Batter life isn't going to be very good on the hp mini though if you're going to be using it out a lot. The 10005 ha is a better buy. You should be able to get one for about 380 or so.

Get the 1033CA battery (6-cell) it's fairly decent... Mine gets around 5-6 hours on surfing use with the brightness turned down.

Love the keyboard though.

Yeah too bad the hump in the battery kills the sleek look.

Ill look into the 1033 and the asus 1005
After looking around those are my final choices basically.. Till I see them and see the feel of the keyboard :P
Any more recommendations?

I bought a Samsung N120 at Best Buy (price matched FS) at the beginning of this month for like $317+tax and it's pretty good. The battery last for like 8-10hrs and the keyboard is big and nice to type on.

I use an HP Mini 1035NR and bought an eBay (*GASP*) 6-cell battery. Even then, battery life is not nearly as good as some of the other netbooks (notably the MSI Wind hybrid thing and the newer Eee PCs), but even with the battery bulge, the HP still looks damn good and the keyboard is to die for. :p Mind you, I did max out the RAM and replaced the 60GB POS hard drive with a 128GB SSD, so it does run longer and better than stock. :p

i went to NCIX to see if they had a demo 1005HA for me to check out, but instead i picked up a Dell Mini 10V, for $350, guy gave me like $20 off?
120gb and 6 cell battery, $40 less than the 1005HA, 40gb less HDD space but i cant be more happier

always heard good things about Dell's warranty, and the look of the netbook beats the asus imo :D

Mini 10V isn't bad. But battery life on the 1005HA is better.

Nice. Finally get a working SSD? I can't stand that weird 6cel. battery in the first gen mini 1000's. I'm on my 3rd netbook now. Well technically not netbook.

Acer AS1410 Core2Solo Su3500, 11.6" 1366x768, 3gb ram, GMA 4500MHD. Added 128GB SSD and 8hr battery. Bestbuy selling for $479 after $20 off coupon.

yea the battery life is better, but guess in return i get a better warranty service (if i ever need it) *knock on wood*

and for $40 less, i cant complain ;)

Yup. Completely different model from the original POS I pre-ordered and that was delayed. :lol

I'm happy with the HP mini 110 w/6 cell that I bought at Costco. The battery will last me all day at work doing spreadsheets and some photo editing. I have the screen at the default battery power setting and at the end of the day I typically have 10% left on the battery.

Just got this one for $360+tax from Staples stacking coupons ($50+20+20). :)
nice upgrade from 1000HE except losing bluetooth and little battery life.

$360?! wow.. Stop copying me lol.. I fixed the battery issue by ordering the 5600mah battery. Also ordered the BT module so it's very comparible now to my old 1000he.

Staples has this netbook $449 regular price at the moment. so if you have some coupons, you can actually save a bit more.
i don't know how long the price will be like this, it's been fluctuating a lot for the past few weeks that it's been out

Yeah that was mentioned 2 posts above yours.

hahaha.... didn't realize until now that I am copying you. :)

point me where u got the 5600mah battery? thanks.

I need a netbook for backpacking, don't want SSD (to small) because I want to keep alot of music on it. 9" screen? Don't really care about any other features...Good battery life? Light?

What should I get?

I got the 5600mah here: http://www.laptop-batteries.com.au/c...er-um09e36.htm

The one I received was an OEM Acer battery.

I also just ordered the US keyboard because I hate hate our bilingual keyboard.

$24cdn off ebay. Same as an aspire 751 keyboard.

very good find. :thumbsup:

now u made me want to buy the battery. :p

I have 64gb ssd in there with xp and it runs a lot faster than any atom I ever had. :)

how long did it take you to receive the battery?
does the battery stick out?
does it really last a lot longer than original 6 cell?

very tempting.... It's only $99US...

Hmm it was about 1.5 weeks or so? I shipped wth EMS. The battery is physically exactly the same size but weighs a tiny bit more and lasts a lot longer. 5.5hour 4400mah vs 7.5hour 5600mah. I've got mine loaded with 128gb SSD and Win7 X64 RTM.

bump for the nubs.

but seriously the only netbook worth a damn is the HP Mini 311 w/ nvidia ion (9400m) or the Lenovo S12 model with ion.

http://www.laptopmag.com/review/lapt...11.aspx?page=2

with nvidia ion and dxva 1080p is possible (and soon gpu accelerated flash HD with flash 10.1) and games like torchlight or HoN/LoL are playable.

I don't agree.. That may be true for gaming, but for school, the asus 1005ha is hard to beat at 10.5 hours battery life. My gf uses it for school, and she charges it once a week..
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the ion is more for media in general...the hp has like 5.5 hours of battery? for normal browsing/word if she goes through ~10 hours of battery a week i think she can charge every few nights. besides i'm sure a 9cell will be sold for it eventually.