Re: [PLUG] Need Advice: Netbook for Christmas?

[Carl Johnson <cjohnson19791979@gmail.com>]

If you're used to large monitors, they'll get on your nerves fast.
 





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"Casey Bralla" <MailList@nerdworld.org> wrote:

>I've been considering using some (well, all of it, actually) of my
>Christmas 
>loot to buy a netbook.  But I'm worried that I may find a netbook too
>slow and 
>confining.  What does the group think?  Are they "worth it"?
>
>Here is what I'm looking for in a netbook:
>
>1.  Excellent portability
>2.  Long battery life (should be able to fly to Europe (~ 6 hours) on a
>
>battery charge
>3.  Linux (natch)
>
>
>I don't have anything really "practical" I want to do with it.  It
>would 
>really be a toy, but hopefully a toy with some utility.  I'll want to
>do some 
>surfing, maybe some real work (in short spurts) and also use it as a
>fancy 
>iPod music player.  (playing flac files, of course)
>
>I don't want a tablet because I want a true keyboard, even if it is
>smaller 
>than most notebooks.
>
>I've got my eye on an Asus with a dual-core atom.  By the time I buy
>the extra 
>GByte of RAM and a bluetooth mouse (I hate track pads), it will be in
>the $350 
>range.
>
>However, I could also bust my budget and get a budget laptop for $450. 
>This 
>would give more performance, but less portability and shorter battery
>life.
>
>
>My fear is that the netbook will be cool to play with for a while, but
>will 
>simply be too confining (too slow, too small a screen) to hold my
>interest.
>
>Has anyone bought a netbook recently?  How do you feel about 6 months
>later?  
>Would you buy one again if you had it to do over again?
>-- 
>
>Casey Bralla
>Chief Nerd in Residence
>The NerdWorld Organisation
>http://www.NerdWorld.org
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