Can I give the Toshiba NB100 a shout... another one that is very well built (imho better built than the ASUS ones, which I have broke 2 of) Nice keyboard, 1gb, largish hard disk for a netbook. On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:57 PM, James Rayner <iphitus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:16 AM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > So in the next few weeks, I would like to buy a netbook. The market is > > saturated, so I'd like to ask for some advice here. > > > > What do you guys think of the current offerings? What's considered > > "the best" now-a-days? What kinds of netbooks do Arch users have? > > > > I think Asus are ending this model, so there might be some good sales, > but the 1000HE is pretty awesome. > > Epic battery life (advertised 9.5, real usage ~7-8), surprisingly well > built, ok keyboard (not mushy). I'm pretty happy with mine. Only > downside is the glossy shell which attracts fingerprints, and the > touchpad click button is a little bit stiff, but softens up. Though > you dont use touchpad, so no big deal. Comes with a case. > > If you're looking for a mouse to go with it, logitech have some > awesome laser mouse with this tiny little 'nano receiver' that you can > just leave plugged into the computer, as it only extends out about > 3-4mm. > > James > -- Dave ------------- root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cranky@xxxxxxxxxxxx
