I will be traveling a lot next month and have the possibility of traveling alot for work in the future. so i decided its time to get a new computer and get a netbook. a netbook is laptop but is ultra light weight and small and usually cheaper than a standard laptop. after hours of reading reviews and researching i went with the Samsung NC10-14GB...
It has a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Processor, 1 GB RAM (which i have upgraded to 2gb) a 160 GB Hard Drive, 6 Cell Battery, XP Home. it only has a 10.2" screen and weighs in at 2.8 lbs.
I was looking at the HP mini 1000 as well but the samsung has a 6cell battery vs. everyone else only have a 3cell. with the 6cell its suppose to have a 8 hour battery life, and the reviewers said they were getting a soild 6 1/2 -7 hours out of it surfing the web with wifi on. the samsung also has a VGA out which the HP was lacking.
the way i look at it, 90% of my time on the computer is spent doing email and surfing the web. i dont need a laptop that will run 10000 programs at once and have a graphics card that will support a full 3D gaming. i have my home computer (dual core P4, 3gb ram, etc) for anything heavy duty and to act as my media / file / terminal services server...
here is the laptop i got.. it ended up being a little more than if i got the HP mini 1000, but the extended battery life and vga out should make up for it. all said and done it was 580 after shipping, tax, 2gb ram upgrade and carrying case.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-NC10-1.../dp/B001I45TA8. its kinda weird buying a laptop without being able to touch/feel/play with it first but i'm excited for it to arrive.
anyone else using a netbook??