So I am looking to by a netbook below 300$ and have looked through all the available options and have narrowed it down to either a refurbished Dell Mini 1012 (245$) or a new Acer Aspire One AO532h (270$). They are both the same price except for one is new and one is refurbished as for stats they are also similar. Acer Aspire One AO532H 10.1-inch WSVGA Acer CrystalBrite LED-backlit TFT LCD display Powered with Intel Atom Processor N450 (1.66GHz, 512KB L2 cache, 667MHz FSB) Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 with Mobile Intel NM10 Express chipset 1 GB of RAM (Random Access Memory) and 160GB 5400RPM SATA HDD Acer InviLink Nplify 802.11b/g/Draft-N Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Built-in webcam, 2 stereo speakers, large keyboard, multi-gesture touchpad 6-cell (4400 mAh) Li-ion Battery that provides up to 10 hours standby Comes with Windows 7 Starter Edition as operating system Comes in 3 color – Onyx Blue, Garnet Red and Silver Matrix Dimensions – 10.17 (W) x 7.28 (D) x 0.99 (H) inches and weights 1.25 kg Dell Mini 1012 Processor: Intel Atom Processor N450 (1.66GHz, 512K L2 Cache) Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Starter Hard Disk Drive 250 GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) Memory 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz (1 DIMM) Video Intel NM10 Express System Color Obsidian Black Laptop Screen 10.1 inch Widescreen Display (1024x600) Laptop Battery 6 Cell Primary Battery Network Interface Card HB 95 802.11n Wireless Network Card Web Camera Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam Hardware Upgrade No TV Tuner Option No WWAN Option 30W AC Adapter
go with the dell as has bigger hd. remember that netbooks do not have optical drive so need an external optical drive to make your recovery disks & to load any programs that you don't have on a flash drive or external hd.
Does Dell normally have good refurbished items or are they likely to have a smaller battery charge? I just started looking at the the Acer Aspire One AOD 255. It is 330$, but does have a dual core processor and a 250gb hard drive, do you think it is worth the extra 60$? Also do you know why Dell charges so much for the mini 399$ when it has the same stats as other netbooks that are below 300$.
the refurbs might not be refurbished but returns as did not do what customer wanted so can't be resold as brand new when now 2nd hand. go with the dual core. could be just the name thing with dell & price.
