Best Netbook Comparison

• Pay monthly
• Pay as you go
• Free laptop
• Mobile Wi-Fi
• Tablets & iPads

		Pay Now	Monthly price	Contract	Speed	Downloads
1	579 reviewsSamsung RV515»	FREE Worth £465	£41.53/mth	24 months	7.2Mbmax speed	15 GBper month	Go Check coverage>
		Extras: 15.6" display, 4GB memory, 500GB hard drive and Windows 7 Home Premium. 250 texts/mth included. Includes FREE Standard dongle.
2	579 reviewsSamsung NC110»	FREE Worth £279	£36.41/mth	24 months	7.2Mbmax speed	15 GBper month	Go Check coverage>
		Offer: Up to £150 trade in for your old laptop Extras: 10.1" display, 1GB memory, 250GB hard drive and Windows 7 Starter. 200 texts/mth included. Includes FREE Standard dongle.
3	579 reviewsSamsung NC110»	FREE Worth £279	£37.43/mth	24 months	7.2Mbmax speed	15 GBper month	Go Check coverage>
		Offer: Up to £150 trade in for your old laptop Extras: 10.1" display, 1GB memory, 250GB hard drive and Windows 7 Starter. 200 texts/mth included. Includes FREE Premium dongle Rotating head allows dongle to sit vertically acting as an aerial for improved signal.
4	271 reviewsAcer D257»	£29 Worth £249	£25/mth	24 months	7.2Mbmax speed	1 GBper month	Go Check coverage>
		Extras: 10" netbook, 1GB memory, 320GB hard drive and Windows 7 Starter. 1GB UK data/mth plus 2GB Wi-Fi via BT Openzone.
5	271 reviewsAcer D257»	£69 + VAT Worth £249	£29+ VAT /mth	24 months	7.2Mbmax speed	5 GBper month	Go Check coverage>
		Extras: 10" netbook on Vodafone Business Constant, 1GB memory, 320GB hard drive and Windows 7 Starter. 5GB UK data/mth plus 2GB Wi-Fi via BT Openzone.
6	579 reviewsSamsung RV515»	£99 Worth £465	£31.31/mth	24 months	7.2Mbmax speed	15 GBper month	Go Check coverage>
		Extras: 15.6" display, 4GB memory, 500GB hard drive and Windows 7 Home Premium. 250 texts/mth included. Includes FREE Standard dongle.
7	579 reviewsSamsung NC110»	£69 Worth £279	£27.22/mth	24 months	7.2Mbmax speed	15 GBper month	Go Check coverage>
		Offer: Up to £150 trade in for your old laptop Extras: 10.1" display, 1GB memory, 250GB hard drive and Windows 7 Starter. 200 texts/mth included. Includes FREE Premium dongle Rotating head allows dongle to sit vertically acting as an aerial for improved signal.
8	579 reviewsSamsung RV515»	£99 Worth £465	£32.33/mth	24 months	7.2Mbmax speed	15 GBper month	Go Check coverage>
		Extras: 15.6" display, 4GB memory, 500GB hard drive and Windows 7 Home Premium. 150 texts/mth included. Includes FREE Premium dongle.
9	579 reviewsSamsung NC110»	£69 Worth £279	£26.20/mth	24 months	7.2Mbmax speed	15 GBper month	Go Check coverage>
		Offer: Up to £150 trade in for your old laptop Extras: 10.1" display, 1GB memory, 250GB hard drive and Windows 7 Starter. 200 texts/mth included. Includes FREE Standard dongle.
10	271 reviewsAcer D257»	£69 + VAT Worth £249	£22.50+ VAT /mth	24 months	7.2Mbmax speed	2 GBper month	Go Check coverage>
		Extras: 10" netbook on Vodafone Business Connected, 1GB memory, 320GB hard drive and Windows 7 Starter. 2GB UK data/mth plus 2GB Wi-Fi via BT Openzone.

Best netbook: a buyers’ guide

The chances are that you’ve seen best netbook reviews as you search this comparison site in search of the best deals and offers on mobile broadband, with cheap prices and decent specifications being the order of the day in most cases. There are certainly plenty of the best netbooks to compare here in the UK when it comes to deciding on which mini laptop to buy. Even some of the best netbooks UK wide are worth a look when it comes to picking a mini laptop option.

