Netbooks

[fearmeforiampink]

Am considering getting myself a netbook/similar at some point in the next few months, as while my current laptop is lovely, and I love the ability to lean back in a comfy chair with a powerful and large screened computer, I'd also like one I can take everywhere without noticing, for taking it to gaming nights and so forth.

Stuff I'm after, in no particular order

• Cheap. Doesn't have to be high spec, I want something that doesn't set me back too much


• Light. Being utterly tiny isn't so much a thing, as my bags are reasonably large, but I don't want too much weight


• Decent for reading PDFs from, as this will be one of its major roles


• Viable for dealing with email on (though doesn't have to be great for writing long long replies)


• Tough. This is fairly high priority, as I can be rather hard on my possessions

Tablet could work as long as it's not too expensive. Would consider an iPad, but the lack of true multitasking for swapping between character sheet and PDF would be annoying, and I don't need the apps.

So, what would people suggest?

Comments

[return2zero.livejournal.com]

I bought a little netbook to bring for gaming nights. I keep youtube (for the right battle music) and obsidianportal (character storyline) and character sheet (for ability scores, etc) up with no problems at all.

I watch Netflix movies and I have hundreds of mp3's downloaded so it's the perfect little carry-along for me.


I think I spent $340 with the year warranty plan.

[fearmeforiampink]

Aye. I think I'd do spotify for music, a fair chunk of PDFs, LibreOffice for files, and then a browser or two for the Internet (work is switching onto googleapps, so two browsers for two accounts is probably easiest.

[return2zero.livejournal.com]

And, yes, I do use the netbook for spotify as well. I'll have it on all night, just playing acoustic tunes for ambiance. I admit, I like the hell out of this thing.

[fearmeforiampink]

I have to admit, part of me feels guilty for wanting to get a netbook when I already have a laptop. But my laptop is a mobile workstation I got with high specs for gaming, and whilst I definitely make use of its portability and still would if I had a netbook, I want a 'take everywhere' computer.