Netbook - 400 USD

[LivArt]

Well, she has 14" business HP notebook at home and she don't take it out of home, because it's not lightweight and big. So she wants something about 10"-11". I spoke with her about refubrished netbook, but she wants new.

I looked on Dell Inspiron 11z and now it's retired there, in Czech republic. Also i looked on Asus U32U and it's not available. Bad country... :-(
But this Dell looks like that what I'm looking for :-)
Is there any netbook with +- same performance? Everything about will be good, because she won't play any games.
What about Lenovo S205? Is it good choice? I could have it for 400USD with AMD E-Series E450 and 4GB RAM.

For connecting to the Internet, she'ill use wifi. Mobile network module it's not important, because of mobile-internet prizes there.



Many thanks for your posts, it helps me much :-)

[cognus]

only with caution would I disagree with Bronsky: if graphics including smooth transition to a big-screen hdmi monitor is important, E-350/450 is superior to 11z/ULV i3 because of Intel's lousy HDCP implementation.
if that's not important, the 11z is a fine choice... i just put one on ebay after benching it against thinkpad with e-series.
its a good system on the cheap [they were even cheaper @289], and that's coming from someone who generally thinks dell produces mediocre notebooks.

If I was spending $400, it wouldn't be for an AMD E series. I would be looking at a ULV I3. There are still some Dell 11z's available on Amazon for $369. Amazon.com: Dell Inspiron 11z Core i3-330UM 1.2GHz 2GB 250GB 11.6" WLED Laptop Windows 7 Home Premium w/Webcam & 6-Cell Battery: Computers & Accessories

[drifter42]

Too bad she wants new. You can find some awesome deals on ebay for a nice Hp 2530P 12.1 netbookish size with plenty of power and good battery life. Also it is very durable. Just throwing it out there if you can talk her into going used.