Anyone looking to purchase a netbook in the past year has a plethora of choices and very likely a clear idea of what a netbook is good for. However, knowing what you want out of a netbook may not help narrow down your choices much. Just eliminating the 7 and 8.9-inch machines, you're left with over half a dozen 10-inch choices, all of which can seem pretty similar. 

Back in November '08 we compared five of the leading 10-inch netbooks to see which scored best in performance, design, and value.  The Samsung NC10 and the MSI Wind U110 led the pack with excellent battery life and user-friendly design (which included great keyboards).  But now there's a new 10-incher on the block: the Acer Aspire One.  Plus, both ASUS and MSI released updates to their models.  So we decided to take a fresh look.

Read on as we go head to head with:

• Acer Aspire One 10-inch 
• ASUS Eee PC 1000HE (Update of the ASUS Eee PC 1000H)
• HP Mini 1000
• Lenovo IdeaPad S10 
• MSI Wind U120 (update of the MSI Wind U100)
• Samsung NC10