The best 11.6 inch netbook today really comes down to your preferences... Speed, Battery Life, Brand Name, etc.

Acer Aspire AS1410-2039

We have found the Acer Aspire AS1410-2039 11.6-Inch Black Laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium) to be a very good buy. Its key specifications are:

The Acer runs fast and starts quickly and comes with a full 64 bit version of Windows Home Premium for performance and expandability. Battery life is rated at 6 hours and, while not as long lasting as other models, this 3 lb wonder will put older laptops to shame. It has 802.11N for fast connection speeds and an HDMI output for using your home TV.

 

Dell Inspiron 11 11.6-Inch Obsidian Black Laptop

Another excellent choice in 11.6 inch netbooks is the Dell Inspiron 11 11.6-Inch Obsidian Black Laptop (Windows 7 Premium).

Dell did the right thing here when they used the 1.3GHz Intel Pentium SU4100 Processor. It has two cores, 2MB cache (twice the Celeron but 2/3 the more expensive Core2 Duo), and a 800MHz memory bus (vs. the Celeron's 667Mhz). It also has the all important SpeedStep technology found in the more expensive Core2 Duos. Other details are:

This Dell netbook is a powerful, feature rich laptop small enough to fall into the netbook catagory. Streaming or stored video plays beautifully due to the dual core CPU, good video processor, and high definition screen. The keyboard is large enough to type on normally after some practice. Only faults are the lack of a VGA output, it only has HDMI, so that may be something to consider.

 

HP Mini 311-1025NR 11.6-Inch Black Netbook

Another choice in 11.6 inch netbooks is the HP Mini 311-1025NR 11.6-Inch Black Netbook with up to 6.25 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium).

HP was one of the first netbook manufacturers to adopt the NVIDIA ION LE graphics processor for fast sharp graphics and low power usage. So while this netbook only uses the Intel Atom 270 processor, its graphic performance is very good.