At $220, the Shanzai C200 netbook could possibly be the cheapest 10-inch netbook to date as HP laptop battery.  It has all the standard features of your regular officially branded netbooks available in the market today plus some more nifty features that we wish those other branded netbooks Discount laptop battery have.

The Shanzai C200 netbook features 10.1-inch display, 1.6GHz N270 CPU, 1GB RAM, 160 GB HDD, and beveled keys (not the chicklet style). Pretty standard, right?  Its battery is 6cells battery as most Apple A1078 Acer BTP-58A1 Aspire 1300 battery PA3356U-1BRS PA3356U-3BRS Satellite M30 battery PA3331U-1BRS . Wait, there’s more. The Shanzai C200 netbook is actually packed with a built-in 3G  SIM card slot under its hood, more particularly under its battery enclosure. In addition, the netbook appears to be packed with a built-in TV antenna which could probably be used for having a TV Tuner.

The Shanzai C200 netbook is currently in OEM status Laptop battery, meaning it is open to be picked up by any netbook manufacturer and make it as their own product. Although I doubt if there would be interested takers especially since the current netbook Discount laptop batteries  trend is now either on tablet netbooks or netbooks with higher display .

But the Shanzai C200 is still worth a look.

Via eeepc.net

Lots of folk own one, lots of folk use one and lots of folk reckon the base model doesn’t have enough memory.

The bundled Linux distro, Linpus, will work happily in 512MB, but if you want to replace it with a more capable, less limited version of the open source OS, we’d say upping the memory to 1GB isn’t a bad idea, not least given how inexpensive extra Ram is these days. If it’s Windows you prefer, you probably want to go the whole hog and take the memory complement to 1.5GB, the maximum the machine can cope with.

Inside the Acer Aspire One

But, unlike some other netbooks, the Aspire One hasn’t been designed with easy upgrading in mind. The first 512MB is soldered to the motherboard, but there is a DIMM slot for more, and it’s facing the base of the machine. The only snag: Acer’s engineers didn’t put a hatch above it to make the slot easily reachable.

Instead, you have to disassemble the machine and remove the motherboard. That may sound a daunting task, and we’d not recommend it for everyone, but it’s not hard to do. What follows, then, is our step-by-step guide.

First, though, the obligatory cautionary note: taking your AA1 – or someone else’s – to bits will invalidate your warranty, make it easier for you to kill the machine and might turn your hair quite white. Proceed at your own risk. Get it wrong and you’ll have no recourse here. You have been warned.

You’ll also need the following tools: a small-blade philips screwdriver, a small-blade flat screwdriver and a credit card.

1. Turn the AA1 off and disconnect it. Lay it lid down. We always do this on a sheet to minimise the risk of scratching the case, and to help avoid losing screws – they’re less likely to roll of the table. We also recommend placing the removed screws in pattern that matches the holes they’ll go back into.

2. Remove the following screws.

3. Take off the Toshiba PA3107U-1BRS Toshiba PA2487U battery and remove the three marked screws.

Nb. Yes, we know this shot shows two previously removed screws still in place. The photographer’s been sent to the Moderatrix for discipline…

4. Two further screws are hidden by the AA1’s rear rubber feet. The feet are held in place with a light adhesive and can be easily (gently does it) prized of with a flat-blade screwdriver. The remove the screw beneath each foot.

5. Turn the AA1 over and open the lid. You need to remove the keyboard next. It’s held in place with three spring-loaded clips, marked below. Using the screwdriver, gently press each one in and it’ll release the keyboard. You have to push hard, but be careful not to slip and scratch your AA1 HP Pavilion ZV5000 battery Pavilion ZV5000 battery. You can use the corner of a credit card instead, which should minimise the risk of scratching, but makes it harder to push in the clips.

As each clip gets pushed in, it should raise the keyboard enough to get either the flat-blade screwdriver or card in to hold it open – albeit only a tiny amount.

Once it’s free at the back, lift the keyboard gently forward and two side clips will come free allowing you to remove it. Take care not to yank it off – there’s a cable underneath you need to remove first.

