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MacBook or Dell Mini 12?

Ordering the Samsung NC10 Netbook

Hey guys.... I am going to place an order for the Samsung NC10 Netbook....

If you think there are better Netbooks out there please let me know within an hour :) before I regret my purchase hehe. I will be ordering either via Amazon or Newegg whichever is cheaper...both are taxless I believe :) hehe

I will be spending an hour continually researching and looking for an alternative online seller that may be selling it for a cheaper price or having deals on them.

So please let me know if I should get the MSI Wind, Lenovo, or this Samsung. I do want a longer battery life which this Samsung NC10 does provide. After reading the reviews, the battery last an average of 6-8 hours apparently :)
 
I vote refurb rev A Macbook air for $999. yes its more expensive than the MacBook for less power, but if all your doing is web / email / word processing etc. You get a super light super sexy machine, with a bigger screen than the dell.

if not that then I vote...... either because you really can't go wrong with either. The dell is fine because your all ready comfortable with windows and doing light tasks or the Macbook if you want to try something new.
 
so which notebook id you finally buy.. and how is it... let me know cause i also am looking for similar options and this thread seems much of a help...
 
pinoyplaya said:
If you think there are better Netbooks out there please let me know within an hour :) before I regret my purchase hehe.
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You do realize your Saturday midnight order won't be processed til Monday anyway... but it's probably too late already.

I am happy that you go with a netbook, though this is probably not the best place to ask for netbook buying advice.

Anyway, everyone has reasons why their netbook is the best, so you need to indicate what you selection criteria are before others can make suggestions.

I like my Lenovo S10 because
- it's one of the top 3 netbooks most compatible with OS X (other 2 are Dell and MSI) only thing doesn't work is mic
- much better build quality than MSI wind
- 10" screen instead of 9" (Dell)
- reasonable price (~$300)
- 2.5" standard SATA drive (it'll take my existing MB SSD after I upgrade it to a larger one)
- VERY easy RAM and HDD access (2 screws)
- can take up to 2.5 GB RAM, only 2 GB usable
- $20 ebay upgrade to get wifi-N
- aftermarket 6-cell and 9-cell batteries available from ebay to replace the stock 3-cell

Oh, I can go on and on...
 
My advise is to post this topic somewhere else other than an apple forum. Given your explanation, its pretty obvious that all you need is a netbook, and having a macbook is DEFINITELY overkill if your just surfing the web. The problem is that you're going to all find apple fanboys who have grudges against windows. I own a aluminum macbook and I love it to pieces, but I would kill myself if I spent 1300 dollars to surf the web. Its just impractical.
 
Look at the 1000HE. It has 9.5 hours of battery life, a slightly faster proc(.6GHz), bigger trackpad, and it's cheaper.
 
Thanks again everyone. I havent purchased it yet because after my continuous research I found that Samsung will release a 12" netbook within a couple of weeks. It was supposed to be released in the US on March 16-17 but then they delayed it till Around end of March to beginning of April.

Its the Samsung NC20. :)

Though... Im still looking for alternatives since that Samsung NC20 may cost me up to $600.00 which is a bit much for a netbook. I can get two for that price haha
 
I've been looking at netbooks for awhile and also considering a new Macbook. From my research, the Samsung NC10 is my first choice if price wasn't an issue. I would not get the MSI Wind U120 because you cannot upgrade the RAM on that system. Also a new Wind is coming out next month, U123, with the new Atom 1.66Ghz and upgradeable RAM. I may wait for that unless the Samsung drops below $400. As far as I've read, the NC10 is the best but the MSI Wind is pretty good as well but much lower battery life. I'm still not sure what to do either but I know that I will eventually get a Macbook Uni, maybe after the next refresh and Snow Leopard comes out.
 
I am in a similar boat as the OP, but slightly different.

(Sorry ahead of time I cannot answer the OP's question directly in his decision yet).

Anyways, I got accepted into college and will be enrolling at the university this autumn. I see myself using a notebook for simply music (iPod synced too), notes, web/ email, and some Japanese work.

However, I would really want to be able to have the glory of working with video rendering (with After Effects if I were to be making... a Japanese movie in college. I have made 3 Japanese movies in high school so far), and music production with Soundbooth and/ or something else with firewire or SOMETHING that can record my electric guitar and piano.

These are conflicting ideas in the computer world, as a cheaper notebook really cannot perform all those tasks. I was wanting to build a high-end custom Core i7 machine, and have parts all lined up that would cost about $1300 (including a 1920 x 1080 res flatscreen, gaming keyboard, mouse, and surround sound). This leaves me $700 left (in a $2000 budget) for a notebook. I could go more, maybe up to $1300, but my budget for computer needs would be $2500.

So I see the possibility of a "headache" when working with two computers, vastly a gaming rig and a mainstream notebook. What do you think I should do?

As to the OP, I really think with your high end machine already, go for as cheap as possible, but a notebook that has AT LEAST Core 2 Duo. A single core netbook would just be too painful to use and bog down even for the tasks college might want you to do "on the go" today.

I was really looking into eBay's deals on a Dell Studio 1535. Since the Studio 1555 is coming out next week in the U.S., it will have an ATI Radeon 4570 mobile GPU. This will drastically reduce the price of the 1535 Studio on eBay and the Dell outlet, even though it's 3000 series ATI card will suffice. It has a backlit keyboard just like the MacBook UniBody 2.4 GHZ. You could consider that. Prices will be between $450 and $1000+. Depends on where you find the deals.
 
Ryuukumori said:
So I see the possibility of a "headache" when working with two computers, vastly a gaming rig and a mainstream notebook. What do you think I should do?
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When you are at college, I assume you get wifi at most of the time. You can use Back to My Mac to remote connect back to your main computer, either file sharing and screen control.


Ryuukumori said:
As to the OP, I really think with your high end machine already, go for as cheap as possible, but a notebook that has AT LEAST Core 2 Duo. A single core netbook would just be too painful to use and bog down even for the tasks college might want you to do "on the go" today.
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Did you really use a netbook with Atom cpu before, or are you just saying this? Google around, most people feel that netbooks are fast enough for internet-related task. Many would have a second, more powerful, computer. It doesn't make sense to do video editing or rip a movie on a netbook. The real limitation of a netbook is really the screen size.
 
No, I am not talking about netbooks, I'm talking about a full-fledged notebook, for video rendering. I wanted a custom Core i7 rig for that, and a NOTEBOOK with Core 2 Duo or better with my budget to handle the basics.
 
I'd stay away from the Samsung NC10. Do a google search on it for "fan noise" and you'll understand why. That thing has a fan that sounds like a jet engine taking off and you can't turn it off.
 
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