Comments on: Pine Trail Showdown: What’s the Best 10-inch Netbook?

By: Bernard

Bernard — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:29:23 +0000

The new Dell Mini 10 is currently on sale for 299.00 with 250 GB hard drive and a 6-cell battery. All things considered, I think this is a more practical purchase.

By: Rajiv R

Rajiv R — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:33:26 +0000

I just bought the Dell mini that comes with the digital TV tuner and all the other features that is mentioned on this website for 325 bucks including taxes. The HP mini is also available for the same price with a bigger hdd i.e. 250gb vs 160gb in dell. But i went for the dell because of the TV tuner and plan to use an external storage if i need more than 160 gb for a netbook.

By: George

George — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:35:03 +0000

Quick pricing question: You note here as you did in your earlier HP review that the preconfigured 5102 is available with the 6-cell battery for $424. Is that a price you got from HP directly? I’ve been researching that same configuration and have been told that battery option is much more expensive. Thanks for any info you can share!

By: Dre

Dre — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:38:27 +0000

Great Review, but I think you should also add the Gateway LT series netbook with the Pine trail processor. It is the best looking netbook I’ve ever seen, and it performs amazingly. Also cost around $350.

By: luipermom

luipermom — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:21:46 +0000

Great article!

It was helpful because I’m currently looking for a new netbook with Atom N450 and six cell battery. Actually I own an Asus EeePC 701 and after reading this comparison I think Toshiba Mini NB305 is perfect for me. Also I own a 15″ Toshiba laptop since 2005 and it still functions perfectly, so I trust in this brand.

Best regards.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:54:18 +0000

Have been following the new Pine Trail netbooks, and while I too find the HP mini 5102 to be a great looking laptop that melds performance with battery life, I believe you have to take into consideration that when the laptop was released as pre-configured, and still now as cto models the price I found for the configuration you had for your review was around $650. It is pretty disappointing to see HP bring a product to CES 2010, claim it is going to release at a said price to get early conversations started about the product and then release the product $200-$300 more than the price given at CES.

By: K. T. Bradford

K. T. Bradford — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:20:41 +0000

Patrick, we test wireless on every notebook but didn’t include that in this particular piece because the wireless scores were pretty close on each system. If wireless range is really important, definitely check out the full reviews.

By: Edi

Edi — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:37:20 +0000

Where is Sony Vaio W21, Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3, HP Mini 210 and MSI U160?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:11:06 +0000

Nice review! You forgot an important metric however: wireless performance. I doubt there will be a netbook sold that doesn’t use wireless and the difference in performance (pick two distances) can be disturbingly high. Allow me to suggest you add this to all your portable reviews.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:08:19 +0000

The Toshiba is the best quality netbook… in fact toshiba is always good quality notebooks. Although am not a netbook person am considering getting one of the Toshiba for light web uses.