6. The keyboard cable’s attached to the AA1 with a simple clip: just flip up the black clip with your fingernail and you’ll be able to slide the keyboard cable out.

7. Remove the marked screws.

8. Below the keyboard connector, you’ll see a similar but smaller attachment for the trackpad cable. Again, flip up the black catch to release the cable.

9. Starting with the rear right edge, slide your card or (gently) the flat-blade screwdriver into the casing between the lower black section and the upper blue or white plastic.  Slowly move the tool forward and, as you do, you’ll hear the case’s clips pop open, take out the pa3420u-1brs pa3450u-1brs battery.

Do the two sides first and then the front, which is a little trickier to do – so take your time. Again, the credit card is the best choice of tool here, as it’ll minimise scratching.

10. Lift off the lid to reveal the AA1’s motherboard, wireless card and, to the right, daughterboard.

11. Remove the marked screws. The one on the right holds the wireless card in place – once free, the card will spring up and you can slide it out of its slot and move it to the rear of the case.

Take care with the screw on the left. It’s in tight, and we nearly stripped the head getting it out. If you don’t have a screwdriver that fits the screw’s head, don’t proceed until you have one that does.

12. Lift the tape holding this cable down – the wires connect the AA1’s 6t473 speakers to the motherboard – and gently pull out the connector. Use the nails on your two index fingers to pull the connector forward and out. Don’t just pull the wires.

13. Toward the back left of the motherboard you’ll find the video cable and connector. The cable’s held down with sticky tape – lift it up and then, again using two fingernails, pull the connector forward and out.

13a. On the right edge of the motherboard, you’ll find the SSD connector. It works like the keyboard one: flip up the catch and slip out the cable.

Yes, we missed this earlier. Thanks to reader Owen Carter for putting us right.

14. At this point, you can gently remove the motherboard. There’s a plastic tab on the rear left of the case – under the hinge, see below – that holds the board down, so you need to slide the motherboard simultaneously forward out from under it, and right to move the VGA, Ethernet and USB port out from their holes in the side of the case.

15. Turn the motherboard over, and you’ll see the memory slot next to the AA1′a air vent and fan. If you want to remove the motherboard entirely, you’ll need to disconnect this cable that connects up the daughtercard.

16. Locate the DIMM slot…

17. …and clip in your memory card. Use an earthing wriststrap if you have one – if not, touch the bare metal of a nearby radiator pipe to discharge any static electricity on you. When handling the memory, try not to touch the chips and wiring, or get the HP Pavilion DV1000 battery HP Pavilion DV4000 battery out.

We used a 512MB 667MHz DDR 2 Dimm that we took out of an Asus Eee PC 701 when we upgraded it to 1GB, so we re-used that, but memory suppliers like Crucial and Kingston will happily sell you a suitable stick of either 1GB or 512MB capacity. The entry-level AA1 can only access 1.5GB of Ram, so don’t buy a Dimm that’s 2GB or higher.

With the Dimm in place, just run back through the steps in reverse order to re-assemble your AA1. Don’t rush – and always check at each stage that you haven’t snagged any cables and that you’ve put back the screws.

Gotchas include not siting the computer’s VGA, Ethernet and USB connectors correctly, and not replacing the wireless card. Don’t forget that bar at the back of the case – the motherboard goes under it not over. Never force anything into position. Don’t forget to re-attach the daughtercard cable if you unhitched it.

Ditto the SSD.

Once the motherboard is back in place, the wireless card re-seated and screwed down, the video cable’s connected and the speaker cable in place, tuck the upper case under the hinges then clip it down. Give it a last minute push all round to ensure all the clips have locked in place. If some won’t go, replacing the under-keyboard screws will hold the upper case down.

Don’t forget to re-attach the trackpad – hold the blue plastic, slide the cable into the slot then snap down the black clip. The cable’s wires go face down. Re-connect the keyboard in the same way then tuck it under the front of the case, push it down it the sides, then clip it in place at the back.

