With over a dozen netbook brands available in the Philippines today, it’s pretty harder to pick a model compared to a year ago. It’s good though — the more, the better — competition drives innovation up and prices down.
This time, our poll asks — Who is the best netbook-maker?
From my count, we got at least 15 brands currently selling locally:
- Acer
- Astone
- Asus
- Dell
- Gateway
- Gigabyte
- HP
- Lenovo
- Minix
- MSI
- Neo
- Red Fox
- Sony
- Toshiba
- Qube
The label ‘best’ is subjective and it could mean ‘best designed’, ‘best bang for the buck’, or ‘best performance’ so let’s just settle for ‘best-overall’. As usual, I’ve added the poll on the sidebar so you can send in your votes.
Note: Didn’t include LG and Samsung (and others) since they haven’t officially released their own netbooks in the Philippines.
of course, the pioneer netbook maker, asus is the clear winner here. they have cool designs and longest battery life. the best 6-cell battery that does not produce the ugly extension like most of the other makers… asus eee pc 1005HA is currently the best notebook in terms of specs, design and pricing CNET Editor’s Choice June 2009… I got mine yesterday and it is really worth it…
Based on the products I’ve actually seen and ‘held’:
Best Bang for the Buck
1. HP – the latest releases are plain outstanding
2. Asus
3. Lenovo
4. Acer
5. Toshiba — would have ranked higher if pricing isn’t a factor.
Twitter: rbsoriano
says:
MSI got the real deal, good specs with good price. But, design is not good enough, much with HP and Acer. Nah, it doesnt matter any way.
@petken: Where did you buy your eeepc1005ha?!
Asus
1. NEO
2. Acer
3. Minix
4. ASUS
5. MSI
Yeah, my dad bought a NEO 1193 yesterday. My initial impression was WTF! But seriously, after using it for a few hours, I’m slowly falling in love with it.
@petken
i agree…asus deserve the sp0t.
My t0p 5
1. Asus
2. MSI
3. Hp
4. Acer
5. Len0v0
s0ny was a pricey s0 it fails on the “best bang f0r the buck” categ0ry.
HP, Asus, Lenovo
Twitter: sylv3rblade
says:
MSI for me
i think it really depends on what features you want… but then again all netbook seems to have same features already lol
asus got the # 1 spot!!!
asus rules.
Kuya Yuga, I made a comparison based on their specs unfortunately accurate battery life testing varies widely pero as far as bang for your buck is concerned the msi wind u100 plus takes the cake.
http://jraguilar.multiply.com/journal/item/269/Buying_a_Netbook
MSI! For their limited edition Wind with 250GB HDD + 2GB memory + 6-cell battery + WinXP HE = ALL FOR UNDER P20k!
in terms of price versus specs, MSI is the winner!
Design doesn’t matter. MSI for me, cheap price with great specs.
Cheeseter and Pinoy Netbooks seems to be employees of MSI. lol
asus, acer, msi, hp, lenovo
Asus. What better than the originators? Haha, aside from that, great and innovative products for a relatively cheap price.
MSI for me..OVERALL =]
Twitter: rene
says:
Asus . . . until MSI came . . .
Acer is like Asus. Except for the design
ASUS!! =)
HP for me.Got my HP mini since April and so far, so good.
Acer, Lenovo, MSI (not necessarily in that order)