N450 netbooks have finally made it to the market. The next generation ATOM processor is designed to handle graphics and resource intensive processes more effectively. While it’s not too much faster than its predecessors, it does improve performance on your netbook. The year is still young and many more netbooks are in the works. In fact, new CPUs are expected to make their debut in the next few months. What’s exciting about the current crop of netbooks is the increased battery life and energy efficiency of these models. Getting close to 10 hours of battery life on a netbook is not a dream anymore. And there aren’t just one of two netbooks that offer long battery life. So you have got options in that regard.

ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1005PE-PU17 is one of the most popular netbooks on the market. It has with all the standard features you’d expect to see in a top netbook today. It also gives you 500 GB online storage to help you store your files online to never lose them again. HP Mini 210-1090NR Netbook is another top netbook by HP that not only gives you power and performance but longer battery life in comparison to other HP netbooks on the market. It is very light and portable as well. MSI U160-007US Netbook is a new exciting addition to the netbook family. It offers 15 hours of battery life and is the lightest in this list. It comes with plenty of connectivity features. It has a high quality web-cam as well. Netbooks are going to face stiff competition from Apple iPad and other similar devices. So you can expect them to only get better to have any chance to compete with those new devices. Netbooks may not be as popular as they used to be a year ago (though to the increase in the number of portable devices available to consumers) but they are here to stay for now. Just too early to write these devices off.