At this point, you can connect the AA1 to the power cable, start it up and, when the very first Acer screen appears, press F2 to enter the Bios settings. Look for the memory readout on the Main page to confirm the AA1 can ’see’ your memory.

If it can’t – or if the AA1 doesn’t start up – you’ll need to open the case up again and check you have all the connections back in place, then take the PB995A battery in. One time, for instance, we simply forgot to reconnect the video cable. A cool head is essential in these circumstances – rush in in panic, and you’re likely to forget to attach something else or, worse, damage your machine. Nine times out of ten, you’ll find you didn’t reconnect something.

The recent Display Search Report reported that almost 70% netbook market share are carved up two brand. Acer Aspire One account for 38.3%, Asus Eee PC account for 30.3%, HP Mini account for 5.8%, takes third place, and Wind account for 5.7%, in forth place.

When Acer introduce low price 10.2 inch Acer Aspire One, we have enough reason to give more expectation to it’s market performance. So, what is the difference between 8.9 inch Aspire One A150 and Aspire One D150? Let us introduce them for you as following:

Dimension weight and optional color

This time, the Aspire One we evaluate is 10.2 inch netbook, he body dimension is 26.0 × 18.5 × 3.4 cm, the old model 8.9 inch A150 is 24.9 × 17.0 × 2.9 cm, cubage increased around 33%. But compared to mainstream 12.1 inch laptop, it reduced about 30%, so this product also with excellent portability. Even though it can’t foist into your trousers pocket same as Sony VAIO P, it is quite easy to put into your attache case.

According to the actual weight, we can see that 10.2 inch Aspire One complete machine weight is 1.182 KG, add the power adaptor the travelling weight is 1.488 KG. But the previous 8.9 inch A150 is 0.981 KG and 1.308 KG respectively. From this, we can find that 10.2 inch Aspire One increased around 20% in the complete machine side.

Same as many other brand netbook, Acer Aspire One D150 also provide a lot of color for consumers to choose, because of it’s appearance design is similar with Aspire series bijou netbook, so the two models looks like blue bijou and red bijou, besides, black shell and silver palm bracket suit for those mature business person.

Material/Screen/WebCam

Same as other netbooks, Aspire One D150 also adopt the common ABS engineer plastic as main body material, meanwhile, add a film silkscreen forwarding clarity coat on the coping surface, in the one hand, it can reflect the light better to makes the netbook looks glossy. In the other hand,it can protect the painting and pattern not be worn. But this coating is easy to leave finger mark and difficult to clean.

10 inch Acer Aspire One D150 netbook

This netbook introduce 10.2 inch LED backlight screen,the ratio between length and width is 16:9, the optimization dpi is 1024×600, hense, the presenting words is bigger and looks more comfortbale. If you hope to present 1024×768 or higher dpi, you can settle it on desktop.

Screen upside install a webcam inside and the actual shoot effection

Int the process of evaluting, we find that this netbook screen presenting effection is quite satisfied, the brightness is very high makes the users can see the screen cotent when under violent light circumstance. Besides, the webcam shoot effection is very good, color reversion is very precise.

Body left & right side interface

Netbook as a application tool, the performance demand is not very strict, the extension ability is more important, this 10.2 inch Acer Aspire One D150 offer 3 USB 2.0 interface, one is in the left, the others is in the back of the machine.

Except for the necessary power adaptor, earphone and network cable, it also provide VGA interface which convenient users to convert the menu to big screen display or projection, in addition, it also collocate a multiple card reader insert groove, it can support including SD, xD, MS Pro and MMC multi-memory card.

Wireless swith, inside construction

Many people who have laptop already but still want to buy a netbook, because they take a fancy that this netbook can surf in the internet anywhere as long as with WiFi, hence, we hope that netbook can provide more humanity design in this field. It it glad that Aspire One considered this point, it devise a wireless network switch, only need a dial then can finish all the acess and exit operation.

Hardware facility and performance test

At present, every brand of netbook even with different style, but their hardware collocation are almost the same. Acer Aspire One D150 is no exception, it introduce Intel Atom N270 processor (1.6GHz),945GSE chip group integrate GMA950 pattern chip, 1GB memory and 160GB hard disk, Atheros 802.11b/g wireless module.

