A friend asked me which is the best netbook for her in the latest Banana IT ad, page six. She's a tyro at this, wants to email, Skype, HI-5, video call and "learn". Her budget is 8,000 - 9,000.

Thanks all

I've setup a few Acer Aspire One 522 netbooks for people, I found them to be quite nice. The 1GB model can be had for about 9300 baht without windows installed.

They've got a dual core AMD fusion processor, good video performance, a nice screen (1280x720 resolution instead of the standard 1024x600), good keyboard. They can also handle 4GB of memory, though installing memory on them is a bit trickier than most laptops. Glossy lid and bezel are annoying, but this is a common issue with lots of laptops.

It's only slightly outside her budget but far better than the Atom based machines in her budget, imho.

Thanks Veazer, I'll have a look at it in Tukcom and pass on the advice.

Cheers,

NewGuy