/NTG/ Netbook General Thread -Lot's of people have owned

>>57051967
I'd love something like that with no touchpad, a nipple mouse and touch screen, and updated specs.

Move speakers to the base and fit a bigger screen

I've got a Dell Mini 10 with the Atom N450, 2 gigs ram and 160 gig hard drive. It has Lununtu installed and it fun to play around on.

>>57051967
They were shit in 2006 or whenever they first came out and they are shittier now.

>>57051967
dell 10v running debian here

it's cute :3

Netbook+Linux=love

>>57052361
Eh, for their intended purpose, aka web browsing and word processing they aren't bad. Especially the new ones. I personally think they can be quite useful.

>>57052805
>>57052720
What netbooks do you own?

>>57052851
what are 'the new ones'? all of the models in the OP are from mid 2000s

>>57052876
Chromebooks, some of the newer Asus models. I think the spirit of the netbook is best around 2010, and not the ones that are made today in response to Chromebooks and whatnot

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>tfw my next netbook's 10x as much as I paid for my laptop

>>57052939
I've seen those Let's Notes. What are the system specs? They nice?

>>57052953
>Core m5-6Y54
>8GB RAM
>10.1" WUXGA IPS touchscreen
>3x USB 3.0
>GbE
>SD card reader
>HDMI
>VGA

I'm pretty excited, only thing I'm not looking forward to is having an ISO return key
I'm pretty

>>57053024
Looks really nice for a netbook. Really powerful for such a small form factor

>>57053053
Yeah I've been looking for a nice netbook for quite a while, glad I found this

>>57053079
How far back did it set you? By the looks/sound of it, it costed a lot.

>>57053141
I didn't buy it yet but it's going to be around $1800

>>57053150
Holy shit I don't even have that much into all of my computers combined

>>57053199
Me either

I had a 7" Sylvania g netbook with a Via processor in like 2007. Ran windows xp, and it was before people really could grasp a computer being that small, they would just randomly ask me about it and have their mind blown over running ms word on it

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sitting here on my comfy HP Mini 110

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I recently got a pic rel
>AMD E2 APU
>4GB ram
>500GB hdd, Seagate
>1366x768 matte finish
>gigabit ethernet, SD reader, hdmi, usb3.0
>/tpg/ shuns it
Haven't installed a real os yet, but it could potentially be comfy-tier hardware. Fanless at idle. Wifi works with proprietary drivers. HDD causes a weird humming in my desk, need to figure that out (or replace with ssd)

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I don't know why anyone would torture themselves with a 7 year old Atom when there are brand new Netbooks out there still for less than $200

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>>57053454
>AMD E2
I doubt that 4gb of ram would help at all.

>>57053463
Seriously, you can get a moderate openbox lenovo from Bestbuy for like $150. Battery life and performance will kill anything posted in this thread...

>>57053454
For the 11e I would've gotten the model with the dual core celeron at least

>>57051967
Add the Panasonic Let's Note RZ5 to the list: it's a netbook for richfags.

>>57053905
done

>>57051967
I had an Asus Eeepc, and it was so fucking weak it couldn't even play some of my higher quality chinese cartoons. Cute as fuck, yes, but so weak it's useless for a lot of basic tasks.
Look at the recent 11"6 laptops if you want something approaching, I'm personally eying the Dell xps 13.

>>57054388
I had EeePC 701SD

Absolute garbage even with WinXP
First Gen Atoms had about a one year lifecycle before becoming completely useless

>Have an eeeeeeeeeePC
>Office 2010 Starter freezes on typing "faggot"
>Libreoffice slows to a crawl after one paragraph

Besides using sublimetext on it, what other office suite could I install that improves it? A relative asked me if I could improve the performance and besides downloading more RAM and using readyboost I'm out of options.

Then again I could just install androidx86 on it and call it a day.

Roast me /g/:

Acer Aspire 725
11.6 Inch
AMD C-60
4 Gigs Ram

>>57054435
Pirate "Microsoft Office 2007 Blue Edition," it's a pre-activated distribution that was intended for businesses and has all the main MS Office programs, works great on old hardware and is updateable. I'm running it on a single core 1.6ghz Atom with 2GB of RAM and it works great.

