When you spend money on something you should be aware of all the functions and features so it only makes sense to be curious about the performance of a netbook. There are dozens of different models on the market so you should be aware of what the options are to be able to choose the best.
Netbooks are mini notebooks with a few features omitted and a few extra added. They're made to be small, efficient and most important of all, cheap. A netbook that is not cheap is a netbook that is not going to sell well, because the market just doesn't accept computers that small that are expensive. Just look at sub-notebooks, they virtually vanished when EEE pcs and minis hit the market.
The obvious problem with low price is that the components can't be really powerful. Even if they was the battery life would suffer and dip below 2-3 hours, a thing I wouldn't be really comfortable with.
With that said, almost all netbooks come with Intel Atom processor. A solution from the most powerful processor maker that focuses on efficiency and price foremost. What it means is that almost every netbook is going to be that strong. If you want some extra performance you can get dual core atom, but not for $300. They can be found more often in the $450 range and for that price I would rather have a full size notebook.
For $300 you get a netbook with a 10" screen, 160 or 250GB hard disk drive and 1GB RAM. The only difference between them is the actual model of the processor, the performance is going to be similar in all so you can't really go wrong with any of them. Atom N270, N280 and N450 are the most popular variations.
All three are similar in speed but N450 sticks out with a few extras. It has graphics adapter and memory controller integrated, thus computers with N450 processor will have much longer battery life than mini netbooks installed with the older cores. Z520 should already be forgotten, it's just not strong enough for streaming media and playing videos.
If you want to have the fastest netbook, you need to buy either 1201N from Asus, or an Nvidia ION based S12 from Lenovo, but don't expect their prices to be under $400. If your budget is tight, and this economy chances are that it is, pick a 10" netbook with a good keyboard and a high battery performance, for that I'd suggest going for N450 based solutions, everything else is up to your own decision.
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