Intel Atom N270 Processor detail parameter

HD Tach Hard disk average read speed:51.2MB/Second

From the PCMark05 test result, compare to the same price common laptop, netbook have big gap to laptop about the performance, especial in the processor and pattern chips section, the netbook can not suit to make video, 3D drawing and other complex tasks. But it’s memory and hard disk performance are very good, the hard disk read speec is almost same with popular laptops.

Heat dissipation and battery duration test

Next is the focused heat dissipation test, in 26℃ indoors condiction, we keep Aspire One running PCMark05 and makes it in high loading condition, two hours later, use Infrared temperature appliance to test the top temperature,normally, the palm tray section lower than 37℃, machine back lower than 42℃ will meet our satisfaction.

Now is the battery duratio time test, this time, the Aspire One we evaluated, we collocate 11.1V 2200mAh 3 cell battery, capacity is around 23Wh, besides, it has 2 sorts 6 cell for you to choose, they are 4400mAh and 5200mAh respectively.

Under the condition of standard 3 cell battery, this netbook stll able to run 3 hours, it seems like that the low collocation can’t bring low consumption and power saving advantages. If you don’t want to take adaptor when go out for a whole day, it is better for you to choose a 6 cell battery.

Summerise:

After long time probation, we understand more about this 10 inch Acer Aspire One D150 netbook, compare to the peer product, it is in leading position in comestic design, detail workmanship, and hardware facility.

Advantage: Performance is good, beautiful apperance, steady workmanship, keyboard with good elasticity

Disadvantage: Touch panel is small, hard sledding for left and right key-press, easy to leave finger mark on coping

Therefore, the afresh ration of price and hardware let us pay attention to every aspects of thisnetbook a lot, and if you also want to acquaint Asus EeePC 1000HE’s performance, then you will find answer in this article.

Asus EeePC 1000HE body appearance and weight

The whole Asus EeePC 1000HE body compared to 1000H has no big difference, the mould is well-knowned by us, but, the only difference is EeePC 1000HE offer the original white, black and blue color, besides, a new special color- gold also joined this model, the color matching is similar with the high-end EeePC S101.

The product we evaluted here is the white style, so it is difficult to distinguish the difference with model1000H if only looks the cosmetic.

Going hand in hand with the design are the primary input devices, the keyboard and mouse. If you’re looking for an example of a great keyboard then the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC is again our first port of call, but the MSI Wind is an equally good example.

Important things to note here are the size and proportion of the keys themselves, as well as depth of travel and response. We don’t need ThinkPad X300 levels of quality here, but in this day and age it shouldn’t be that hard. Other things to avoid include putting the Shift keys in stupid places (ala Eee PCs) and poorly placed cursor keys (Eee PCs again). In fact, just avoid Eee PC keyboards altogether!

As for the mouse, why on earth has no-one opted for a track point yet? It seems the obvious solution for a small machine like a netbook, since they’re easy to use and create more space for that roomy keyboard we all desire.

Screen

Screen size and resolution is a tricky one. To my mind nine inches is the sweet spot form factor wise, it is part of the reason I still love the Eee PC 901 so much despite its suspect keyboard. However, though I’ve welcomed the 1,024 x 600 resolution, if we could push this closer to 1,280 x 800 then I’d be even happier – the HP Mini-Note is the model here yet again! Another key point here is no glossy finishes! We all want to use these things outside, so we can’t have everything reflecting back at us when we’re out and about.

One other issue to consider here is: do we want touchscreens? Once upon a time Eee PCs were touted to be having them, but that seems to have fallen by the wayside and I fully understand why. As the iPhone demonstrated, if you want a touchscreen device to work it needs the interface to match and this means a lot of work. Moreover, touchscreens are more the realm of your budding MID (Mobile Internet Device) than a netbook.

