Netbook: a comfortable keyboard or a more capacious battery?

Question

Keyboard

There is a question of choosing between two netbooks: Samsung N148 and Acer eMachines eM350 (Suddenly there was not enough money for other models). The first has good battery life, the second has an excellent keyboard, which is hard to find better in the netbook segment.
I didn’t have a netbook or a laptop before, so the question arose - what is more critical for comfortable work? Please describe your experience of using a mobile device - is it convenient to work on a reduced keyboard (meaning the size of the buttons, not NumPad) and is 3.5 hours of "autonomy" enough for a user of a small computer?

Answer 1

I have experience using acer acer ao532h. I won’t say that the keyboard is very convenient, but the operating time helps a lot - it perfectly pulls 4 pairs at the university. “Student” advice is still work time, because you can get used to the clave, and work time is work time. All the same, you won’t find anything more comfortable than a high-quality separate keyboard on any netbook, you can relax at home =)

Answer 2

good battery life is always useful, and you can get used to the keyboard in a month, whatever it is :) by the
way, I found pictures of the keyboard of both devices:
N148: pcshop.com.ua/newsblog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/ 228030_3.gif
eM350: www.smart-shop.com.ua/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/Acer_eMachines_eM350-21G25i__LU_NAH0D_066__2645.jpg
In my opinion, they are almost the same, and even Samsung has bigger arrows.

Answer 3

I advise you to choose the time of work. I had a netbook, probably with the worst keyboard - Asus EEEPC 900. I wrote lectures, I got used to it quickly, but I always tried to save the battery - I lowered the brightness, turned off the Wi-Fi, etc.

Answer 4

An external keyboard for 300 rubles is not a problem to buy. Conclusion: the battery is more important.

Answer 5

Choose a keyboard, you won't regret it. Netbooks and so (I have a lenovo s9) do not hold a charge badly, but the small size of the keys, and even more so their irrational arrangement, is exhausting.

Answer 6

3.5 hours for weapons to restore servers, on a day off, chewing barbecue, 50 km from the city - IMHO, very little. Battery for sure! The keyboard is a matter of habit. The battery is priceless.

Answer 7

2 years have passed since the purchase of Asus eeepc-901 with a small keyboard: I look with envy at the new netbooks of friends who keep them for 9-10 hours, and working with them with their “large” keyboards is even inconvenient, I’m so used to the 901st. So yes, the battery drives anyway. (the main thing with uncomfortable keys is not to try to use a ten-finger blind. All my fingers do not fit on it, but 2-3 fingers on each hand perfectly print lectures from dictation)

Answer 8

Choose with a comfortable keyboard, 3.5 hours is still not enough.
I chose Samsung N220 mostly because of the normal keyboard.
I can answer questions about this model.

Answer 9

buy an eeepc 1000h with a stronger battery. Get used to his clave in a couple of days (unless you have Valuev's hands, of course).