Netbooks lads

[spleenharvester]

Took a trip down to a competitor-world earlier to take a look at netbooks, was toying with the idea of getting one for a while (main rig was malfunctioning and was tempted to just sell up for one and keep monitor etc), but I fixed the problem(s) with my rig so I've decided I'm getting one when I (hopefully) get the place for a job after the exams, so probably about July-ish.

Decided on the N150-Plus as most viable by a mile, just love the look and feel of it. Nearly all the other ones were either a) **** ugly or b) Had a nasty touchpad and/or keyboard.

1) Is there any new tech coming out any time soon that I'm best off waiting for?
2) Anyone on here had experience with it?

Cheers

[Sarky]

The next tech stuff coming out would be the AMD Bobcat...AFAIK its made its way into some netbooks now. Its generally quicker than the Atom :thumb:

[spleenharvester]

Ah, the 1GHz Fusion thing in the NB-550D. Are they likely to come down in price much anytime soon?

[benzeman]

Personally, I'd get the Asus eee PC 1015pem from a****n - it has the n550 duel core atom, and 13.5hrs battery life.

[Lynx]

Asus one is going to be faster and last longer, I have a standard N150, can tell you it works nicely, is a bit slow sometimes, good enough for web browsing and office work, Not sure what n150 plus is like, dunno the differences.

[spleenharvester]

N150 = Single core/Dual thread atom N450
N150 Plus = Dual core/Quadruple thread atom N550

Just about the only difference from what I can tell.

Shame about the Asus thing, it's got a nice time on the battery, but my brother has it and I really don't like the feel of the mouse buttons/keyboard.

Might keep the money and wait for new tech, the £99 N270-based refurbs you see now have only just started popping up since the N550/D510's release. Hopefully the cycle will repeat ;)