Which is best?

[society]

Hi Guys, Please help me out here - Between a Samsung and Asus netbook, which is the better make? Samsung has 160 GB hard drive and Asus has 250 GB. Ram is 1GB in both. Thanks.

[vivandorron]

I can't really answer your question but I do sometimes think that Computers are being sold on their Hard Drives.......a bit like cars...0 to 60 in x secs. I would probably go for the Samsung because I have never heard of Asus and 160 GB should be enough for a lifetime.

Ron.

[ChuckFickens]

They will both perform roughly the same and both are well known and regarded brands when it comes to netbooks.

The hard drive size only effects the amount of stuff you can store on the netbook, and 160GB is enough for most peoples needs (as a rough idea, 160GB would store about 32000 music tracks as MP3, 250GB would store about 51000)

However, unless things have changed lately, I expect there are other differences, the licensing model for XP on netbooks states they can't have more than a 160GB drive in them, whereas the license for windows7 allows a larger drive, so I'm guessing they also come with a different versions of windows? If that is the case I'd go for the asus with windows7 (but that's personal perference, you might prefer windowXP on it)

[society]

Thanks Chuck. I do trust your opinions, and I'll go with the ASUS.

ASUS:

- Processor Manufacturer: Intel
- Processor Type: Atom
- Processor Model: N280
- Processor Speed: 1.66 GHz
- Standard Memory: 1GB
- Memory Technology: DDR2 SDRAM
- Memory Standard: DDR2-667/PC2-5300
- Hard Drive Capacity: 250 GB
- Solid State Drive Capacity: Not Included
- Optical Drive Type: Not Included
- Optical Media Support: Not Applicable
- Screen Size: 10.1-in
- Graphic Mode: WSVGA
- Display Screen Type: Active Matrix TFT Color LCD
- Widescreen: Yes
- Network Technology: Bluetooth
- Operating System: Windows 7 Starter
- Maximum Battery Run Time: 6 Hour
# Color: Black
# Dimensions: 1.01 Height x 10.31 Width x 7 Depth
# Weight: 2.42 lb

Package Contents:

- Eee PC 1008HA-MU17-BK Netbook
- Lithium Polymer Battery
- AC Adaptor

SAMSUNG:

- Samsung N120 Atom 1.6 GHz CPU 1GB netbook.
- 160 GB hard drive.
- XP Home Operating System
- 10.1-inch widescreen display
- Six-cell lithium battery
- Intel Atom processor

[ChuckFickens]

The asus also has a (very marginally) faster CPU in it.

I'd go with the asus too.

[society]

Thank you so much Chuck. We are very lucky to have you, and the few like you. xx

[beso]

What are you actually expecting to do with the machine? It is very important question with netbooks.

[society]

Thanks Beso, and Ron.

I'm getting this for my 10 years old niece, and it's for only surfing the web and chatting to her friends. Both her parents have laptops so if she has the need to use other programs, which I doubt very much at this time, she could use theirs. By the way she's not allowed to spend much time on the computer. But, I like spoiling her, she is my life.

[beso]

Not going to need anything fancy then. ASUS has a good reputation with Netbooks and they make some really seriously powerful models too.

The Atom processor is not very powerful but incredibly economical on electric power.

[society]

Thanks Beso.

Chuck approved :-) so I bought it last night. It should be here in a couple days.

Thanks everyone for you help. x