I need a Netbook for my sister. She'll be leaving India soon so better be of an International brand. Pour in ur suggestion, price and availability ASAP, I've personally zeroed in on ASUS Eee PC 904HA but a second thought is always appreciated.
I would recommend the Samsung NC10 as it's really the complete package (10-inch screen, 6-cell battery, etc). With any netbook, you'd be spending around 20k and get basically the same hardware. So it all comes down to what are the priorities going in for a netbook. The 8.9" netbooks are a dying breed and 3-cell battery on most entry-level netbooks is a severe limitation. So spending a few extra grands and going for a premium netbook makes a lot of sense. The NC10 is priced around 25k. You can even consider the HP Mini 1001TU which costs 22-23k and has an excellent keyboard (but a 3-cell battery). Opt for 8.9" Aspire One or Eee PC only if you're on budget restrictions.
When I told her that Netbooks don't have an optical drive, she backed out and now wants a cheap laptop that has optical drive too, Webcam,1GB or more RAM and 100GB+ HDD.
Babu log, Price is the deal breaker and main constraint here. If I had the dough, wudn't even have asked here, just went away and bought it. Any how now I'm also lookin' at some Indian brands too who r giving cheap but good products.
Sure, Eee PC are also good, Asus recently launched Eee 1004DN, first netbook to come with an optical drive but they added another flaw n it. It now has a 1.8inch 120GB PATA HDD.