I keep (keep) making myself wait for the “perfect” small laptop, which so far as worked pretty well as saving money on that particular thing … All I want is a 12-cell battery, infinite (vector-based, scaleable) resolution, a keyboard that feels like a Model M, 8GB of RAM, broadband built-into the low, low price, and a pony.

timothy

timothy

<http://www.bradlinder.net>
<http://www.liliputing.com>

I bet adding a line for resolution (or, if there are enough TLAs/FLAs to describe all the relevant resolutions, which I'm sure there, once you add in fancy things like plus signs ), wouldn't be any more crowded than

Intel Atom
(Diamondville)
1.6ghz

Cheers,

Tim

I keep (keep) making myself wait for the “perfect” small laptop, which so far as worked pretty well as saving money on that particular thing … All I want is a 12-cell battery, infinite (vector-based, scaleable) resolution, a keyboard that feels like a Model M, 8GB of RAM, broadband built-into the low, low price, and a pony.

timothy

timothy

<http://www.bradlinder.net>
<http://www.liliputing.com>

I bet adding a line for resolution (or, if there are enough TLAs/FLAs to describe all the relevant resolutions, which I'm sure there, once you add in fancy things like plus signs ), wouldn't be any more crowded than

Intel Atom
(Diamondville)
1.6ghz

Cheers,

Tim

a) Great database, thanks!

b) Everyone has their peeves / predilections, I realize: with netbooks, one of my biggest concerns is the screen resolution (more so than the graphics chip, so long as it can, say, play decently with Ubuntu's stable of desktop effects).

I see that it's possible (with the “compare checked” feature) to see the resolution of each model, but since you're providing a cool free source of information and I'm complaining about it, I wonder if you could consider adding the resolution to the main chart as well, beneath (but in the same box as) the graphic chip listing: something like …

Intel GMA 950
(1024×768)

That resolution is one of the only reasons that the HP netbooks, despite their processor choice, have a slight draw for me — that resolution worked fine for me on my iBook for several years, whereas 1024×600 just seems cramped.

timothy

I have had my Acer Aspire One (XP version) for a month and a half now and I am very happy with it. It is a solid machine and goes to work with me every day. Since I make that commute on foot, its low weight is most appreciated. For my purposes it is a perfect blend of size, weight, features, price, etc. and I am able to keep up with e-mail, conduct research and write reports on with little if any difficulty. I have even gotten used to the track pad. Your site together with reports form your friends like JKKMobile helped me leep up in this rapidly expanding collection of products. When others see me using my Acer and ask about it, I refer them to Liliputing.com for more information. What would be nice would be if more of these machines were at least on display in the brick and mortar stores, i.e., Best Buy, Circuit City, Microcenter, etc., for hands-on testing since one of the things that sold me on the Acer was the feel of the keyboard.

I am sure that this field will continue to develop and at the same pace for some time. After all, it is only one year since the first little EEE became available. Also, as Arsene Lupin notes, the netbook revolution has fueled development and expansion of the Linux operating system and, although I use Windows XP, it will certainly be interesting to see what the score is (Windows v Apple v Linux) when all of the numbers are in, not just the UK. Perhaps someone with the right contacts could survey the different netbook companies to get a census of how many Linux and how many Windows versions they have sold. Competition is what keeps companies on their toes and Microsoft definitely needs more competition.

Again, many thanks and keep up the good work