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Sure, but if you just need to "surf the web" or "check your email", that's what your mobile phone is for. No need to carry an oversized PDA. :)

I have this one:
"Packard Bell dot m"
P&B == Acer I supose...

Features:
AMD ATHLON L110 1.2GHz
DDR2 1024MB de Memoria RAM
SATA 160GB
ECRÃN 11.6" WXGA LED GLARE + Webcam
ATI Radeon Xpress 1270 128MB até 512MB Hypermemory
6 CELLS Li-Ion 4400mAh
1.25 Kg

So, I just bought myself a Samsung N130 with Atom N270@1,6GHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD and Intel GMA965 gfx for 329€.

It runs Lifeforce just fine at 1024x600, with a relatively acceptable framerate of 3-10FPS. Are there any demos out there that I can try out as well for this piece of beauty? :D

At least Stream 2009 and 2008 lowend demos.

very very very relatively... 3fps?! WTF?!?!

yes, relatively, considering the demo quality and the host cpu.

pommak: thx!

over here, 3fps is another word for "slideshow"

gloom: people who give those criteria for a device to be their special, special friend forever typically fail to mention the most important, hidden angle -namely "and whatever else I cannot think of at the moment -at zero additional cost, effort or liability on my end". I have yet to find a mobile phone that'll not only connect to most beamers, but also facilitate me whipping up a presentation to project on said beamer. My oversized PDA of a Hackbook delivers on that end :\

Get a netbook with an Nvidia ION chipset or a MacBook (more or less the same Nvidia Geforce 9400 chipset). Everything else sucks at graphics.

I have an EEE Pc 1000h and I'm quite satisfied with it. Great screen (non-glare). Great keyboard (once you get used to the layout) and touchpad. Fast enough to browse pouet, watch youtube and code a bit of simple stuff. But the "graphics card" sucks. major. ass. It is is slow. Really.

I wanna buy that new hp mini 311, with Ion =)

Also ION LE. No DX10, sadly. That really sucks. I think MacBooks are more or less the only ones that have DX10 IONs.

ION LE is bullshit check this http://myhpmini.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=2898

Yes, hackintosh forums are indeed the most credible sources of information!

Other than that, people who think the whole LE-or-no-LE debate matters when compared to the hilarious GMA950/500 offering,s should be captured with nets. Large nets.

I was an early adopter of netbooks, owning a first-gen Eee, and recently replaced it with a Toshiba NB205 -- my only computer at the moment. The keyboard is excellent, it has a couple of nice features (HDD jolt protection, always-on USB power for charging when the comp is off) and even the default install of xp doesn't come with _too_ much shitware. The main downside, usual netbook stuff aside, is its crappy mono internal speaker. I'm happy with it overall though.

I bought the now-discontinued Samsung NC-10 when it was new. The specs are about the usual for netbooks - 1.6 GHz Atom, GMA965 video, 160GB hard drive, Windows XP.

It honestly isn't bad for what it is. It's definitely a second computer, one for travel and meetings. I had very low expectations of what it could do aside from the very basics, but I was pleasantly surprised.

It's run all of the accelerated Windows demos from 2001-2003 or so that I have tried on it. It runs WinUAE beautifully at full speed for AGA demos. They look fantastic on it. It also works with STeem Engine, VICE, Dosbox, and Virtual PC without a problem. As its native resolution is 1024x600, any emulator that outputs 800x600 with scanlines looks absolutely gorgeous.

Like I said, it is a second machine, and I wouldn't dream of running newer Windows demos on it, but it is a light, easy to carry machine that can supply all of the classics.

So apparently ION LE is just a BIOS modification to satisfy the requirements Microsoft places for getting a cheap license... Cool to know you can convert it to a real ION!

ASUS Eee PC 1201n is now available at Newegg \o/
Intel Atom N330 (1.60GHz dual-core), ION (GeForce 9400m) and 12.1'' screen

Or at Amazon.de.

Dual-Core Atom, ION, 3GB RAM, 320GB disk. Awesome except the glossy screen and the price. Why is it always $=€ when it comes to laptop prices?

I didn't know there were dual core atoms out already. Cool.

iam happy with my eeepc :)

Whoaa they finally came then (were only rumours as I said in this thread before)! And I mean that Asus Eee PC 1201N

i believe good netbook was :
- nice what you get / price ratio
- good battery
- portable (small, solid, not glossy screen, ...)

and not most powerful cpu possible with 2 peta flops graphic card, 8 go of ram and so...

i think having something verysmall , very cheap and also very powerful is incompatible... of course you can wait technology speed up the stuff and reduce costs then you will also have better stuff in the non-portable area.... :(

I got an MSI wind over a year ago, the price point ($320) hasnt changed, they've just upped the storage. Sure it's an intel GMA POS but if you're a real man you can live without an nvidia supercomputer.

I put win 7 on the thing, which I like. Processing runs just fine on it: http://databeez.tumblr.com/post/255138575

So handy for live shows, light, tiny, battery lives forever, doesnt take up much space on your table... I ran it for more than half of a visuals gig before I noticed that I wasnt plugged in.

Yeah, that's another thing. My NB205 has a battery life of almost 10 hours, although I understand it's usually more like 9. It's just unreal. And I agree about the more powerful larger "netbooks"; to my mind, a 12" screen on something means it's now a laptop. If it can't fit in the little pocket compartment on the front of my backpack, it's not a netbook :)