Processor & Memory

Memory is pretty straightforward, though power users might desire 2GBs of RAM, at the moment at least there’s little reason to need more than the 1GB that’s the standard at the moment. Processors, on the other hand, are less straightforward. Despite the Intel Atom CPU being more or less the de facto netbook CPU, that’s largely because it’s the only one readily available at the moment. Many have touted the potential of the VIA Nano platform and Edward was suitably impressed when he took a look at it, but what we’ve yet to see is a netbook class version of the Nano and given Intel’s stranglehold on the market, it might take a while.

So, sticking with Atom for the moment, the other issue is: do we need dual-core? Ideally I’d say yes, but things aren’t as simple as that. First, Intel has stated that dual-core Atoms are meant for nettops, not netbooks; secondly, what impact would a dual-core Atom in a small netbook have on thermal performance and battery life? Bearing these as yet untested concerns in mind the Atom N270 remains the logical choice and for the moment it does the job just fine and if someone shows dual-core Atom can work in a netbook, then all the better.

Graphics & Sound

Keep it simple! Do I need to play games? No. Do I need to decode 720p video? No. Do I need to decode 1080p video? Definitely not! All I really need is something that’ll ouput to an external screen at 1,920 x 1,200 or less, while making sure everything displays smoothly and without fuss.

As for sound, the Eee PCs have led the way here with some very good integrated speakers. This is great but if some money can be saved here to spend on something more important, so be it!

Storage

While we’ve seen plenty of netbooks with mechanical drives, I’m pretty adamant that solid state storage, generally in the form of flash memory as opposed to an actual SSD, is the netbook ideal. Though some might lament the limited capacity, the lack of moving parts and minimal heat produced by flash memory means better battery life and cooler running – two fundamentals for any ultra-portable laptop. Moreover, solid state memory takes up less space, so helps keep the chassis as small, light and portable as possible.

How much do you need? Well, I found the 20GB found in the Linux version of the Eee PC 901 to be more than sufficient, but I’d go further and say that internally 16GB is all you really need. This is more than enough for an operating system, all relevant programs and plenty of files and odds and sods. I’d then take an innovation used on the Acer Aspire One, adding a dedicated SDHC card reader that merges seamlessly with the internal memory. This, combined with a USB external drive and a regular multi-card reader, should ensure plenty of flexibility.

Connections & Networking

For the most part there’s very little I’d add to most netbooks when it comes to connections. Three USB ports, VGA, Ethernet, headphone and microphone jacks and a memory card reader are pretty sufficient for the usage. My only other desire would be for HDMI, since it makes playing video on a TV that bit easier.

As for networking, despite Apple’s best efforts you still need wired Ethernet – so that’s a given. For Wi-Fi I’d happily settle for 802.11b/g instead of Wireless-N if it meant saving a few bob, though if I were offered N I’d happily take that, too. Bluetooth, however, is an absolute must. There was something else, too, but I can’t quite remember what it was just now…

Operating System & Software

Windows XP or Linux? If the latter, what kind? There are a few potential solutions:

1. Windows XP – Unlike its much maligned successor, Windows XP is a mature, fast and familiar operating system that already works very well. People like it, there are thousands of freely available applications for it and it has vast hardware compatibility. This makes it a safe choice.

2. Linux – Since the beginning netbooks and Linux have been together, yet of late Windows XP seems to have garnered a foothold in the market as people demand more flexibility. What is needed, then, is a Linux OS that has the ease of use of current distros (ala Eee PC/Acer Aspire One) but with a little more freedom. A potential answer is the extremely promising Ubuntu Netbook Remix, but until it’s more widely used it’s hard to come to a conclusion. Most vitally, however, what is needed is an iPhone Application Store type platform so that users can add new programs quickly and easily, without recourse to the often tortuous installation processes used in Linux.

3. Both – Then there’s the compromise solution of Windows XP with a small instant boot Linux element available as well. This may well tick many people’s boxes in terms of flexibility and knowing Asus’ use of this technique in the past, one can reasonably expect it to do something similar in future netbooks and for others to follow.

