than the fire.
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    (Starman) Starman promoted this comment Maori_Yelir was starred Maori_Yelir was unstarred
    Image of gmrple gmrple
    12/10/09

    @Maori_Yelir: They may not be pretty, but they work, and they are still competitive. I've got a EEE 1005HA and my little brother has a Toshiba NB205. I absolutely hate his keyboard, my computer has a little better battery life (obviously neither get 1o hours), my laptop supports wireless N, and is a little more linux friendly.

    Yeah, designs inspired from seashells and ballerinas are lame, but i didn't buy the computer because I loved it's design. I bought it because it had a great battery life and I could use it everywhere.
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    (Starman) Starman promoted this comment Edited by gmrple at 12/10/09 4:20 PM gmrple was starred gmrple was unstarred
    Image of taniquetil taniquetil
    12/10/09

    @(Starman) Starman: I love the original Asus EEE pc design, with the small silver logo.

    If I were to buy a netbook, I'd definitely go with the original, although I'm a little bit disappointed that their netbooks aren't customizable and don't cover the features I want. From a marketing standpoint, they have far too many similar models clogging up the $300-$350 price range, and not enough products on the upper and ends of the market.
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    (Starman) Starman promoted this comment Edited by taniquetil at 12/10/09 4:19 PM taniquetil was starred taniquetil was unstarred
    Image of Maori_Yelir Maori_Yelir
    12/10/09

    @gmrple: It's no so much the look as it is the build quality and offered features. I own a Dell Mini 10 and it feels like a brick and has an HD screen, HDMI port (Though no Ion so I admit this point is very weak) and a 6 hour battery. My friend's EEE PC feels flimsy, has a lower resolution screen, has a more cramped keyboard and was only about 30 bucks less than what I bought. That's not to say they don't have a market or that they are bad devices but this list is the BEST and nothing Asus makes would ever strike me as the best, they are, after all, a budget PC maker and they do quite well in that niche. Don't expect them to be something they are not.
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    (Starman) Starman promoted this comment Maori_Yelir was starred Maori_Yelir was unstarred
    Image of curlycarlos curlycarlos
    12/10/09

    @(Starman) Starman: I was going to say, where's the love for the 1005HA? I can get 11 hours of battery out of it, and the multitouch touchpad is really great.
     Reply
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/10/09

    In reply to The 3 Best Netbooks Right Now
    What about the Dell Mini 10v? It's the most hackintoshable.
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    Image of TKE-Egon TKE-Egon
    12/10/09

    @Nathan Obbards: This is exactly what I was thinking. The Mini 1ov (IMO) is the best best netbook out there - solid construction (Have you felt this thing? amazing), great price (base of $279 and only around $330 or so as it "should be") and perfect for OSX =)
     Reply
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/10/09

    @TKE-Egon: Paid $200 for mine from the outlet. Wait for the sales and you can get one dirt cheap. I wish I had the bigger battery, but, hell, I can get 3-3.5 hours on the small one if I turn the internet off and just work on papers.
     Reply
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    12/10/09

    In reply to The 3 Best Netbooks Right Now
    While I do agree these might be very decent netbooks, I think 400 dollars is really pushing it for netbook. If you are going to spend that much, you might as well spend the extra 50-100 more and get a regular 12 inch laptop.
     Reply
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    Image of whatne1wuddo whatne1wuddo
    12/10/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: battery life
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    FigNinja promoted this comment whatne1wuddo was starred whatne1wuddo was unstarred
    Image of Xagest Xagest
    12/10/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher::

    I was thinking the same thing. The threshold I have for a proper netbook is no more than 300, with 200 being a nice sweet spot. I mean, it's a netbook. It should be doing exactly what my iPhone does, except with cheaper and bigger parts.
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    Image of MagicalTrev MagicalTrev
    12/10/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: I picked up a 17" laptop for my wife a few months back for $350. It's nothing spectacular, but it has specs that easily place it outside of the realm of netbooks. Granted, it was a great deal at the time, but as a result I certainly can't see spending more for less.
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    Jeb_Hoge promoted this comment Edited by MagicalTrev at 12/10/09 3:36 PM MagicalTrev was starred MagicalTrev was unstarred
    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    12/10/09

    @MagicalTrev: That's a great deal, IF you want the 17" footprint. I like the small size of my 10" Eee, not to mention the $300 pricetag. My next purchase will probably be a used 8.9" or even 7" original-spec Eee.
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    Image of Michael Minor Michael Minor
    12/10/09

    @Xagest: Bigger Parts = More expensive... Not Cheaper.
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    Xagest promoted this comment Michael Minor was starred Michael Minor was unstarred
    Image of Xagest Xagest
    12/10/09

    @Michael Minor:
    Yeah, that's why laptop hard drives are so much less expensive than desktop hard drives with the same space.

