So I'm in the market for an extremely cheap netbook. My netbook CPU experience has been limited back to 2011 where I brought a Netbook with an AMD e-450 chip. This chip cannot run 1080p videos off Youtube reliably (to a TV, rather than the laptop's screen), nor can it stream off Vice smoothly, despite me super tweaking the laptop. It also has problems running 1080p video files, depending on the Bitrate I guess (YIFY videos are usually fine but they're super low size. Some HQ anime aren't and lag/stutter)
So, I want to check, if anyone has a netbook and has no problems running 1080p videos outputted to a TV in general. What CPU is it?
Main use (for myself only primarily):
Using as a streaming device (Twitch/Youtube/maybe Netfix)/local video playback
Secondary (and the actual purpose):
Install iTunes, manage people's iPads
Lending the laptop to family (under my remote supervision) for video playback
Online Administration for family (online banking, bills, etc under my remote supervision)
So yeh. Space isn't an issue, I'll very much likely get one with 320/500gb space. However, another thing of interest came to me is that more and more of these little netbooks come with 32gb SSDs. I was wondering if they are fast? I know the limitation is the lack of space but a SD slot can leviate that a little. But if they can make up for the deficiency of a Netbook CPU I'll probably gladly exchange large storage for it.
EDIT: I'm considering the Intel Compute Stick but it might be too complex to setup as I cannot just hand it over to someone with no PC skills: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/compute-stick/intel-compute-stick.html
(also a lack of mouse/keyboard to add to the confusion)
examples I am looking at (UK retailers):
http://www.johnlewis.com/asus-eeeboo...4?colour=Black
http://www.johnlewis.com/hp-stream-1...Horizon%20Blue
http://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-s20-...black/p1773830
The 2 32gb SSD netbooks use Intel Atom, the Lenovo uses Celeron. To my knowledge a Celeron > Atom; but the Atoms above are 4 cores whereas the Celeron is only 2. Not dug up benchmarks yet.
EDIT2: Is SD card read/write speeds neutered on these things? I've never found them particularly fast, but it's been a while since I shoved a SD card in anything. Might be an issue trying to backup a 16gb iPad on those things...