Shopping for a netbook

[elroy]

I bought an Acer Aspire One about 8 months ago for 10,000 Baht. At the time they were selling LOTS of them. Saw arabs buying 2 and 3 at a time. If you decide on this machine stay away from the Solid State Hard Drive (8gig). The read/write speed is extremely slow. The hard drive version is better but more expensive.

 

No matter what netbook you decide on, the small screens are not easy to work with (for me). Fine if you don't use your machine for word or spreadsheet stuff a lot. Otherwise, try to find a notebook with at least a 12" screen.

 

Cheers,

 

Elroy

[Barry]

Do any have a Thai/English keyboard?

I have definitely seen them but couldn't tell you what models. Think I saw Acers in Carrefour at least.

[Neon Ninja]

 

I have both an MSI Wind netbook (that I am currently typing on), as well as an older Asus Eee PC that I picked up over a year ago.

 

The Asus EEE PC does not have a hard drive, and runs linux. Both things limit it's usablity as far as what I needed it to do.

 

The MSI is nice, runs Windows XP, and has a hard drive. I've had no problems running MS Office (an older version, have not tried the latest), and can even run decent games. (I can run Grand Theft Auto Vice City with NO problems).

 

However, with that said if I had to buy one today, I would look at the Acer Aspire One. They have a model with the same specs as my MSI Wind, but significantly cheaper.

 

Acer Aspire netbooks are sold everywhere in Pantip, so I'm sure a Thai keyboard version is available somewhere.

 

-=/NN

[rchapstick]

My Asus eee 1000HA has both windows XP and a 120bg hard drive.

[CTO]

The $130 laptop is pretty good - but limited when you want memory. No hard drive - personally I like a mini with hard drive.