any recommendations for laptop??

L.lawliett79 SG

Hello...

I'm intending to get a new laptop at the upcoming IT fair..I want a very hardy one that can withstand my porting it around, because I dont intend to leave the laptop at home at all, unless I'm at home.. the specs I have in mind are,

1) small, lightweight, portable (preferably 1+ kg or less)

2) fast startup speed

3) fast internet

4) great for downloading (using bittorent to download large files)

5) cheap (less than 1K SGD)

6) hardy and durable (last more than 3 yrs?)

Any recommendations? Please please really help me, cos my laptop is broken and I really have no means to access the internet to research for laptops! (well only in the office, but the available computers are snapped up fast during lunch break)

Thanks!

Raraken SG

I can recommend netbook, cause they fit in all your categories. Light, those by ASUS have 5-sec ExpressGate, Most have 802.11b/g/n, Some have Gigabit Ethernet, only one I know has a 160GB HDD (ASUS N10Jc), 1k less, cheapest is Around $500, Quite a few have a good build quality.

If you want a netbook, go for the ASUS N10Jc (Yes, I'm biased toward ASUS) because it can play your occaisional 3D game as well, along with Vista for $998. Or the ASUS EEE PC, or Acer Aspire One for your browsing and light work.

playmemory SG

just note that netbook do not have built in DVD/CDROM.

L.lawliett79 SG

to Raraken and playmemory:

is netbook better than conventional laptop? Since netbook doesn't have built-in DVD/CDROM drive (as mentioned by playmemory), then what is the advantage of having a netbook? [Pls bear with me..technie idiot..]

Raraken, is there a cheaper notebook that you can recommend to me? Actually I was hoping for a price around the range of like 500-700..