>>57055094
>Downloading preactivated 'editions' of software made by curryniggers

>>57054435
Emacs

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Compaq Mini + Puppy Linux running blender

I have a 900HA as a server

so based

Bought a Dell Latitude 2110 from ebay

It's really slow.. better with Linux on it, but still lags on js heavy pages (Youtube is unbearable, videos are watchable though)

It looks really cute though..

>>57052361
Before the battery on an acer one j had crapped out it was fantastic for travel. Weighed less than my guitar.

http://www.asus.com/Notebooks/E202SA/

Waiting for Asus to update/refresh this with Apollo Lake which has HEVC Main10 hardware decoding

http://ark.intel.com/products/95592/Intel-Pentium-Processor-N4200-2M-Cache-up-to-2_5-GHz

http://ark.intel.com/products/95596/Intel-Celeron-Processor-N3450-2M-Cache-up-to-2_2-GHz

>slow as fucking fuck

no thx m8.

I'm torn between the Asus E202SA >>57057484 and the Acer Aspire ES1 - 131. Should I get the 32 GB EMMC or the 500 GB HDD?

The HDD can be upgraded with a proper SSD later.

Dem 9 hour battery life and portability.

>>57051967
>HP Mini-Note 2133

Fuck, I had the pleasure of owning one of these almost 10 years back

> That awkward mouse button position
> That slow-ass VIA processor struggling to run Windows Vista while overheating
> That 1.5 hour battery life
> That coil whine

I should have bought an EeePC 901

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>>57051967
I got this brand new for £40. Not a single scratch on it, battery lasts 10 hours with general use. Linux has never felt so good.

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>>57051967
does 11" still count?

C7 reporting in

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I used to love this thing.

>>57052939
Does linux even run on those?

>>57061764
I hope so

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>>57053454
>>57053768
I have an 11e with the quadcore celeron N2940, unfortunately linux has a problem with this cpu and just randomly locks up (4.1.18 is the most stable for me).

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109051

You can also disable cstates, but you'll get worse battery life. Other than that, it play 1080p content and is my main browsing and shitposting machine right now.

>>57061764
>>57061785
Looks like it, I just found a post on some Japanese forum about a guy running Mint on one

>>57051967
>all those trash recommendations
x61 masterrace

>>57061862
>x61
>netbook

>>57057256
Most retarded thing I've seen here today

>>57061875
>pretty much same dimensions as a netbook
>no dogshit tier specs
>no dogshit tier build quality

>>57061890
>12" screen
>netbook
no

>>57061895
The only netbook I've ever owned had a 12" screen

>>57061907
Then you've never owned a netbook

>>57061917
It was an Asus eeePC

>>57061944
And it wasn't a netbook

>>57051983
X230T anyone?

Reminder that Netbooks are for poorfag NEETs

>>57061979
Netbooks are for people who want a more portable laptop.

>>57062005
There are a lot of way better alternatives
the only pro for a netbook is that they're dirt cheap, perfect for poorfags who still want to circlejerk

>>57062030
No, there aren't.

>>57062061
A laptop that hasn't a full sized keyboard can't be properly used for productive work. Netbooks are the perfect NEET machines

>>57062140
Just because you have sausage fingers doesn't make netbooks useless. I'm curious, what are this apparently better alternatives?

>>57051967

Good to know they're a good first computer, I'm sure there are a lot of people here cautionsly looking into the market for their very own computer

>>57051967

i have a netbook, some toshiba piece of shit. it was excessively thick, couldn't handle the 1024x600 display.

I was going through a little autism phase at the time and it took a solid 20 seconds to open emacs. based atom

>>57053150
>$1800
Damn, I hope that's a good purchase for that price anon.

I have an Asus eeePC 701 and a Samsung N150+ Netbook, I used to use the samsung one for 3 years until I built a new PC.

Didn't saw this thread before, my bad

This is my thread >>57062882

I own a HP Mini 2133 VIA C7-M Processor, 2 GB RAM, 128 SSD Drive, Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 32 bits

what applications are you using your netbook for?