Certainly, for mobile internet and 3G broadband purposes, the top netbooks can do everything a regular laptop or home computer can do, and in many cases, do it even better. Wireless broadband and 3G internet in particular, is well suited to using a netbook UK wide thanks to increasingly better coverage in most areas as a netbook comparison will soon reveal.

A netbooks review website such as this one will also give you an overview of the latest best deals and offers too, meaning that you can keep an eye on the best prices. Top mini laptops aren’t always the cheapest, obviously, but models from the likes of Acer, Asus, Compaq, Dell, HP and Samsung are all within reach if you take the time to compare netbooks and contrast when you’re also looking for the likes of dongles, Wi-Fi and conventional laptops too.

Back to top

Best netbook 2012: quick guide

So then, are you fed up with your laptop? Have you fallen out of love with your desktop PC? Well, then perhaps it's high-time you invested in one of these great little netbook devices. Broadband Genie compares the best UK netbook deals on offer from mobile internet providers, and gives you price and product comparison data plus independent netbook reviews before you buy.

These small but often perfectly formed little beauties have been flying off the shelves of electronics retailers in the past couple of years and it's not hard to see why. The best netbooks can provide plenty of computing power on the move while also offering a reasonable screen area and keyboard, but without the weight limitations of a traditional laptop. They're hard to beat on price too and, thanks to rocketing consumer demand, you can now find a whole raft of netbook machines to choose from with a technical specification to meet just about any kind of need.

Back to top

Best netbooks 2012: how to pick one

So how do you choose the best netbook for your needs? The secret is really to first decide what you want to do with it, although your decision making will also need to be tempered with an element of compromise because a netbook can have more than a few downsides. One thing is for sure, there's no shortage of netbook reviews to help you decide, but a simple netbook review needs to be backed up with details of the package itself, right?

Back to top

Is a netbook for you?

If you're used to high processing power from a home-based machine then generally speaking, most of the lower end latest netbooks tend to be a little on the lean side when it comes to technical specification. So cheapest is certainly not best when it comes to netbooks review time.

However, if you need absolute portability and tire of lugging a chunky laptop around then the latest netbook with mobile broadbandmakes perfect sense. Pick up a netbook for the first time and you can instantly feel the difference. Again though, the smaller size will invariably mean a tinier screen area, around eight inches on the dinkier units, which might be counter productive if you're planning on doing anything other than surfing the web or browsing emails. Although the latest netbook can run applications like word processing and spreadsheet programs, endless scrolling around the screen will soon wear very thin. If your needs are of a professional nature then even stepping up to a ten-inch screen should provide some additional comfort in the usability stakes.

Back to top

What can a netbook do?

Aside from an occasionally limiting screen size, you'll find that a latest netbook is up to just about any task you'd carry out on a standard size computer. The great thing about a netbook is that they generally come complete with a touchpad or trackpad, much like those found on a regulation laptop, so you won't need a peripheral mouse cluttering up proceedings. Having said that, if you prefer to plug one in then that's equally achievable because most netbooks come with at least a couple of USB slots for quick and easy connectivity to printers or for hooking up memory sticks for data transfer and backup. These can also be used for adding wireless 'dongles' that'll enable you to start surfing the web and sending and receiving emails via a mobile wireless broadband contract. Plug and play storage peripherals such as mini hard drives can also be plugged in via USB sockets although most netbooks usually have a generous capacity hard disk or solid-state drive.

Back to top

Compare netbooks before you buy

Spend a decent bit of time comparing technical specifications before you part with your cash though. Some netbooks can tend to look like a small child's toy but packed inside that little plastic or aluminium casing can be a sophisticated box of tricks. In particular, keep a keen eye out for processor speed as this'll be the main deciding factor on whether it chunters along nicely or falls over on a regular basis. Itel's Atom chip and AMD's Neo counterpart will deliver sprightly performance while also being relatively frugal on the battery life of your netbook with mobile broadband. At the same time, get a netbook with as much Random Access Memory as possible. You'll get by with 512MB of RAM but for decent performance and crash-free living it's best to plump for 1GB and upwards. As much as the machine will take, basically. And of course make sure you read netbook reviews such as on Broadband Genie.

