Torn between these 2 netbooks - opinions PLEASE?

[fastninja500]

Originally Posted by NicoleJ

fast, I don't know much about hacks. But you're the 1st to have seen/played w/ the MSI that I've talked to. Thanks!

Just to clarify, the MSI Wind netbooks we have are all Intel based. Haven't tried the AMD ones yet.

But all the MSI Wind netbooks we have have been excellent toys.

Here's an an interesting link to OS X compatibility:
Mac OS X Netbook Compatibility Chart (Updated July 2009) | Boing Boing Gadgets

[Goo++]

Since the MSI's CPU performance is only slightly better than an Atom CPU, I would personally lean toward the Acer model instead.

Originally Posted by CNET Asia

In our benchmark tests, the HP dv2 was significantly faster than Netbooks with either Intel's Atom or Via's new Nano CPU at individual tasks such as iTunes encoding or Photoshop image processing. However, when running multiple apps simultaneously, none of these low-power, single-core CPUs were particularly impressive, and the Neo and Atom were essentially tied in our multitasking test. By way of comparison, a standard Intel Core 2 Duo ULV ... easily beats them all.

HP Pavilion dv2 (AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 Processor 1.6GHz, 2GB RAM) Review - Page 2 - Notebooks - CNET Asia

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/200...tbook-cpu2.jpg

[NicoleJ]

Goo, thank you for the link, I'm off to read it right now.

[Goo++]

If you plan to buy the Acer on the internet, you may want to consider buying the same notebook rebranded as the Gateway EC1803H. The Canadian price is roughly the same ($499 Canadian) and you get 1GB more memory. I assume the free shipping also applies to the USA.

You also get a free upgrade to Windows 7.

Future Shop: Computers: Laptops: Gateway EC Series ULV 11.6" Intel Core 2 Solo SU3500 1.4GHz Laptop (EC1803H) - Black (http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10 128773&catid=&test_cookie=1#MoreInfo - broken link)

http://www.liliputing.com/2009/09/ac...y-ec1803h.html

[NicoleJ]

I ended up w/ the HP dv2-1030us. It's only 12.1 inches, has a plug in disk drive and only weighs 3.8 lbs. So it's almost as small as a netbook, but it has 4gb ram, 320 gb hard drive and free upgrade to windows 7!

Thank you guys for the help.