need help purchasing netbook

so here's the deal.

i'm buying a netbook, and i want an acer. I will use it mostly for web surfing and word processing, maybe some photo editing, and hopefully run WoW every now and again.

i was looking at the ones with 2gb ram and 250gb hard drives, but then i realize they come with the 1.33ghz chips and a 3-cell battery. cost - 349.99

the ones with 1gb ram and 160gb hard drives have the 1.60ghz chips and a 6-cell battery. cost - 299.99

also, the 349.99 one has vista, but i could easily downgrade that to xp.

any suggestions?

well i've thought about it and i can use my desktop for all my photo editing and web design and everything. but i was hoping to be able to play wow on lowest settings at least. ha

well i've thought about it and i can use my desktop for all my photo editing and web design and everything. but i was hoping to be able to play wow on lowest settings at least. ha

Killer_Panda

Get the 299 one. If it has XP you won't need more ram. And external hard drives are pretty cheap so 160 should be good enough. I think you will be able to play wow at insanely low resolutions, which won't matter because you are using a netbook and the screen is very small.

that's what i was thinking too..

i just hope it doesn't run too slow..

but then again, i won't play it on the netbook that often, unless i take it to a friend's house.

that's what i was thinking too..

i just hope it doesn't run too slow..

but then again, i won't play it on the netbook that often, unless i take it to a friend's house.

Killer_Panda

The thing is that you CAN play MMOs while having a choppy framerate unless you pvp alot. So unless you are getting 10FPS or lower it shouldn't be too big of a problem. On the internet people say that anything below 30FPS is unplayabale, but I barely notice the difference from 20 to 30.

and i'm not a huge WoW player either. i barely play pvp. and i'm probably starting a new character. my last one i only got to level 29. then again, i only played for 2 months.

i was just hoping that the netbook could at least run it so i could play with some friends

cool. well i guess i've made my decision. AND i got to save some money. ha thanks fellas.