Back to top

Netbook mobile broadband

Of course, one of the best things about owning any of the latest netbooks is that they allow web surfing and email activity pretty much wherever you go. Wireless and bluetooth connectivity means that you won't be worried by any cables or clutter either. If you're at home or work then your notebook can tune in to the router or network hub you have there (many netbooks often have a network connector too). Outside of those areas you'll find access to the web and email can often be picked up via a multitude of wireless hotspots up and down the country, many of them for free, or in exchange for buying a cup of coffee or burger.

Back to top

Best netbook UK: contract options

There are also oodles of netbook mobile broadband contracts available from all the main UK mobile phone network providers (Vodafone, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, 3 Mobile) that work just as long as you have 3G network coverage and can be contract based or pay-as-you-go. A mobile broadband netbook is great because it offers easy access but portability all at the same time.

Back to top

Netbook operating systems

One other thing to consider is your choice of operating system. Many netbook mobile broadband machines have Windows XP (rather than Vista or Windows 7) installed due to technical specification constraints, while numerous others go with the open source Linux platform. The latter is an often-overlooked option but actually makes good sense due to its dependability and there's also lots of open source software, which proves to be remarkably stable when being put through its paces. Open Office, for example, has a raft of tools for carrying out just about any kind of home computing task, while the Windows route might not always be quite so accommodating, as a look through netbook review pages will often reveal.

Back to top

Netbooks compared 

So which is the best netbook to go for? It's difficult to ignore Asus as they were arguably the first to market with their Eee PC 701 some two years ago and have since expanded their range to include a raft of new and ever more powerful models capable of running Windows 7, plus a dinky Disney-themed mobile broadband netbook for the kids. However, all of the major manufacturer's have got in on the act and you'll find excellent examples from every one of them, from Acer right on through to MSI, Samsung, Compaq, Dell, HP, Sony and Toshiba all offering netbook mobile broadband models. It's possible to get a netbook for under the £200 mark, but another hundred or so will get you a much more capable machine. Lesser-known brands like Medion often pack in a decent spec' for even more impressive prices and you can often get these at your local lo-cost supermarket.

Back to top

Best buy netbook: what do you need? 

You might want to remember that the humble mini laptop isn't really tailored for the likes of hardcore gamers or video-editing professionals but they're evolving so quickly that things could change sooner than we think. Latest netbooks have way better specifications than their earlier counterparts.

Broadband Genie's netbook comparison tables allow you not only to compare on price to see which is the cheapest, but also allows you to narrow down your search on specific aspects of your netbook mobile broadband 3G internet connection. You can read best netbook deals customer reviews' and find out about their laptop internet experiences to help you work out what the best solution is for you. A bit of time spent doing some netbook comparison can pay dividends in the long run.

Back to top

Like this? Please share it!

More ways to

Like Broadband Genie?

Follow @broadbandgenie

Vote for us on Google !

Fortnightly newsletter | 9610 subscribers

Top 5 Mobile Broadband Help Guides

• Mobile Broadband Beginners Guide
• Mobile Broadband Coverage
• Mobile Broadband Download Limits
• Using Mobile Broadband Abroad
• Mobile Broadband Awards

Related searches

• free netbook
• contract netbook
• netbook deals
• mini laptops

Top searches

• pay-as-you-go mobile broadband
• mobile broadband dongle deals
• free laptop deals
• student offers
• business mobile broadband
• no contract mobile broadband
• best android tablet pc
• unlimited mobile broadband
• mobile broadband offers
• sim-only mobile broadband
• mobile broadband
• netbook deals
• ipad sim card
• pay as you go ipad sim card
• mobile wifi
• tablet pc
• ipad contract
• samsung galaxy tab deals
• mifi pay as you go
• mobile broadband deals
• 4g mobile broadband
• samsung laptop deals
• acer laptop deals
• compaq laptop deals
• 15gb mobile broadband
• 5gb mobile broadband
• 3gb mobile broadband
• 1gb mobile broadband
• 3 mifi
• cheap netbooks
• cheap laptops
• ipad deals

Have your say