hi, i want to purchase a notebook and my it should have microsoft XP (i like vista, but it takes up a lot of RAM!), good battery life, WIFI,at least 1GB RAM and fast a processor. after searching on the internet, i came up with the following models:
Dell Inspiron MINI 9
Acer Aspire One
HP Mini Note 2133
Asus Eee Pc 901
please send me your recommendations and suggesions.
I have just received my new Dell Inspiron Mini 9 and love it!
Not being able to get broadband any other way, I use mobile broadband with it. Great sound and picture quality.
The slightly disconcerting thing I'm getting used to is its totally silent operation - I mean no disc whirring.
My old laptop had a 20Gb hard drive and this has a 16Gb SSD which I feel will be ample as I use extra 8Gb cards in its card slot or via USB ports.
I have one (running Ubuntu, but it comes with XP), and they're great! Better value than the Dell and Acer your mention above too (6 cell battery, for example).
Dell give good after sales service and most of their computers run a 'shadow', very useful in a crash. Make sure your final choice burns CDs, if needed.