Hello.

So I have this awesome good old laptop with 4GB ram and everything's nice with it .

I almost don't get more that 10 minutes or less with it's battery live , and my mom is planning to get a new computer.

So I saw that netbooks have a super awesome dang good battery life.

I've been wondering if they would be reliable. I saw they have a very limited amount of RAM. Can I increase that ?

Also , I live in Mexico.

So I would like a netbook with at least 1GB ram that is upgradeable and i could smoothly run Ubuntu , Windows Vista and Windows 7 on it.

The screen is not an issue as anyways me and my mom were planing to get a screen for it. external screen

Thanks to everyone that would post a cheap netbook with 1gB upgradeable ram that can run Ubuntu with no problems . And also Vista .

Thanks

It sounds like a netbook is the exact opposite of what you would want. Why would you get a netbook just to connect it to an external monitor? Clearly portability is not a concern, and portability is the only advantage a netbook has.

Why don't you just get a new battery for the exiting laptop if that's the only problem with it?

Netbooks aren't reliable.

hey .

thanks for your response .

I need a netbook because i NEED portability .. and battery life . I know my laptop from the first time and all i was getting from that was 2 hours. i saw netbooks can go almost 8 hours with no recharging.

i will be putting the monitor when i can..especially home . isn{t it nice to have the best of both worlds .. like windows and linux in dual boot .. games(windows) and speed along with very customizable(linux)

so then i can take it with me .

can a moderator please move this thread to laptops/netbooks ...

so yeah ... my request is still available ...
are there any cheap good netbooks that let you upgrade the RAM to 2GB .. and to those that have had netbooks .. what were your experiences with them ..


leopard .. i appreciate your response on point ... but please can you say a few reasons why they arent reliable .. or what where your experiences with them ...

The Samsung N150's 1 GB RAM can be upgraded to 2 GB.

EDIT:

Upgrading the RAM will reduce the battery charge life a little.

You can ask a moderator to move your thread by using the Report button.

I highly suggest posting this at the Notebook Review.com Forums as people there are experts in laptop/netbook hardware and can provide more insightful comments and feedback for your needs.

btw the main disadvantage of "netbooks" (those with intel atoms) is that they are not capable of playing modern intensive games. But they are great for your normal web surfing, word processing and light tasks even when extended to a 22" inch LCD monitor.

Anything more CPU or GPU intensive and it will CRAWL.

additional info:
all newer model netbooks can play warcraft 3 at high settings (the game was released in 2002) but cannot play starcraft 2 (released in 2010); exception are the 'high-grade' netbooks which CAN play starcraft 2 but only with VERY LOW settings.

I have an Asus EeePC 1201T with and AMD CPU and graphics chip. It has 2 GB RAM and an 12.1" display. Works fine for most things. At least, it was shipped with Windows 7 Home Premium with runs fine as well. But games don't run smoothly, at least, Call of Duty 4 has only around 2 FPS *g*.

Now I have Slackware Linux installed on it and it works great. No major problems, even the function keys work with the eeepc-scripts partly.
I think, if you're just planning to use it for surfing, programming or word processing it's just fine. Ok, if you want to compile monsters like OOo or KDE you'll probably have to spend some time.

As requested, moved to Laptops & Netbooks.

excellent.
thanks everyone for your responses.
thanks for moving thread where i requested , and thanks for recommending me the netbooks .

@Squal90 i wish i knew programming . yeah i'm not pretty much so scared about Linux performance on a 2gb ram netbook knowing that I've managed to run ubuntu in a virtual machine with as low as 192 mb ...

@chickenjoy i didn't mean that i will play games on a netbook . i was just giving an example .. many of us have best of both worlds with dual-booting their pcs .. so i would have portability and big screen ...

any new response will be welcomed though im now going to netbook reviews as chicken joy recommended ..

Hi Silvyus 06,

I have a Lenovo thinkpad x100e just for mobility. It runs very well with Linux (Slackware and Gentoo).

But if I were you, I'd consider to purchase a new battery for your old laptop and maybe a second one as an additional recource for mobile use.

Markus

Hello All

I have a Samsung N150's 1 GB RAM can be upgraded to 2 GB.

EDIT:

Upgrading the RAM will reduce the battery charge life a little.

I put Slackware Linux on an ASUS eeePC 1000HE, upgraded the RAM to 2GB and was fairly happy with it. The small keyboard took some getting used to & the small screen size was limiting, but overall the experience was pleasant enough that I used it often (not only when I was on a long bus ride). The only time I ever noticed the lil' Atom _really_ straining was when I would boot WinXP ... but I'm not a gamer nor do I watch a ton of video on my boxes. I did my homework for some Java courses on the Netbook and it served me well enough there, though using something like Eclipse on that small a machine is ... interesting.

Unfortunately, the wireless eventually died & I turned the machine into a brick while trying to open it for repairs (this was my own clumsiness). So I'm not sure the hardware was the most robust.

I've been looking at some of the 11.6" machines available with AMD Fusion chips but it seems there are still issues to be sorted out re: Linux support.