I'm thinking about pushing the boat out and getting myself a "netbook" and was wondering whether I'd actually find the relatively low resolutions they offer usable so I knocked up this quick comparison. To make them as usable a possible you'd probably have your browser in full screen mode so that's what I've depicted here.
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As you can see both the greater resolutions would be very usable for browsing and the Mini-Note's resolution is brilliant for a 9" screen; being the same as that you usually see on much larger machines.
The 7" EEE PC's 800 x 480 resolution isn't quite enough. You can see in the screen shot the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom and I think that would be a common problem as lots of sites are designed for 1024 pixels as minimum width rather than 800 pixels these days.
To sum up the HP would almost be a viable alternative to a full size laptop if it were more powerful. For now though, it looks like the Acer Aspire One with its good resolution, 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and excellent price of £199, would be the best one to go for.
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