Netbooks comments?

Veng68 · #1 03-04-2010, 11:04 PM

I think for your needs a netbook should be fine.

Just make sure you get a 6 or 9 cell battery......... which will last 6-9 hours on a charge.

Cheers,
Vic

kien · #2 03-04-2010, 11:37 PM

For what you'll be using it for it sounds like an iPad would work :-D

Delphinus · #3 03-04-2010, 11:51 PM

Agreed sounds like a netbook would serve you well. They are somewhat limited in capacities with bigger tasks. I was all set to buy one until I tried to watch a youtube video on it for example. Better off just buying a smaller laptop for a couple hundred more than an actual netbook if video and pictures are in the future. I think about what I use a laptop for and it's video and photos for the most part these days, so it's something to consider. But text and spreadsheets and etc. - would be perfectly fine I think.

saltcreep · #4 03-05-2010, 12:14 AM

I actually regrest buying my netbook. I just find it a little too slow and a little too small. As a result, I don't find that I use it nearly as much as I thought I would.

My recommendation would be to just go with a smaller notebook that stills offers essentially the same power and speed.

My $0.02.

lorenz0 · #5 03-05-2010, 03:37 AM

i use a netbook for school and well, what ever. always works but i have to agree, a bit slow. plus i hate windows 7 starter, prefer my vista on my desktop over that

sphelps · #6 03-05-2010, 04:48 AM

You could look at this acer which is a little bigger at 11.6" and a little pricer than the average netbook but it's just as portable, has a full size keyboard, better resolution + HD, 4gigs of ram, 320gig hd, and other features you won't find on a netbook.

corpusse · #7 03-05-2010, 05:24 AM

I love my 8.9" hp netbook. I just accept what it can and can't do. It only has a 16 gig solid state but that speeds it up a bit.

I use it on trips to surf the net, check email ect. You can watch non high def movies too. I also use it outside for astronomy star maps, and to image the planets with a modified webcam. Works good for that even when it's -15

It will never replace a main pc be it a desktop or another laptop but when only limited resources are needed for certain tasks its perfect. I remember when sub notebooks came out like 10 years ago I thought they were the coolest thing. Funny it took them this long to catch on.

Veng68 · #8 03-06-2010, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sphelps

You could look at this acer which is a little bigger at 11.6" and a little pricer than the average netbook but it's just as portable, has a full size keyboard, better resolution + HD, 4gigs of ram, 320gig hd, and other features you won't find on a netbook.

That is the one I am looking at ......... do you have this? If so how do you like it?

Cheers,
Vic