sub 10.1 inch screen netbooks

sparky · 02-01-2012, 08:35 AM

Just searching the interwebs and looking for a netbook with a screen less than 10 inches. Must have a decent sized HDD and not tablet.

Falcon16 · 02-01-2012, 09:04 AM

you might have a bit of a tough time with that sparky. Before when netbooks where just getting off the ground finding an 8.9 incher with a 60-80GB HD wasn't a problem now the market is moving towards 10.1-11.6 inch machines. I think you might be SOL unless yo buy used or spend a fortune. Personally if money is no object look at a Fujitsu lifeboox they can go down to as small as 5 inches and still be a fully functional computer

Agglet · 02-01-2012, 10:16 AM

It's too bad you didn't start looking earlier I blew out a bunch of Aspire One's here at work for $50.

CJOttawa · 02-01-2012, 12:21 PM

Do you mean "10.1 inch or smaller" or actually "less than 10.1 inch" screen?

10.1" are usually 1024x600 resolution screens; much less than that and they are extremely difficult to "do" anything with.

I have a netbook at home (EeePC 1000HE) and prior to that I had the EeePC 701 and 900 models. I won't go back to the lower res screens; I'd rather just use an iPhone or tablet at that point.

Luckless · 02-01-2012, 12:31 PM

I have an ASUS Eee PC 901, writing on it currently actually. The screen can be a little annoying, but honestly the 8.9 inch display at 1024x600 really isn't that bad. The only problems I have with it are when developers do something stupid, like lock the minimum vertical height of popups, for no good reason. Often an issue found on setup dialogues and the like.

But yeah, the 10 inch netbook seems to be here to stay sadly. I really wanted another 8.9 screen, but I'll settle for the larger screens I think.

02-01-2012, 10:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
Agglet MCB Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Port Hope, ON	It's too bad you didn't start looking earlier I blew out a bunch of Aspire One's here at work for $50.

02-01-2012, 12:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
CJOttawa Immune to sales tactics. Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Canada's National Capital	Do you mean "10.1 inch or smaller" or actually "less than 10.1 inch" screen? 10.1" are usually 1024x600 resolution screens; much less than that and they are extremely difficult to "do" anything with. I have a netbook at home (EeePC 1000HE) and prior to that I had the EeePC 701 and 900 models. I won't go back to the lower res screens; I'd rather just use an iPhone or tablet at that point.

02-01-2012, 12:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
Luckless MCB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: PEI, Canada	I have an ASUS Eee PC 901, writing on it currently actually. The screen can be a little annoying, but honestly the 8.9 inch display at 1024x600 really isn't that bad. The only problems I have with it are when developers do something stupid, like lock the minimum vertical height of popups, for no good reason. Often an issue found on setup dialogues and the like. But yeah, the 10 inch netbook seems to be here to stay sadly. I really wanted another 8.9 screen, but I'll settle for the larger screens I think.