I just leave it at my office, connect to it using TeamViewer and have fun using the office's server with all its capacity only for me

>>57063109
>SSD Drive
Nice RAS Syndrome

>>57051967
What about those chromebooks? The mini ones

>>57051967
Where I come from NBG stands for No Bloody Good.
How does NTG stand for Netbook General Thread?

So are we counting more modern 11" ultraportables as netbooks, or are we limiting ourselves to atom processors from 2009

>>57060963
>gentoo on a fucking netbook

the absolute madman

I have 3, and owned 4.
Eeepc 1000he(1.6atom, 2gb of ram) sold back in 2012.
Acer ao522(c-50 1ghz, 4gb of ram) still the one I use the most. Very usable, until you try to watch YouTube. Audio goes out of sync with video. Biggest plus is its easy to open up and work on. Also, it came with 7 starter, which let me get a legit license of 10(home) for it.
Asus tf100(z3735, 3gb of ram) tablet with 64gb of storage, plus a microsd 64gb card. Hardly touched it. Last time I booted it up was to grab windows 10 before that free promotion ended(since it had win 8.1)
Lenovo Thinkpad 11e(n29** with 4gb of ram) I thought this was gonna be the ultimate netbook. I think mines defective tho, and even if it wasn't, it's too big and bulky to work well as one. I love the heavy duty build quality, but it's the size of a 13" laptop, with an 11" screen(massive bezels) and the specs of a 10" netbook. Wouldn't buy again if I was shopping for a new netbook.

>>57051967

I have a Dell Mini 10 and a Samsung NC10 sat about doing nothing. They will probably stay that way until they go in the trash.

Are these things even worth selling?

>>57063660
Not really. If you had one with a valid license during the free upgrade, it could be worth a bit(since people could use the COA to get their better machine on 10, legally. Then have a cheap win 7/8 thing to fuck around with) but today they're kinda in a weird niche area.

Most are so old that the biggest selling point(battery life) is moot, since the li-ion cells have degraded so much.

>>57063660
If your time is worthless, maybe you could get $20-30 on eBay for them.

>>57063660
It doesn't hurt to toss them on eBay, I could see you getting $50ea

>>57057256
impressive

>>57054424
>First Gen Atoms had about a one year lifecycle before becoming completely useless

Are you talking about windows rot or does the chip actually degrade from overheating?

are the modern x series even worth it anymore

>>57065240
Pretty sure he's just saying they were barely usable when they came out so soon after they were unusable (which is false)

Shit, didn't see this before.

I'm >>57065742 and I got a shit netbook with an AMD C-50. It struggles with high CPU usage when browsing the web.

Any way I can get a better performance with this thing on web browsing?

I also plan on installing a custom kernel optimized for AMD Bobcat, but I don't think it'll help a lot.

>>57065870
NoScript

>>57054682
Acer Aspire AOA150 (ZG5)
The OLD Atom, 1.6GHz
1.5GB
8.9”

Still surprisingly comfy to type on.

I miss my HP Mini, it died a few years ago

Recently got an asus eee 901. Feels pretty good, just installing lubuntu on it.

These netbooks were cute, it must be really fun to use it with Kubuntu or something else

>>57065870

Reinstall windows. Put in more ram. Install noscript.

I use the>>57054682 which is a c60 amd. Still usable 90% of the time.

>>57066612
>implying netbooks can handle KDE
Lamo

>>57067079
Wouldn't keep using Linux better in this situation? I was able to get a noticeable boost with linux-ck with flags for AMD Bobcat.

I do have a dualboot setup right now, since Wine struggles badly on this.

Plus it has 4GB of RAM right now, so it isn't THAT bad.

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I'm having a Toshiba NB-200 and it's scrap. I'm having Kali Linux on it and use it for things, but only things I can do in Terminal because it's so slow. Opening a browser takes a minute. Can't imagine that you guys use such devices for other stuff. Intel Atom is a pain in the ass and should be verboten.

Would love to have a netbook with that size with good specs, but they invaluable.

