Hi, It's hard without knowing the budget and what you want to use it for.
I have Asus EeePC (netbook), the 4GB one. It comes with Xandros which is a Debian (like Ubuntu). I was travelling overseas last year and brought it with me, and I was using it for web development with LAMP+Symfony+Eclipse PDT+Subversion installed. Very small and light, less than 1kg, so very (very) portable. The battery life is good, 3-4 hours. It is also very cheap (I only spent NZD $450 brand new from Dick Smith). However, at home I would use bigger computer/laptop. Like someone here mentioned, Eee PC screen and keyboard are small (but I got used to it after few days). I have 15" wide screen Dell laptop at home, its a laptop but I don't carry it around when I'm commuting because it is about 4kg! But hey, if you don't mind carrying 4kg while commuting, then I would highly recommend you to get a 15"/17" laptop instead of a netbook. > * warning * before someone starts, I'm not looking to buy a Mac..... On that note, I have been thinking of snatching one of those 2nd hand 12" old Macbook from trademe/ebay and run Ubuntu on it. It is not as small as EeePC but has bigger monitor and is quite light. My friend had one of those and I tried it, and it feels very sturdy. And since it's pretty old now, I'm waiting for a cheap auction on trademe :D On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Paul Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > My laptop has just died (3.5 yr old low end Compaq - compulsive blue > screening, funny noises and self-rebooting). I was happy with how it > performed considering what I paid for it (under a grand) and how it got > (ab)used. > > Anyhows, I'm looking for a new one and am tossing up between a netbook and > traditional laptop. I do a reasonable amount of freelance work while > commuting and at home, so am looking for a balance between couch comfort and > portability. > > Suggestions welcome. > > * warning * before someone starts, I'm not looking to buy a Mac..... > > :) > Paul > > > > > > -- Blue Horn Ltd - System Development http://bluehorn.co.nz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
