netbooks, notebooks, etc

[A Twig]

Right, having just nuked a lab desktop PC running my matlab model of my radio which had 2Gig of RAM and 2.4Ghz processor I may have to go up the scale a touch. Or improve my "coding" skills....

[suicidal_monkey]

Right, having just nuked a lab desktop PC running my matlab model of my radio which had 2Gig of RAM and 2.4Ghz processor I may have to go up the scale a touch. Or improve my "coding" skills....

Matlab eh ... Definitely need lots of ram and cpu in my experience. C on the other hand...

[T-Bag]

Right, having just nuked a lab desktop PC running my matlab model of my radio which had 2Gig of RAM and 2.4Ghz processor I may have to go up the scale a touch. Or improve my "coding" skills....

Matlab, clearly an engineer. Mathematica is far superior.

[A Twig]

Mathematica Shmathematica - mathematica is for people who don't build things...

Matlab/Simulink is for people that get things done

Back on topic - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172295 is the horrific looking Ferrari majobby. But it's fairly good spec for udner Ã,£400, and is small and lightweight. So I want something like this, 64 bit, as much processing power RAM and gfx possible for under 400...

And a screen no bigger that 13" - any suggestions or do I need to find some more money...

[T-Bag]

Mathematica Shmathematica - mathematica is for people who don't build things...

Matlab/Simulink is for people that get things done

Back on topic - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172295 is the horrific looking Ferrari majobby. But it's fairly good spec for udner Ã,£400, and is small and lightweight. So I want something like this, 64 bit, as much processing power RAM and gfx possible for under 400...

And a screen no bigger that 13" - any suggestions or do I need to find some more money...

Inventor to design
Simion to simulate
Mathematica to process
Labview to turn a computer into a whole new animal

As for that Laptop it's seriously lacking CPU power. Dual core and 64bit on a 1.2GHz is still more equivalent to the Atom than the Core 2 Duo.

Link This is something with a stronger core to it to handle more intensive programs. I know the screen is too big but you have to jump from the netbook to shrunk laptop to get a decent CPU with a small screen and the price jumps a couple of hundred pounds. Whereas larger laptops bridge the gap but are a lot to lug about.

Second hand you could probably pick up a Viao or something small and fast fairly cheap as they likely go out of fashion fast with the people who own them. Or you could change one of the two parameters, I'm not sure where you'll find a small screen and decent CPU at that budget.

[Zootoxin]

If you wanted to pick something up cheap and a little scratched Dell outlet have tons of Mini 10s atm.

Easy as Dell

Inspiron Mini 1010
(System Identifier: E6TX3VJ3)

    * Inspiron Mini 1010 Atom Z520 (1.33GHz, 533MHz)
    * Genuine WindowsÃ,® XP Home Edition

System Price   :   Ã,£173.00

Operating System
Genuine WindowsÃ,® XP Home EditionMemory
Memory 1024MB (1x1024) 800MHz DDR2 Dual ChannelHard Disk Drive
160gb 5400 rpm HDCertified Refurbished
Certified RefurbishedNoteBook Screen
10.1in Widescreen WSVGA with TruelifeSystem Color
LCD Back Cover Ice BlueMISC
Keyboard Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard
Dell Wireless 1397 (802.11 b/g) Mini Card European
Wireless Europe Dell Bluetooth Card
Battery 3-cell 28W/HRBase

[suicidal_monkey]

Guy at work was extolling the virtues of his lenovo thinkpad edge 13", 4gb, dual core low v amd, 4hr battery, approx Ã,£480

Could be a good option, if a bit over budget...