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Netbooks... who's got one?
- Thread starter tplyons
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mmm...meh. I got an HP laptop with a twelve-cell battery, full 15.4" screen, and 250gb hard drive. Lasts 5 hours playing dvds, nice and light, but still has power for decent computing tasks. Not to mention I can actually read the screen without squinting. I paid $700 and it is doing a damned good job of surviving this tour in Iraq, which most HPs and computers in general have problems with.
See your netbooks do that.
Peace,
Greg
See your netbooks do that.
Peace,
Greg
I use it almost entirely for web browsing or for MS Office. Other than a few shortcuts throwing me off every now and then, I have no problems going back and forth. I looked at several netbooks, and the #1 factor in deciding on the Acer was that its trackpad behaves the most like the MBP's. In fact, with the pinch and squeeze movements, its almost the ideal cross between my MBP and iPhone. Using Windows on it doesn't bother me because I use PCs for work everyday.
I have an Asus Eee PC 900HA, and i used to have just the 900. I really love these laptops. I havent had any extended time with the other netbooks, but for some reason the asus just felt more solidly constructed. Also, i really dont like where the mouse buttons are placed on the HP. But im sure in time you get used to it. I use my netbook mostly for taking around campus and surfing the net. Its a very powerful little book, but i have my PC at home to take care of any serious computing i need to do, these are not PC replacements.
+1. This is exactly where I stand on this. Although, there are rumors that Mac is due to release something along the lines of the netbook real soon.
Have you seen the VoodooPC Envy? It's super light and has an awesome power brick (it can act as a wireless router when you plug in the cable).
Too bad it costs a fortune.
Too bad it costs a fortune.
That's what my wife thought at first, but she uses it now instead of her Treo. Having a bigger screen and a real keyboard is huge.
bongomania
Commercial User
With the products on the market today, which netbook would you guys say has the most reliability and quality per dollar, regardless of actual price?
Well yeah, of course I would I would opt for the bigger screen and keyboard if I'm sitting around the house but I'm not going to carry it around with me and I don't think it justifies the cost for me since I can do most of the same stuff on my phone.
bc
From the specs and reviews I've looked at it seems that the Acer Aspire One is best bang-for-buck.
bc
Will somebody have to jailbreak it?
My boss has an Acer Aspire One, and it's pretty clever. I realize that I really don't do a lot of graphic or horsepower intensive stuff, so a netbook would be perfect for me. I would get one that can run a conventional display, for when I am using it at home.
They had the HP for $200 on tiger direct today. Seems like a good deal to me. I got my asus with similar specs for $250 after a 30% microsoft cashback deal on ebay. But that was right when the model came out.
I have an Acer Aspire One, the 8gb SSD and Linux version. It's awesome. It boots up in 15seconds. I've had it for over six months now. I upgraded the RAM to 1.5GB, and popped in a 8GB SD card, so it technically has 16GB of space. I've written papers on it, surfed the internet, etc. It's been great.
My only issue is battery life. I have the 3-cell batt, and it lasts a little under 2 hrs. My bro has the 160GB version running windows with a 6-cell batt, and his lasts like 5 hours. I just haven't gotten around to dropping the $60 on the bigger battery
My only issue is battery life. I have the 3-cell batt, and it lasts a little under 2 hrs. My bro has the 160GB version running windows with a 6-cell batt, and his lasts like 5 hours. I just haven't gotten around to dropping the $60 on the bigger battery
I had a Inspiron 910 for about 4 months. I really liked the machine, the keyboard takes some getting used to and the screen was nice and sharp, but too small for my 41 year old eyes.
It was not comfortable enough to use as much as I'd have liked to, so I sold it. Great netbook, just not for me.
It was not comfortable enough to use as much as I'd have liked to, so I sold it. Great netbook, just not for me.
I've had an Asus Eee 900 for about a year now and I absolutely love it. I could never use anything like it as my only pc, the screen is too small and (like many of the older ones) the keyboard is pretty crappy.
Having said that, about 50% of the time I'm on the Eee, its just awesome and so convenient.
Having said that, about 50% of the time I'm on the Eee, its just awesome and so convenient.
Just curious, could you plug a full size keyboard and screen into it? That might make it more attractive to me. The EEE has more computing power than my current desktop system, and I've already got the big display.
We got an Acer AspireOne for my daughter back in October. It was for her 9th b-day. We homeschool her and she does schoolwork on it several hours a day every day and does some lightweight game playing on it as well. We really couldn't be happier. She uses MS OneNote extensively as well as MS Word and MS Powerpoint and I've been pleasantosn't take too long for her to figure out how to add videos/narratives to her schoolwork. I already had an external DVD burner so the lack of optical drive isn't an issue for us. All-in-all I'd have to say well worth the $400 or so that it cost (including MS Office Student Edition).
