I had an Asus Eee, but I ended up returning it after a couple of weeks because it was so underpowered. It struggled with flash videos and couldn't multitask worth a crap.
Here I am again. Pretty sure my laptop is dead so I need to make a choice. Both are $400. Lenovo Thinkpad X120e AMD Fusion Processor E-350 (1.6Ghz, 1MB L2, 1.0GHz FSB) 2.0GT/s Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 11.6" HD (1366x768) AntiGlare - Midnight Black AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics, 4 GB DDR3 - 1333MHz (2 DIMM) UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad) 320 GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm 6 cell Li-Ion Battery 57 Whr Dell Inspiron 14R Intel Core i3-380M (2.53GHz) 14.0" HD (1366x768) 720p LED Display with TrueLife 320GB Hard Drive 5400 RPM 3GB Dual Channel DDR3 Memory 8X CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam Intel HD Graphics Dell Wireless 802.11 g/n Bluetooth (V2.1 + EDR 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit I'll probably choose the Thinkpad for the following reasons. Lenovo Thinkpad durability and quality 6 hour battery life about 2 pounds less than the Dell Matte screen
The Thinkpad for sure is better, the Dell has that damn crappy Intel HD thingy. Not that the 6310 is anything monsterly fast but its atleast better The Thinkpad aswel as a faster HDD and more main memory. Although, note that the Dell has an 14'' screen and the Lenovo is 11.6''. The Lenovo might look cripser thanks to its smaller dot pitch (same resolution on a smaller surface). Regarding the CPU's, i dunno what is faster or better, is the Amd Fusion any good?
Not even comparable really but that's why the E-350 is considered a netbook processor. Passmarks Intel Core i3 380M = 2,336 Intel Core2 Duo E6300 = 1,116 AMD E-350 = 734 Intel Pentium 4 3.80GHz = 638 Intel Atom 330 = 633
Lenovos are built like brick shithouses. I'd go with the Lenovo just for that. Build quality is more important than specs when dealing with laptops. You won't be gaming on either of these, so pick the one that will still be around in a few years, and that's definitely the Thinkpad.
After the upgrade to Firefox 4 on my Atom N270 netbook, some of those code-bloated sites run not-so-bad, even with ten tabs loading simultaneously. MySpace probably still runs like a sloppy turd, but eBay and Amazon are now smooth enough. How about an MSI 15.6" laptop?
No, hence why I put a question mark. Nah, was just wondering as I expect you to be a twitter kind of guy.
Laptops perhaps, but I don't think it'd be much of a factor for ye ole disposable netbook (or cheap-o notebook). I think the deal with the Lenovo is that it's a bit louder than my HP. The HP is the BEST fusion notebook, I guarantee it. mine doesn't make ANY noise except for the click of the keyboard, it runs cool, for hours, plus the latest bios upgrade improves performance. These fusion notebooks are 3 pounds (without disk drive)!! The other one is probably 6.
Just wanted to clear something up, the intel hd graphics are no slouches in the intel core processors. I have an Acer with an i3 330m processor and I use that as a media center pc It plays 1080p videos just fine whether it be Flash or x264. I even played l4d2 and WOW at low res and it was playable.
An interesting choice but the price is over my limit. I decided to order the Thinkpad. The spill proof keyboard and hard drive airbag should come in handy in my house.
@Chairmansteve You should use Chrome, and switch youtube over to html5. @Pdraggy HPs have good build quality? I'm glad you're happy with your netbook, but the HPs I've encountered were built like fisher price toys. The only company that has worse build quality in my experience is Toshiba. I'm not sure about the Thinkpad netbooks, but the T series has build quality that rivals Macbook Pros. The only thing tougher than a Thinkpad is a Panasonic Toughbook, and those are bulky and excessive for most situations.
http://www.youtube.com/html5 Anyone with a crap processor should switch. It even helps on my Core 2 Duo.
I haven't messed with an HP for over a decade due to terrible experiences with them, but the lasting impression I remember is something along the line of: nice specs on paper, yet something is always going wrong. Hated their products.
It depends on the model really. HP Envy series gets really good reviews. Acer in general is pretty bad, but the Acer Timeline series is pretty good.
Aha, was assuming it were an Intel HD like the GMA series backthen, which were just crap @cmdrmonkey Ive a i7 920 but still signed up for using HTML5, any less usage seems good.
Well I do have another laptop with an intel gma 4500 with an su7300 core2duo processor.. that one can handle HD videos just fine too. But no gaming.