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post #16 of 24
5/13/10 at 12:13pm
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Originally Posted by Piobaire View Post
I've been a tech "early adopter" for 20+ years. I've learned the cost of being an early adopter the hard way...more than once.

On the plus side, it's a great way to end up with a lot of interesting antiques and conversation pieces.

I still have a Newton, btw. NIB. In fairness, it was a gift and not a self purchase. But it sits prominently on a shelf in my office, delivering lots of ironic value and fawning admiration from the IT guy.
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post #17 of 24
5/13/10 at 12:15pm
I have a Lenovo netbook. It actually contains the working versions of all of my files on it. However, it is way too small to actually do anything on it. Even simple tasks like typing out an email are annoying because of how small the keys and the screen are. The good thing about it is that it is light and easy to carry around, so the way that I use it is that wherever I go (home office, regular office, satellite office, etc.), I just plug it in to the network and then access the files on it through the desktop. If I need a file in a pinch and I am not at one of those locations, I still have it and can access the file directly through the netbook.
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post #18 of 24
5/13/10 at 8:29pm
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Someone mentioned battery life, in regards to iPads above.

My god. I've gotten 11 hours on my Asus. As people are saying, it's not a high end computer and it cannot do what a desktop or nice notebook can do. But what it does, it does well. Perfect for travel, sitting outside, etc. No worries about battery life and a need to plug in. Put your iTunes library on your nice, big 250 gig HDD.

Which model of Asus do you have/how much was it?


Interested in getting a netbook. An iPod Touch is not enough.
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post #19 of 24
5/13/10 at 9:10pm
After owning various sizes of laptops, I've come to the conclusion that 12" or 13" would be the perfect size. The netbook size is just too small to do any real work and the screen is also too small for extended web surfing. Right now I have the 13" Lenovo U350, which is way better than my previous Lenovo S10-2 netbook. If 13" is too big for you, go down to a 12", the minimum size for a computer that I'd use to do any real work on.
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post #20 of 24
5/13/10 at 10:31pm
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Which model of Asus do you have/how much was it?


Interested in getting a netbook. An iPod Touch is not enough.

It was whatever the latest one was at Xmas. Got it off newegg.com, with extra gig of RAM, for $300. You have to make sure you get the one with the six cell battery.
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post #21 of 24
5/13/10 at 11:01pm
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Originally Posted by stewartu View Post
The last thread on netbooks is a little dated.

I am considering getting one as a cheap alternative for travel and to act as a second surfing laptop around the house.

Are they still under-impressive? Are they just too small?

Anyone have any thoughts/experience? What about brand comparisons? Any thoughts?

I have a Sony Vaio P500, and I love it. It's tiny but fast, powerful, and great for travel and meetings.
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post #22 of 24
5/13/10 at 11:09pm
Most netbook are complete garbage. I have a 12" LifeBook P770 and it works well when I do not feel like carrying my 15" Macbook pro or my 12-14 pound Alienware M17x.
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post #23 of 24
5/13/10 at 11:11pm
i have a mac-hacked netbook and an ipad and i love the ipad but the netbook is more full service
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post #24 of 24
5/14/10 at 9:29am
I currently use an Asus Eee PC Netbook. It has two internal solid state drives. Great for those bumpy train/car rides. However, the Apple Newton was the most amazing device I've ever owned. My Newt 2000 was encased in a leather binder, which made it look as if I was writing in a book. I loved the green back-light display, and the simplicity of the greyscale. As you wrote (using a pen sized stylus), the words would magically transform into printed text. My favourite program was Moreinfo. The problem was:
  • It cost about £800 in... might have been more than 10 years ago now. All I remember, is that I bought it the day of the Princess Diana funeral.
  • Many customers wouldn't/couldn't allow the device to learn their handwriting. For some types of handwriting the conversion into text never went smoothly. For other customers, it was perfect.
  • The Web browsing was always slow and with restrictions.
Still my favourite device though. Lear
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