Hey all.
I was thinking about replacing my 15.6" Acer Aspire for a smaller netbook for programming and going back to college. I do a lot of my work in bed and the current laptop burns the hell out of my legs. It's also heavy.
For my new machine, the only applications I plan on using are Visual Studio for web development, Photoshop for light image editing, and Microsoft Office (or Open Office). Ideally, I'd like a small laptop with a near full size keyboard, enough RAM and a fast enough processor to handle my needs, a battery that'll last me several hours of coding or image editing, and at least 1366x768 resolution.
About two years ago I bought my wife an 11.6" HP dm1z or something like that. She loves it. I like it... I just want something better than that.
Any suggestions on brands or models?
I was thinking about replacing my 15.6" Acer Aspire for a smaller netbook for programming and going back to college. I do a lot of my work in bed and the current laptop burns the hell out of my legs. It's also heavy.
For my new machine, the only applications I plan on using are Visual Studio for web development, Photoshop for light image editing, and Microsoft Office (or Open Office). Ideally, I'd like a small laptop with a near full size keyboard, enough RAM and a fast enough processor to handle my needs, a battery that'll last me several hours of coding or image editing, and at least 1366x768 resolution.
About two years ago I bought my wife an 11.6" HP dm1z or something like that. She loves it. I like it... I just want something better than that.
Any suggestions on brands or models?
They kinda seem mostly irrelevant. If you must have Windows 7, then I'm sure that I can find something, but I'd actually recommend 8 over 7. There are some things that get significant performance boosts (such as web browsing according to Tom's tests) and the lower resource usage is a nice touch. If you want familiarity, then you can install Classic Shell and tweak the UI a little (it's a free program that can make Windows 8 look like 7 and much, much, much more with it's many settings).
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