
I'd never thought I would buy one Netbook for myself. I already [own a Laptop][1] and I'm quite happy with its performance. But, it's 15'³ screen made it uncomfortable to carry around. I have been using it more or less like a desktop (it hardly moved an inch from where I kept it few months back!).

[1]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/bought-a-new-laptop-acer-aspire-5738z "Bought a new Laptop - Acer Aspire 5738Z"

That's why I bought one netbook - **Acer Aspire one 722 **and I must say I'm more than happy with it's performance till now.

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[2]: https://veerasundar.com/img/2012/04/acer-aspire-one-722.jpg "acer-aspire-one-722"

Aspire one has this configuration: AMD Dual core processor (up to 1.33 GHz) with 2GB memory and 320GB HDD. The screen is 11.6'³ and its ultra thin. Battery life comes around 5 hours (full charge). It comes with Windows 7 starter edition and costs ~Rs 20K.

On performance, this netbook has **exceeded my expectation**. Initially, I thought, one couldn't open even  2 applications together as netbooks suck if you make them work hard. But, below is a list of apps that I usually run at anytime in my netbook without much trouble.

1.  Eclipse
2.  Sublime text
3.  XAMPP server
4.  Chrome (at least 5 tabs open)
5.  Firefox
6.  Gtalk
7.  iTunes

And frequently I open other applications too and the netbook has run them all.

Of course, it gets heated up a bit (no wonder, considering the load I give to it). But, it hasn't become a problem so far.

The only concern I have with its is the lack of separate Home and End keys. Instead, one has to press **Fn Pg Up / Fn Pg Dn **to get the functionality of *Home *and _End_. This could seem like not an issue at all. But believe me, if you do lots of coding, then you'll pull your hair out every time you need to press 2 keys instead of one to move your cursor at the beginning/end of a line.

Overall, great value for money!


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