So, what about my Ultimate Netbook? Well, logical though the final solution is my heart says Linux only is the way to go. It is, after all, the original netbook OS. What we need, however, is as suggested before, a development community and platform into which many weird and wonderful applications can proliferate. Applications designed specifically with netbooks in mind and with easy one-click installations. And if not Ubuntu Netbook Remix, is there a place for a Google Android for netbooks? I’ll leave that one up to you…

Battery

This is a no brainer. One of the abiding advantages Eee PCs have had of late is the use of six-cell batteries, when all others have relied on just three-cells and four-cells. Having a six-cell battery more or less guarantees, at the very least, four hours of battery life and with prudent use this can go as high as six, seven and allegedly eight hours, too. This is the kind of battery life an ultimate netbook needs, so six-cells is the way to go. Here i suggest netbook users for battery choosing should select high-class laptop battery manufacturer.

Size & Weight

A nine inch screen settles the size aspect fairly simply, so then there’s weight. Having a six-cell battery probably rules out a sub-1kg figure, but as close to this figure as possible should always be the aim and less than 1.3kg the minimum requirement.

Price

This, of course, will always vary depending on region, but for the UK £350 or less is the benchmark. In an ideal world I’d say less than £300, but if you want the best netbook possible, you’re probably going to have to pay a little more.

Oh, yes, now I remember what that other thing was…

HSDPA. Integrated. Please.

This is the one thing everyone is likely to agree on. If netbooks are to truly break free from the constraints of the home, the Internet Cafe or other Wi-Fi covered location, then 3G networking is an absolute must. In fact, I’d go as far as to say a netbook without 3G HSDPA should take its “netbook” credentials with a pinch of salt. If that means purchasing a netbook with a contract then I’m cool with it, but the option to go “unlocked” should always be there.

To summarise , the recipe for the Ultimate Netbook, by Andy Vandervell:

• Take HP Mini-Note and Sony VAIO TZ. Mix thoroughly and season with colourings to taste.
• Add track point mouse to make room for well proportioned keyboard.
• Add nine inch screen with 1,280 x 800 resolution.
• Insert 1GB RAM module and Intel Atom CPU. Sprinkle lightly with graphics and sound that do the job, but move on quickly or netbook will become bloated and expensive!
• Add solid state memory for storage and expandable memory options to taste.
• Throw in basics like USB ports, then add HDMI port and whisk for five minutes.
• Add Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules, but don’t forget Ethernet too!
• Install custom Linux OS and create community and development to help make it thrive. Ensure all essential software and codecs are pre-installed.
• Insert six-cell battery to avoid premature deflation, but ensure netbook remains light and fluffy.
• Add the magic ingredient, HSDPA.
• Bake for three months, slowly increasing temperature through a prolonged campaign of deliberately leaked blurry products shot and proposed spec sheets.
• Finally, release and sell for less than £350.

The Ultimate Netbook? Done.

This isn’t to say there haven’t been some fine examples, mind; the likes of the Asus Eee PC 901, Eee PC 1000H, MSI Wind (as the Advent 4211) and Acer Aspire One have all been worthy of awards in the past, and there are plenty of new contenders from Dell, Samsung, Toshiba, Lenovo and the like that could yet fit our perfect mould. Right here and now, though, we’re still waiting.

Design

This is probably the one area where netbooks could do with a lot more work. Nice though the likes of the Eee PC 901 or MSI Wind are, none but a select few netbooks have that look and feel that says they’re a serious bits of technology. They are, to quote an oft used phrase: “toy-like”. There is an exception, however; the wonderfully flawed HP 2133 Mini-Note PC. This is largely because, rightly or wrongly, it was meant for the business and education market and had a suitably smart but also durable design to match.

It is clearly an excellent starting point, yet its metal finish undoubtedly added too much cost. So, what we really need is a balance between this and something like a Sony VAIO TZ. Something that isn’t finished in cheap white or black plastic, but has a few more subtle curves and a slightly more quality feel to it. What we really need is a “business class” netbook, a device you’d happily sit down and use around all those snooty business execs. Something they’ll think looks premium and exclusive, but is in fact cheap and cheerful so you can laugh inwardly and say “if only they knew!”