10 Netbooks to Try as an Alternative to the iPad
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Netbooks are cheaper than the iPad and offer depth to your computing experience. Applications and games are numerous, and you are not confined to going to a single source to find the best. Here are ten awesome netbooks to consider.
Superior battery life and great looks make this a netbook to come back to.
- Price: $349.99 MSRP
- OS: Windows 7 Starter
- Processor: Intel Atom Processor N450
- Speed: 1.66GHz
- Memory: 1024MB DDR2
- Hard Drive: 250GB
- Display: 10.1″ WSVGA LED Backlit Display
- Wireless: WiFi 802.11b/g/n
- Graphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
- Weight: 2.76 lbs
You can connect to the net and easily upload photos with the HP Mini 210.
- Price: $379.99 MSRP
- OS: Windows 7 starter
- Processor: Intel Atom Processor N450
- Speed: 1.66GHz
- Memory: 1 GB DDR2 System Memory
- Hard Drive: 250GB
- Display: 10.1″
- Wireless: Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n
- Graphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
- Weight: 2.69 lbs
The Ferrari logo and sleek design set this netbook apart from the crowd.
- Price: $599
- OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
- Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor L310
- Speed: 1.20GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Hard Drive: 250GB
- Display: CineCrystal HD 11.6″
- Wireless: 802.11b/g/n
- Graphics: Integrated Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
- Weight: 3.3 lbs
The nearly full sized keyboard makes for easy communication on this netbook.
- Price: $300
- OS: Windows 7 Starter
- Processor: Intel Atom N450
- Speed: 1.66 GHz
- Memory: 1 GB
- Hard Drive: 160 GB
- Display: 10.1″ Matte WSVGA LCD Display
- Wireless: 802.11a/g
- Weight: 2.8 lbs
5. HP Mini 5102
Great all around netbook with a touchscreen and fast hard drive.
- Price: $415
- OS: Windows 7 Starter
- Processor: Intel Atom N450
- Speed: 1.67GHz
- Memory: 1GB
- Hard Drive: 250GB
- Display: 10.1″ LED-backlit WSVGA
- Wireless: Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n
- Graphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
- Weight: 4.6 lbs
The Toshiba Mini NB300 is useful for on the go web browsing and watching online videos.
- Price: $399
- OS: Windows 7 Starter
- Processor: Intel Atom N450
- Speed: 1.66GHz
- Memory: 1GB
- Hard Drive: 250GB
- Display: 10.1″
- Wireless: 802.11b/g/n
- Graphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
- Weight: 2.9 pounds
This is a great quality netbook for those on a budget.
- Price: $370
- OS: Windows 7 Starter
- Processor: Intel Atom Pineview-M N450
- Speed: 1.66GHz
- Memory: 1GB RAM
- Hard Drive: 250GB hard drive
- Display: 10.1 inches (1,024×600 native resolution)
- Wireless: 802.11b/g/n
- Graphics: Integrated (on-die) Intel GMA 3150
- Weight: 2.8 pounds
A huge screen, full size keyboard and long battery life make the IdeaPad S12 an excellent netbook choice.
- Price: $300
- OS: Windows XP Home Edition
- Processor: VIA Nano ULV 2250
- Processor Speed: 1.3GHz
- Memory: 1GB RAM
- Hard Drive: 160GB hard drive
- Display: 12.1 inches (1,280×800 native resolution)
- Wireless: Broadcom 11b/g Wi-Fi wireless
- Graphics: Integrated Intel GMA 950
- Weight: 3.4 pounds
This netbook’s sleek design and ease of use make it stand out above other netbooks.
- Price: $470
- OS: Windows XP
- Processor: Intel Atom N270
- Speed: 1.6 GHz
- Memory: 1 GB
- Hard Drive: 160 GB
- Display: 10.1 inches
- Wireless: 802.11a/g
- Graphics Card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
- Weight: 2.8 lb
Extremely customizable with a higher resolution display makes this netbook a choice to consider.
- Price: $299
- OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home
- Processor: Intel Atom N270
- Speed: 1.6 GHz
- Memory: 1 GB
- Hard Drive: 160 GB
- Display: 10.1 inches
- Wireless: 802.11g
- Graphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 945 GM
- Weight: 2.5 lb
Couldn’t find one that had no WIndows crap on it.
Have you heard of Linux ?…..i know some ASUS eepcs have it ……
The HP 210 is available without OS. You can install the Ubuntu Netbook edition using a flash drive. But for what it’s worth, windows7 works magnificently on low-resource machines. Waay better compared to its predecessors
I own an HP Mini 210. As much as I respect the netbook for its utility, some of them have issues with usability.
The Dell has side buttons on the trackpad and the HP trackpad is just not very responsive. The list is pretty endless.
The thing about these netbooks is they make great replacements for laptops for people on the run. In this instance, the iPad fails miserably. Honestly, I don’t think the comparison is fair with respect to purpose.
What good is a 25k device with PC like functionality and performance if i cant hook it up to a projector or a lan cable or a usb modem or a drive. Netbook over iPad anyday.