    I'm pretty sure 32 gigs in a netbook drive is going to be a lot cheaper than the 32 gigs of flash in an iPhone.
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    Image of Fanfoot Fanfoot
    12/10/09

    @Xagest: Agreed. When you can pick up an Acer Aspire AS1410 for $399 or less, and compared to a netbook it's:

    - got a faster CPU
    - got a bigger screen, and higher resolution too
    - got a better keyboard
    - got better battery life
    - got 802.11n rather than 802.11g wireless
    - got HDMI and eSATA unlike the netbook
    - is just as thin or thinner, and only a little bigger
    - got Windows 7 Home Premium rather than Starter

    I think most of the justification for going with a netbook at $400 isn't there any more.

    Now at $300 I can still see it.
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    Image of CommentingpointlesslyisMeh CommentingpointlesslyisMeh
    12/11/09

    @Fanfoot: Disagree. No Nvidia GPU
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    Image of MacPro66 MacPro66
    12/10/09

    In reply to The 3 Best Netbooks Right Now
    ok, which of these can be Hackintoshed?
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    B3ND3R promoted this comment MacPro66 was starred MacPro66 was unstarred
    Image of B3ND3R B3ND3R
    12/10/09

    @MacPro66: Anything can be hackintoshed, if you are so inclined.

    None of those are easy, though due to their video chipsets. The reigning champ of easy hackintoshing is the Mini 10v (or the Mini9).
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    Image of mbpeterson mbpeterson
    12/10/09

    @B3ND3R: Actually the HP Mini 311 has been very successfully hackintoshed. I'm writing this message on one now. There are easy instructions and a nicely packaged installer over at [www.insanelymac.com]
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    Image of Rensato Rensato
    12/10/09

    @MacPro66: The mini311 is going to be 100% hackintoshable soon...
    The only thing that's missing right now is the wireless card, but you can put another in it an done...

    Or , of course, you could wait until someone figures out how to use the default wireless card on macosx ;)
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    B3ND3R promoted this comment Rensato was starred Rensato was unstarred
    Image of B3ND3R B3ND3R
    12/10/09

    @mbpeterson: Sorry, you are correct.

    I should have said the "easiEST" was the Dell Mini10v/Mini9 because they require no wifi card swap (although for most that's certainly not hard).

    The HP makes a good one, as well, but the Samsung and Toshiba, AFAIK, are exponentially more difficult due to video chipsets.

    disclaimer: Posted on my Mini9 running OS 10.5.8
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    Edited by B3ND3R at 12/10/09 4:58 PM B3ND3R was starred B3ND3R was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/18/09

    In reply to Asus TS Mini NAS Windows Home Server Backups Up to 10 PCs
    Does it support DLNA?
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    Image of Professional_Iceberg_Hunter Professional_Iceberg_Hunter
    11/18/09

    In reply to Asus TS Mini NAS Windows Home Server Backups Up to 10 PCs
    I don't get it. Does the server cap at 2 gigabytes? I mean, if it has two slots couldn't you just add two 2 gigabyte hard drives? I mean, I'm no rocket surgeon or anything.
     Reply
    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis promoted this comment Professional_Iceberg_Hunter was starred Professional_Iceberg_Hunter was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/18/09

    @Professional_Iceberg_Hunter: 2 slots, 2 x 2gig drives mirrored for safety = 2 gigs.
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    Image of Mike Wiltse Mike Wiltse
    11/18/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis:
    Windows home servers don't mirror. They have specific redundency for shares, if you have multiple drives, but things like backups and the os are not redundent.
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis promoted this comment Mike Wiltse was starred Mike Wiltse was unstarred
    Image of SS SS
    11/18/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: @Professional_Iceberg_Hunter:
    are we talking gigabytes or terabytes ?
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    Image of Professional_Iceberg_Hunter Professional_Iceberg_Hunter
    11/18/09

    @SS: Terabytes.. I can't find that ninja of an edit button.
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    Stitchopoulis promoted this comment Professional_Iceberg_Hunter was starred Professional_Iceberg_Hunter was unstarred
    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    07/30/09

    In reply to Kanex Mini DisplayPort Adapter With Audio Review: Someone Finally Gets It Right
    USB3 FTW!
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    reddingofish was starred reddingofish was unstarred
    Image of Steve Steve
    07/29/09

    In reply to Kanex Mini DisplayPort Adapter With Audio Review: Someone Finally Gets It Right
    Or you could just buy a computer with a built-in HDMI out (like mine and most new PCs) instead of having to use stupid adapters fto make up for having a bullshit connector Apple thought up.
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    Jim Topoleski promoted this comment Steve was starred Steve was unstarred
    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    07/30/09

    @Steve: That would be nice, but I personally would rather a minidisplay port that pushes out a HIGHER resolution than HDMI.

