Netbook Owners Club

2010-01-01 15:25:31

#101

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6745|The Twilight Zone

I did some latency testing and here are the results

Acer Aspire One netbook with nothing plugged in, not even powercord:

https://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8801/onej.png

Same but with wireless disabled:

https://img38.imageshack.us/img38/9734/woff.png

A dual core PC:

https://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4074/27653335.png

Even with wireless disabled my netbook has been proven to be a worse transport (for a USB DAC) than my desktop PC (minty should know what I'm talking about)

I will test another 3 laptops that I own tomorrow.

If anyone wants to test latency on your Netbook or any other PC for that matter, here's the software download link:
http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml

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2010-01-02 12:11:49

#102

mcminty: Moderating your content for the Australian Govt.; +879|7013|Sydney, Australia

Ohhh, interesting. Unfortunately it is windows only If you know of a mac program to check latency, I'll give that a try.

When using a USB DAC, would there be any real audible difference between the PC and netbook (with wireless on)?

2010-01-02 12:21:31

#103

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6745|The Twilight Zone

mcminty wrote:
Ohhh, interesting. Unfortunately it is windows only If you know of a mac program to check latency, I'll give that a try.

When using a USB DAC, would there be any real audible difference between the PC and netbook (with wireless on)?

I've just discovered something big today because of this latency checker. I noticed that the latency is extremely high even when wireless is off so I completely disabled it-I had an Asus wireless lan PCMCIA card and when it was completely disabled I could listen music with my external USB DAC without any drop-outs. Before I had drop-outs every couple of seconds and I thought the old Compaq's USB ports must be old and of poor quality.
It works fine when connected with a network cable. So I would really recommend that your media centre isn't on wireless if you're serious in audio.
I recently started streaming from my PC to my PS3 and also had drop-outs. You can only guess once what kind of connection there is between these two devices. I will try to connect it with a cable tomorrow.

2010-01-03 09:38:01

#104

CammRobb: Banned; +1,510|6422|Carnoustie MASSIF

I'm using something inbetween a Meganote and a Mininote.

Compaq Presario CQ60

It's fine for sitting using around the house, and taking in my bag if I go to work so I can watch a dvd on the bus or sit in Starbucks.

Going to upgrade the ram in it at some point though.

2010-01-04 05:33:08

#105

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6703|'Murka

17" notebook and a 10.1" netbook

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2010-01-04 05:49:45

#106

thraSK: Best ___ in Aus; +57|6274

I got a Lenovo S10e for Christmas!

I have Morrowind, GTA2 and Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 on it and am looking for moar games, lol

2010-01-04 07:50:41

#107

Benzin: Member; +576|6290

OP updated, thrask

2010-02-27 01:46:59

#108

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6967|Canberra, AUS

sorry about the threadrez but

i might be getting a netbook. recommendations for one, anyone? obviously it should be cheap and light but i feel that that's almost a given, and i would like something with really good battery life.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2010-02-27 02:32:47

#109

Benzin: Member; +576|6290

Anything from ASUS. The 1000HE has 9.5 hours of battery life with 160GB HDD (not SSD) and the new chiclet keyboard that is supposed to be really nice. That's the one I would buy if I was in the market.

There are other models out there with different design shapes (the Seashells) and whatnot, but it depends on what you want to do. The others from ASUS all have about 5 hours of battery life in the 10" family, iirc. Shop around, though.

2010-03-01 03:05:14

#110

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6967|Canberra, AUS

CapnNismo wrote:
Anything from ASUS. The 1000HE has 9.5 hours of battery life with 160GB HDD (not SSD) and the new chiclet keyboard that is supposed to be really nice. That's the one I would buy if I was in the market.

There are other models out there with different design shapes (the Seashells) and whatnot, but it depends on what you want to do. The others from ASUS all have about 5 hours of battery life in the 10" family, iirc. Shop around, though.

small, cheap, good battery life, keyboard is easy to use and screen is legible. nothing fancy or design award-winning.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2010-03-01 06:03:08

#111

Benzin: Member; +576|6290

The 1000HE then. The 10" netbooks are all relatively standard in their specs, but it's the battery life and chiclet keyboard that, for me, set it apart from the rest of the competitors. I think it weighs like 900g? Maybe 1kg?

2010-03-02 04:45:34

#112

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6967|Canberra, AUS

CapnNismo wrote:
The 1000HE then. The 10" netbooks are all relatively standard in their specs, but it's the battery life and chiclet keyboard that, for me, set it apart from the rest of the competitors. I think it weighs like 900g? Maybe 1kg?

wow, that's exactly what i'm looking for - cheers.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2010-03-02 08:03:47

#113

Benzin: Member; +576|6290

Lemme know how you like it

2010-06-23 05:15:30

#114

menzo: ̏̏̏̏̏̏̏̏&#; +616|6738|Amsterdam‫

i am joining, samsung N510 KA02, with nvidia ION

Last edited by menzo (2010-06-23 06:30:09)

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2010-06-29 12:44:54

#115

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6945

menzo wrote:
i am joining, samsung N510 KA02, with nvidia ION

http://a.yfrog.com/img43/825/hxky.jpg

Thinking of getting this too

Is the difference in price between these two purely down to the OS?
http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/242843/s … l#tab:info Menzo's
http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/253568/s … l#tab:info Pretty much the same but 80-100 euros more expensive

Or is there something better on the market?

Last edited by Lucien (2010-06-29 12:45:59)

2010-06-29 12:49:49

#116

aerodynamic: FOCKING HELL; +241|6045|Roma

I have an Hp mininote.

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