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[JongnoGuru]

[Demophobe]

I have said it before: these netbooks (can we still say that word without facing a lawsuit?) are old, out-dated tech simply wrapped up all Mac-like. Garbage from a hardware point of view, and too small to be powerful (read: useful) anyways.

I had all the functionality of a netbook 6 or 7 years ago on my IPAQ PDA (which had a 400MHz cpu); internet, bluetooth, audio/video; all the netbook did was make it cuter and one size bigger.

People are suckers.

[Auslegung]

I've got the eee PC 1000he, and I love it. I'll probably never buy another brand in my life. The two newest eee PCs with the newer atom processor have up to 10 hours of battery life (probably 6-7 realistically, but that's running firefox, music, and word). Mine cost me about $418 with S&H and extra RAM. You could get mine now for much cheaper, and the newer ones are still right around that price. Unless you're trying to play serious games, it should be fine for anything you need. Oh, and don't get confused, many of them ship with a version of Linux to keep it cheap. I personally love Linux but I understand that about 80% of the world is masochists and have Windoze. Also, the ones with SSDs usually have lower quality SSDs, so it might not be totally worth it to get one. Read the reviews.

[simIAN]

The netbook is a great idea, and I don't care what anyone says. Obviously it is not a replacement for a notebook or a desktop computer, but what it lacks in power it makes up for in price and convenience/portability. I would rather have a desktop computer at home and skip the laptop and just go netbook. Anytime I have real work or games I want to play I am usually at home anyway, so a flashy laptop would be kind of redundant.

I have seen many portable dvd players selling for hundreds of dollars, even now (Costco has them). The netbook can be a movie player, provided you are savvy enough to get the video files. A usb hard drive can give you the space you need for storing those movies if you went the SS drive.

There are much sillier inventions like internet tablets and e-book readers that are much more overpriced for what you are actually getting and can do with them. The technology for Netbooks isn�t really outdated at all. The atom chip is designed to be smaller and use less power to run, and yes it only runs at 1.6ghz, but that is more than ample for what most people would be doing with a netbook. The ram is pretty current too.

I used my netbook the other day with the projector to show the class an episode of BBC�s planet earth in 720p. I just plugged in a set of speakers and the projector and away I went. I would like to see an ipod touch or eBook reader do that (they are similarly priced). The screen, while it is small, is bright and clear and heaps better than the screens of laptops of the past.

I guess what I am saying is don�t knock the netbook unless you have actually used one for a week and realize how nice of a little machine it can be. For what it is, it achieves everything it should quite nicely.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Netbooks are underpowered for a reason. You don't need a top of the line hog to surf the net and bang out 100 words. They are best suited to complement your home desktop. I use my MSI Wind as my main PC but all I do is surf the net and bang out 100 words (lesson plans) from time to time.

If you want to play WoW and render video files, obviously you should stare clear. But, they are perfect as a first computer for a kid or a second computer for a big kid. They fill a very specific (and some would say quite large) niche.

[ekul]

You can play wow on an eee pc apparently, just search youtube for the video. You can also play Crysis on it. http://www.streammygame.com I want to get a netbook sometime soon, will prolly wait till October and get one when I'm back in England. I'm looking at the toshiba mini nb205 right now. After working hard in Korea... I feel like being a bit of a tart and getting something purdy. http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/toshiba-mini-nb-205.aspx It's meant to be able to beat the eee 1000he in battery life also.

[JongnoGuru]

I question whether anyone else on this website really needs a netbook like I do.

[cangel]

That Toshiba is not a bad looking netbook but I think there are plenty of prettier netbooks available, although with lower specs usually. The one thing I didn't like about the Toshiba was the battery as it sticks out like some ugly bulbous protrusion. One the other hand, the Asus 1000HE gets its battery life through "hybrid" technology - whatever that means, and without the ugliness of the Toshiba. The Asus is a tad lighter with almost identical dimensions. I love my Asus 1000HE. I would disregard the people attempting to compare a netbook to a full-sized laptop as the obviously fail to grasp what the netbook is used for.

[Bloopity Bloop]

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