    Cause you know I bought my computer to do work, not watch movies. If I wanted to watch movies, I'd buy a DVD/Blu-Ray player.
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    Image of danuuc danuuc
    07/29/09

    In reply to Kanex Mini DisplayPort Adapter With Audio Review: Someone Finally Gets It Right
    Kul. Was hoping to pick up my first Mac soon and getting the audio to the display was a concern. Glad it works so well.
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    Image of ShrivalliKorn ShrivalliKorn
    07/29/09

    In reply to Kanex Mini DisplayPort Adapter With Audio Review: Someone Finally Gets It Right
    I'm confused by their page... First, "The new adapters will be able to output analog audio signals through the USB port from the MacBooks. "

    then

    "The new adapter also supports uncompressed audio such as LPCM"

    Is it both, or one of the other? I'll most definitely stick with my mini-Toslink cable if I'm not getting my uncompressed audio.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/29/09

    In reply to Kanex Mini DisplayPort Adapter With Audio Review: Someone Finally Gets It Right
    His will be done.

    R'Amen.
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his stapler. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his stapler.
    07/29/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I see you attend mass at the holy trinity of soup as well.
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    Image of Cordfucious of Tech Clan Cordfucious of Tech Clan
    07/29/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: So would that be Oriental flavored, or Shrimp. I am more of Manchurian Ramen kinda guy.
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    Edited by Cordfucious of Tech Clan at 07/29/09 5:58 PM Cordfucious of Tech Clan was starred Cordfucious of Tech Clan was unstarred
    Image of DirtyDogg DirtyDogg
    07/29/09

    @Cordfucious of Tech Clan: TOP is the bestest Ramen ever!
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    Cordfucious of Tech Clan promoted this comment DirtyDogg was starred DirtyDogg was unstarred
    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    07/29/09

    In reply to Kanex Mini DisplayPort Adapter With Audio Review: Someone Finally Gets It Right
    This is very good news. Previously, we were using a VGA adapter plus the onboard speakers to get content from my fiancee's macbook pro. We had to fiddle with the settings a lot to get it to display properly.
     Reply
    Jason Chen promoted this comment Edited by anexanhume at 07/29/09 5:09 PM anexanhume was starred anexanhume was unstarred
    Image of PollockRoc PollockRoc
    07/29/09

    In reply to Kanex Mini DisplayPort Adapter With Audio Review: Someone Finally Gets It Right
    Y'all should get some kickbacks from Kanex, because you just earned them 40 of my dollars.
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    Jason Chen promoted this comment PollockRoc was starred PollockRoc was unstarred
    Image of Poop Cooper Poop Cooper
    07/09/09

    In reply to Apple Mini Keyboard Wallpaper
    Well that's just ridiculous.

    Who would need two P's on a single keyboard?
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    Edited by Poop Cooper at 07/09/09 8:46 PM Poop Cooper was starred Poop Cooper was unstarred
    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/09/09

    @TruPhan: I frequently need two P's. Especially after downing an entire 2 liter bottle of Coke.
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    Image of GlenTen GlenTen
    07/09/09

    In reply to Apple Mini Keyboard Wallpaper
    a pale ape leap peel pal lap eel peep pep pap
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/09/09

    @GlenTen: How much time did you kill figuring that all out? You know, there's an app for that.
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    Edited by bosskev at 07/09/09 8:41 PM bosskev was starred bosskev was unstarred
    Image of GlenTen GlenTen
    07/09/09

    @bosskev: dammit, can't believe i missed that one
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    Image of CustomFirmware CustomFirmware
    07/09/09

    @bosskev:

    I see what you have done there.
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    CustomFirmware was starred CustomFirmware was unstarred
    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/09/09

     Reply
    Edited by bosskev at 07/09/09 9:21 PM bosskev was starred bosskev was unstarred
    Image of Xterm11: I agree with you. Xterm11: I agree with you.
    07/09/09

    @GlenTen: How could you miss pee? or peal, or ale, or ape, or all, or papa....
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    Image of Gann Gann
    07/09/09

    @GlenTen: you could PLEA for another try...
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    Image of Takamofo Takamofo
    07/09/09

    In reply to Apple Mini Keyboard Wallpaper
    No numerical pad?
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    Takamofo was starred Takamofo was unstarred
    Image of Invisible-Echidna Invisible-Echidna
    07/09/09

    @Takamofo:
    "APPLE 1337"?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/24/09

    In reply to HP Mini 5101: When Did Netbooks Get This Nice?
    If there's one thing that Sony has accomplished with their P netbook, it's making the current prices of other netbooks look so much better.
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/24/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Looking again, this suddenly makes my laptop's standard 5,400 rpm drive look like crap.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/24/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Except that 7200 rpm drives tend to suck about an hour's worth of battery life from the laptop... Which, I'm not sure the faster drive on a Netbook would really make a huge difference.
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