Help!

[eldar]

My PC is going to be shipped to America tomorrow - that's 10 weeks on a boat! Worse, I don't have any other means of connecting to the internet here. Well, okay, there's my 'phone, but it hardly counts. Trouble is, I'd not planned on getting a laptop until I was safely in America and I'd be getting better value. However I really don't want to go using internet cafes, especially as I'll be checking bank accounts etc.

So... do I go out tomorrow after the movers have gone and get myself a laptop? Even if it's small thing like an EEE. Hmm.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_kent/]

Yeah.

Go to Currys and get an Acer One. They're really sweet, great value, and the difference in price between here and over there is about $50, so it's not like you're committing financial suicide to do it. I'd recommend it over the Eee, and I've got an Eee.

[eldar.livejournal.com]

One of these: http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0147791644.1220473491@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdgadeemlllledcflgceggdhhmdgmh.0&page=Product&sku=705895 (http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0147791644.1220473491@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdgadeemlllledcflgceggdhhmdgmh.0&page=Product&sku=705895)?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_kent/]

That's the one.

Really lovely. The screen's nicer than the Eee, the keyboard is way more usable, and the only gripe I could see is the trackpad's a bit tiny. But that's a tradeoff with the keyboard. If I were going out to buy a netbook tomorrow, it'd likely be that one.

[eldar.livejournal.com]

Actually for £50 more I can get one with considerably more storage (120Gb vs 8Gb). Only difference so far as I can see. I'm almost sold ;-)

[arosoff.livejournal.com]

oh, i thought you were talking about buying a REAL laptop :P

[http://users.livejournal.com/_kent/]

Heh, that's the problem with netbooks. You play the "for just £50 more..." game, and before you know it, you've got a full price laptop. :)

I think I might spring for the proper hard drive though. As a handy toy to take with you on planes and so on, it's nice to have space for films and so forth.

[eldar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, 8Gb comes across as a bit too tiny for my liking.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_kent/]

I bet you can remember a time when 8Gb seemed like a bewilderingly large amount of storage though :) I know I can!

[mooism.livejournal.com]

I second the Aspire One. pinkshifter has the Linpus version and is very happy with it.