NetBook Help! :( +1 Rep :D

[Munex]

I want to buy a NetBook for sixth form this September as it'll really help me. I need one with as large a keyboard as possible but it still needs to be a NetBook instead of a Laptop so I can fit it in my school bag.

The only thing I will do on it is word processing, maybe some internet research too.

I'm looking to spend no more than £300

Battery life would need to be at least 8 hours. And a quick start-up time would be good.

These are two that I've been looking at, but I'm clueless when it comes to technology:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/samsun...53832-pdt.html

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/samsung...28786-pdt.html

Please help me!? I just don't know what to get.

[Andys]

http://www.ebuyer.com/349740-asus-ee...FYQhtAodyDEANA

Asus EEE's are brilliant for the money, not as much battery life unfortunately.

You will find it hard to find a netbook which will last 8 hours on the battery in practice, imo.


Here's another alternative.
http://www.ebuyer.com/255828-acer-as...k-lu-sdr0d-024

[Recursion]

Ditch the netbook, get a tablet of some sort, you seriously won't do as much word processing at school itself as you think without using your school's desktops.

[Munex]

Ditch the netbook, get a tablet of some sort, you seriously won't do as much word processing at school itself as you think without using your school's desktops.

But I plan to ditch pen and paper all together and do all my class notes on the netbook and store it in virtual folders instead of a physical bulky one. Also, I'll back it up on a memory stick. I think I'll get work done 10x quicker than writing by hand and will be more inspired to do better work as I can erase something quickly and rewrite it even better, etc.

[Tomm]

Dunno what lessons you are taking but it is impractical to take notes by typing in lessons such as Physics, Maths, Chemistry, etc.

But I plan to ditch pen and paper all together and do all my class notes on the netbook and store it in virtual folders instead of a physical bulky one. Also, I'll back it up on a memory stick. I think I'll get work done 10x quicker than writing by hand and will be more inspired to do better work as I can erase something quickly and rewrite it even better, etc.

[Munex]

Dunno what lessons you are taking but it is impractical to take notes by typing in lessons such as Physics, Maths, Chemistry, etc.

English Language and Film Studies. In English, I think it's pretty practical. And in Film, it seems all we ever do is take notes for 3 hours and 2 hours at a time.

[Recursion]

I had the exact same thought as you when I started Sixth Form, but in reality it's much quicker and easier to pull out a notepad and pen, it's also a lot less... I wouldn't like to say rude, but going that way, when you're in a class size of say 10.

Netbooks are a quickly dying breed. You might be better off getting a stylus for an iPad and using an app like Penultimate to take digital hand written notes, which is what I do at work.