Netop Need help

[Wurmer]

Hi Folks,

My brother in law is looking for a netop and asked my if I could make him some suggestions. The thing is, I know my ways around computers and laptops but I know next to nothing about the netop category. He'll be using is machine mostly for Email and surfing. He likes light machine, very portable. He travels quite a bite The budget can go up to 1000 if necessary.

Is there a minimum that should be considered as far as hardware is concerned ? If you have good experiences with some models please share you experience here as well as suggestions.

Thanks in advance

[sswilson]

One of the things to consider is if he'd be likely to use the netbook outside or if it'll be all inside. My Gateway looks great, but it doesn't have a matte screen and as such is pretty hard to see with outside lighting.

[Wurmer]

Good point, hadn't thought that.

[ForTheGG]

I'd recommend the Asus 1215PN, it's coming soon with great specs and if he wanted to, he could slap an SSD for great performance. It's a dual core Intel Atom chipset with nvidia ION2 graphics, and I believe Nvidia Optimus.