thinking of buying an netbook.

[NintendoTogepi]

Mini 9, definitely.

[myusername]

i would go for the dell mini 9. i asked for a eee pc 904ha for christmas though. it has a bigger hard drive. but if the mini had a bigger hard drive i would jump all over it

[diablo75]

I was about to buy a Dell Mini this morning for my girlfriend for Christmas, but they denied my credit app. Do they really think I can't afford a $15 per month payment plan??

[jaseanton]

Spend extra and get a Samsung NC10. Last I saw £293 at Staples, who've been quick to pass on the VAT decrease to consumers (PC World is charging £299, plus a premium for the black model).

I bought mine on Thursday and I can't pick a fault with it.

[lswest]

I just looked at it...I didn't notice any difference in the Dell specs? Why is one 10 pounds less? I didn't bother check customization options though.

Honestly, I'd go with the Acer 150 (because of the hard drive), or the new Lenovo S10 is also nice (but it doesn't seem to exist over here in Europe yet).

Just my $0.02 on the matter.
Lswest

[ugm6hr]

Looks like there's another £10 off the Dell.

Now £233. I'm tempted myself...

[Athanasius]

The MSI Wind is supposed to be very good. It has a 10" screen, 6 or 9 cell battery and a 160gb hard drive (although it is not solid state). The wireless is supposed to work with some tinkering but the guide below has places where you can buy wireless that works flawlessly with Ubuntu.

Instruction on how to install Ubuntu

I am hoping to get one for Christmas!!

[RookieUbuntuUser58]

The MSI Wind is supposed to be very good. It has a 10" screen, 6 or 9 cell battery and a 160gb hard drive (although it is not solid state). The wireless is supposed to work with some tinkering but the guide below has places where you can buy wireless that works flawlessly with Ubuntu.

Instruction on how to install Ubuntu

I am hoping to get one for Christmas!!

I have a MSI Wind and I can honestly say it is absolutely amazing. I have the 160GB 6 cell version (black). My stock wireless works great also, I found a driver package for Ubuntu through the MSI forums and haven't had any connection problems. Every feature pretty much works.

Only bad thing is my battery life is only 3hrs and 30mins (I hear that is normal though). It use to be in the 4hrs 30mins + range but after installing Ubuntu it somehow went down.

[gn2]

Looks like there's another £10 off the Dell.

Now £233. I'm tempted myself...

That's still a lot more than an AA1, but heading in the right direction.

[wubrgamer]

well, samsung nc10 is best

hands down

the aspire one's are alright, the keyboards are a toughie to type on, but you'll probably adapt, or sell it on ebay and get a new computer later...

but my only real advice here, STAY AWAY FROM THE DELL UNITS, the dell mini 9's are just poorly made, maybe dell will improve them, but for the moment, they are just poorly made machines