>>57067869
We like our netbooks because we know how to use them. My netbook's got an Atom N270 and 2GB RAM, my UMPC's got an even worse CPU and 512MB RAM. Both work just fine.

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>>57062061
The 12" Macbook for example
>mfw gentoofags can't afford it

>>57067894
A 12" machine is no substitute for a 10" one. My main laptop is already 12", the whole point of me having a netbook is a smaller device.

>>57067891
>Both work just fine.

I'm sure you aren't honest (with yourself). They are slow a fuck and having 5 or more tabs open isn't possible.

>>57067929
I'm being perfectly honest. For programming, web browsing, and light gaming they work great.
>They are slow a fuck and having 5 or more tabs open isn't possible.
I've had at least 10 tabs open on my netbook before, never get more than three or four on my UMPC though, I mainly use that for SimCity 4.

>>57067972
>>57067929
Also I'll definitely be able to have 5 tabs open on the UMPC once the new drive comes in. Going to install OpenBSD (right now it's got XP) which I also run on my laptop, I need to try to break 500MiB used memory.

>>57067916
I find 10" that little bit too small to be usable, I think 11" is my practical limit and the MacBook is the same size as a lot of 11" ones with bezels.

>>57067916
Why wuld anyone need a laptop smaller than 12"? Souns more like an autism thing to me
just get a teblet and a keyboard

>>57060963
>gentoo
do you have a beard?

>>57067891
what UMPC?

>>57068428
Opinions are a thing for a reason.

>>57070352
More portable.

>>57071181
Vaio VGN-UX180P

>>57071533
>implying there is a notable improvement in portability between 10" and 12"

>>57071616
There obviously is or I wouldn't regularly grab my netbook when I want something more portable than my laptop. Like I just said, opinions are a thing for a reason. I find the difference between 10" and 12" more than enough of a reason to have a separate device. If you don't, fine, don't fucking get a netbook then. It's not that difficult of a concept to grasp.

>>57071658
Grab your netbook to watch animu on the shitter?

I was thinking of getting a Latitude 2120, but I don't see the point when there is the thinkpad x series, and the latitude 6330 available

or is the point in this having the laptop being cheap and ultra-portable?

>>57071680
No, it's more for when I'm skating. When you've got everything you're carrying hanging from your shoulders as you bob up and down for 40 miles a smaller and lighter device can really make a difference.

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>>57063339
I just use distcc and compile everything on my 3930K

>>57071175
no, sorry

bumping with more C7 ganoo power, saved my ass when I was writing my thesis and my T200 broke down

>>57057406
SMTube for YouTube videos

>>57067869
I have the NB-305 and Chrome it's pretty usable with Windows 7 lite, with Ubuntu minimal+Openbox, not so much.

>>57057256
edge to edge keyboards are sexy

>>57060991
How big is that? Can't find more pics online but looks about the size of fat PSP?

>>57051967
Is that the HP mini that can be broken by playing a certain audio file?

>>57051985
>>57063660
Mah niggaz

Personally I haven't used mine in years, I've been pondering getting a new battery for it along with a cheapo SSD to make it worthwhile but no idea what to really do with it since for regular browsing shit my iPad2 works better.

>>57060991
One of the coolest gadgets ever IMO. But the price tag was terrifying.

>>57073907
Think a slightly longer 5" smartphone. Slimer than a vita

Looking for something with a lot of space (500GB and up), great sound, and accurate colors in the $500 - $550 price range.
Any suggestions?

>>57061850
Hey, why does my F1 key stay lit up in windows 10? I thought it was supposed to signify the thing is muted, but it stays lit even when there is sound(and my volume keys only enable/disable mute. To raise and lower the volume i have to use the icon in the task tray)
I dont know if my PC's broken, or its just some stupid toggle function the previous owner enabled.

Prob. going to RMA it anyway, since the battery does not hold a charge after 10 days of being shut down and un-plugged.

>>57061890
The chip in the *BEST* x61 is still shit compared to a modern atom or celeron chip. I know, because i just switched from a T61(which has a full-powered C2D chip) to an z3735 atom. Equally as snappy, and both take 3+ hours to do a HEVC rip, and dont manage more than 10fps in KSP.)