Netbooks?

[karl_1052]

I was looking at them, and for not much more, you can get a nice laptop(one of which I am typing on now).

Netbooks are small. that is the only good feature, but it sucks if you want to actually read the screen or type something.

No optical drive, means you can't really do squat as far as an OS is concerned and alot of them have flash memory(small again)

[Bluestreak]

Karl's got it right.

We got one at my office and the key features of this thing are portability and weight. It's tiny and doesn't weigh much. The screen resolution sucks, but that's what you get for a 10.1" display.

If you treat it strickly as an internet appliance, then maybe.

Still, given the choice, I'd rather pony up another $100 and get a real laptop. Does so much more IMO.

Originally Posted by karl_1052

I was looking at them, and for not much more, you can get a nice laptop(one of which I am typing on now).

Netbooks are small. that is the only good feature, but it sucks if you want to actually read the screen or type something.

No optical drive, means you can't really do squat as far as an OS is concerned and alot of them have flash memory(small again)

[LeeNetworX]

Best Netbook, IMO, is the Asus EEE PC 1000 HE series. They run Windows XP great but also have a huge support base for Ubuntu. Good mix of features/performance for the money. We have several users with netbooks and the ones that are happiest with them are the ASUS owners.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by azoomm

We got one of the new tiny Gateway's at Fry's for $250.

I'd go that route over a netbook any day.

Tiny Gateway what? Laptop? Not sure I'd describe any laptop as tiny.

All depends what you want to do with it. Lugging a laptop around all the time sucks, IMO, especially if you are travelling..........So Ima' bout to check me out some netbooks.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Tiny Gateway what? Laptop? Not sure I'd describe any laptop as tiny.

All depends what you want to do with it. Lugging a laptop around all the time sucks, IMO, especially if you are travelling..........So Ima' bout to check me out some netbooks.

mah bad... netbook - I use it when traveling. It's fantastic for what I need it for - with a full copy of office 2007, and 200gb hard drive. And, I have a portable optical drive that I can plug in when needed.

There is no way in hell that would be my only laptop... toooooooo small.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by azoomm

mah bad... netbook - I use it when traveling. It's fantastic for what I need it for - with a full copy of office 2007, and 200gb hard drive. And, I have a portable optical drive that I can plug in when needed.

There is no way in hell that would be my only laptop... toooooooo small.

What kind of connection speed does it have, and who's it with?

[Flexin]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Tiny Gateway what? Laptop? Not sure I'd describe any laptop as tiny.

All depends what you want to do with it. Lugging a laptop around all the time sucks, IMO, especially if you are travelling..........So Ima' bout to check me out some netbooks.

I was in a rush when I made the post so I will add some things.

One is that he was one of the people that hated Vista. I was fine with it but he hated it. In the last few weeks he has been givin something that sets up Vista better I guess. Anyway he loves it now.

He loves having laptops break and getting new ones. On the one he has spent a lot of time latley setting things up just right. Putting new programs on it, two days renaming his mp3's so they have the right names and so on. He loaded on all kinds of movies, he even found a program that will reformat his movies to fit on his Blackberry and he watches movies on that now as well.

So he would rather get this laptop back. He has had this one since last year but in the last few months he said he takes it everywhere and uses it all the time. Thats why he is interested in a netbook, the weight. He would also love one that had 6+ hours of battery time. He used an 8" netbook one day and hated the size of the keyboard.

He would go with a 10" screen, while on the Dell site he noticed that he can upgrade it to a hi res screen or something so he would like that.

He will only go to a netbook if he gets a new desktop soon or right now. If not he will go with another laptop.

I'm trying to get info on the netbooks for him so he can decide.

One last thing. He didn't realize that they didn't come with Vista. I told him this today and about a month ago this would have been a great thing, now it might be a deal breaker.

Now the reason I quoted you Homeslice is because he feels the same way. He hauls it everywhere so the smaller size and lighter weight will be nice for him.
James

Originally Posted by azoomm

mah bad... netbook - I use it when traveling. It's fantastic for what I need it for - with a full copy of office 2007, and 200gb hard drive. And, I have a portable optical drive that I can plug in when needed.

There is no way in hell that would be my only laptop... toooooooo small.

What is the screen size on it?

James

[Flexin]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

There are no best features of a Netbook.
The only thing that should standout is that the price is cheaper than a real laptop.

Keep in mind that with some shopping you can get a REAL laptop like a lenovo G530 or generic Dell inspiron in the low 400s.

Otherwise...USB ports and display quality and battery life are bout the only thing to scratch yer balls about when it comes to Netbooks.

I scratch my balls if the wind blows. I kinda like it.

And remember that we are in Canada. He landed today so the super low us prices are not really an option.

James