Tony Harrison Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 I have an Acer Aspire One that's in need of replacement. The performance has been impressive, but I'm looking for something that's more suited for low tech video editing, and also a bigger screen. Currently I'm considering the Dell M101 and the HP Pavilion DM1. The M101 has a few things I don't like, for example a mushy touchpad, although there is a dual core option. Meanwhile the HP has been revamped in the US with the new AMD Fusion processor, and I'm wondering if/when this'll hit the UK. Does anyone here have any experience or suggestions? Is an additional core worth the £60 or so extra? The Atom processor in my Acer runs Photoshop CS4 fine. Portability means that its 12.1" screen max. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 My wife has the dell 101z. 1.7ghz 2gb ram. It's pretty slow. Hers is good for the very basic stuff, to if you started using photoshop or any video editing software it would just grind to a halt. If you're going to go with that you'd have to get th 1.3ghz 4gb ram version. Let me know if you want to know anything about the laptops physical stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted February 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Thanks. I read that the dual core version is the one to have. Interesting what you say about performance, given that it should in single core form still be better than my Acer, which has 1.Gb of RAM and a cheap Atom processor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 What OS will you be running? I've just wiped my netbook and installed Ubuntu Netbook remix. Much faster than W7 or XP, might be worth a look if you fancy breathing some new life into your netbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-Finger-er Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 dont know how current this is, but i was going to get a hp pavilion dm1 before i got my netbook, and the other thing that I was considering against it was the "acer ferrari one" granted its got a horrible top lid, unless your into being a chobber. but the specs were mighty impressive, i didnt bother with it in the end, but only because i needed hdmi out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Reynolds Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Advent 8212. Full size laptop, cd drive 12" screen. 1.8ghz dual core, i upgraded mine to 4gb. Did me well through college/uni, until i snapped the screen :L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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