11" Notebook/Netbook Recommendations

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  • orrinward20

    + Dual-Core Atom is a win.
    - 250GB Hard drive is not ideal. Get an SSD
    +/- Solar Power sounds neat, but as it's not done much it's unlikely to work well.
    - Solar Power... Screen glare?...

    I don't see a price on that but I suspect the solar novelty bumps it up a lot.

    The key things I'd look for in a netbook are:
    Keyboard Size
    Battery Life
    Trackpad quality

    Colleagues of mine use Samsung Netbooks as their main machines (Rails Dev on Linux) and they seem to be well priced and good quality. The one you posted has good power for a netbook but I suspect Samsung do cheaper ones without solar power that would be better.

    Why 11 inch?

    • thanks. 10.1" because she's on the go all day... meeting clients, working in coffeshops, etc.sine
    • she doesn't want to carry a larger laptop around. price also a factor.sine

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