Anand's article as it pertains to 11.6" netbooks...

[josephandrews22]

Late late in '09, Anand wrote a wonderful piece...

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3703&p=1

...that in essence described the innards of a Dell Zino HD.

I bought one and like it.

Am I right in surmising that this Toshiba 11.6" netbook...

http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Satell.../ref=de_a_smtd
Toshiba Satellite T115D-S1125

Product Features

• 1.5GHz AMD Athlon NeoX2 L325 Processor
• 2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM Memory
• 320GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive (5400RPM); 802.11b/g wireless LAN
• 11.6" LED (16:9) 1366x768 Display; ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
• Window 7 Home Premium 64-bit

...am I right in surmising that this Toshiba is a netbook version of the Zino HD?

I would like to buy a couple of these for home use and wonder about battery life, fan noise and heat in a thin, netbook-style enclosure...and also wonder about the upcoming Ion 2-based netbook, in terms of the same questions (battery life, fan noise and heat).

Any and all advice is appreciated from one of the very best resources on the web...

 

[unfalliblekrutch]

It does look similar in specs, but things like battery life, fan noise, and heat are going to be hard to tell since the zino hd is not a netbook. I'm not aware of another netbook using the Neo processor.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

i wouldnt buy either of those, youre gonna be really disappointed with the performance. also for soem reason every time i check out the neo books in stores like office depot they arent working properly, there might be something going on there

 

[Fayd]

It does look similar in specs, but things like battery life, fan noise, and heat are going to be hard to tell since the zino hd is not a netbook. I'm not aware of another netbook using the Neo processor.

rated charge, 9 hours?

i think it has the battery life down.

i dont know what the single threaded/multi-threaded processor performance is on the neo, but the graphics chipset is vastly better than intel's offerings.

i cant see anything "bad" about this laptop. well, except the battery bulge...

 

[NoQuarter]

rated charge, 9 hours?

i think it has the battery life down.

i dont know what the single threaded/multi-threaded processor performance is on the neo, but the graphics chipset is vastly better than intel's offerings.

i cant see anything "bad" about this laptop. well, except the battery bulge...

I think my netbook is rated for 9 hours and lasts about 5 or 6 just web browsing, less if I'm playing mp3's and such.