Comments on: Three Reasons Why Netbooks Just Aren’t Good Enough

By: larryinmich

larryinmich — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:43:42 +0000

Yr humble and obedient servant was considering a netbook as a substitute for the great but crappy handheld digital memo/schedulers that were popular 4-5 yrs ago. Now only one is left at about $300?
SO
Is/are the low cost netbooks a decent susbstitute yet having the convenience of casual net browsing?

TIA

By: Jose

Jose — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:30:24 +0000

Ive had 3 laptos in my entire life…… Ive a Toshiba nb 205 now and its amazing…. Ppl dont care anymore bout big screens or anything like that, the technology development is the most important …. Ive 9 hours of battery life, i really dont care bout the facts that u r mentioning, there are just ridiculous. Im an engineering student and I dont need anything else with this netbook.

By: Michael Arrington on Why Netbooks Just Aren’t Good Enough | EEENetbook.com

Michael Arrington on Why Netbooks Just Aren’t Good Enough | EEENetbook.com — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:25:22 +0000

[...] Techcrunch editor Michael Arrington writes: “I’ve had a chance to test many of the units, though, and I can say that the promise is much bigger than the payoff. ” Read more: Three Reasons Why Netbooks Just Aren’t Good Enough [...]

By: مركز تحميل

مركز تحميل — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:00:33 +0000

These are some good points when we want to use this type of device to do most of the work same as on PC.

By: baz

baz — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:48:01 +0000

I think by now this article has been proved quite wrong, netbooks have advanced so much in 2009 and their sales are hitting the roof they are good enough for anyone today, and people don’t just get them because they can’t afford a bigger laptop, this sounds so ancient and its less than a year old!

By: Noob Book

Noob Book — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:32:19 +0000

OMG ! Cool Information. Somebody know why people love netbook more than notebook?

By: yor

yor — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:14:44 +0000

i think that goes agains the “design” concept. A bit of OT:

it reminds me of “design for IE5, design for IE7…” design for iphone (or any phone anyway)… endless.

IMHO, if you design a page properly (telling it what-is-what), and use an intelligent browser (Opera in my case) you get hardly any practical difference in viewing the same content on 17″ or 7″.

By: Michael Schriner

Michael Schriner — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:25:13 +0000

One problem is heat. We have a product called the Netbook Riser which raises the netbook creating better ventilation and improves viewing.

By: HiroPro

HiroPro — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:11:15 +0000

I partially agree… The S330 dual core Atom is more than enough for any luser though…

I agree that graphics processing isn’t that great but hey Ion is now available!

And as for screen rez. The next gen will mostly been between 11″-12 inches and show 1280 x 720 or 800. This is more than enough rez for most lusers…

So in the end all I can say is give it till the end of the sumer and you’ll have a notebook even you Michael would want !

By: Russ

Russ — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:11:35 +0000

I just bought an Aspire One to replace an 8 years old IBM Thinkpad X20.

The IBM had a P3 chip, 320-something megs of RAM, a 20GB drive (I back up to an external 80GB drive), a 12″ screen, external wifi, external CD and Floppy drives and …

… it worked great. MS Office, Web & Adobe Lightroom ran perfectly. Only had to retire it because I spilt coffee on the keypad and the motherboard burnt out.

As I am a photojournalist I am on the road a lot and a low-priced compact laptop is key to my getting the job done in the field.

By: NetBooks – The New Affordable Laptop « JungleGeorge’s Weblog

NetBooks – The New Affordable Laptop « JungleGeorge’s Weblog — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:19:04 +0000

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By: Which Netbooks are Worth Their Price?

Which Netbooks are Worth Their Price? — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:32:00 +0000

[...] settled into a 10.1-inch sweet spot. The fact is, netbooks are not UNDER-powered; they are simply LOW-powered. There’s a world of difference in those two definitions. The latest netbooks are almost [...]

By: Khürt Williams

Khürt Williams — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:23:13 +0000

So you agree that netbooks are good for surfing the web, checking email, watching YouTube and … not much else. I want something more useful and a 16.GHz Atom CPU will not cut it. Dell best Mini 12 cost about $449 with 12 inch screen 1GB RAM, 60GB PATA HD, 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and no optical drive.

For $100 less, Dell will sell you a notebook with a 13 inch screen, a 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive, 2GB RAM, and a 160GB SATA HD.

Small cramped keyboard? Underpowered processor? The netbook does not seem like a value proposition.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:22:11 +0000

I love netbooks. I have a HP 2133 mini note and I could confimr its really great stuff

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:12:35 +0000

Yes.

I think the haters of netbooks are those who would try to make a desktop out of it. The point is that I don’t want to lug around an 18″ battery-sucking screen everywhere. 7″ is rather small, but 10″-12″ seems reasonable to me.

I think the post is missing the point, and that the comment I’m replying to has directly succeeded in illuminating the smoke and mirrors of the blog’s post.

By: Dani

Dani — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:15:49 +0000

WOW!! You really do NOT own one or you simply haven’t used it enough!! I think these 3 reasons are the vaguest and most non-sense I have heard considering that you have completely outlawed the purpose of netbooks.

So, first, their horsepower is just fine for everything you got to do with a laptop!

Second, the screen is something you get used to.

Third, the keyboard is perfectly fine for typing and it is very smooth.

PLUS they’re light and small and you don’t need to carry a huge case.

This is from the perspective of someone who’s on the move all the time, uses the internet constantly and abusively for hours, and types several papers on a weekly basis, so unless you’re a graphic designer or an engineer, my friend, you have made some seriously bad judgment on these mini-wonders. Not cool!

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:41:54 +0000

this article is old and out of date, net books now are fast better and stronger.
They boot to a windows log-in screen in about 4-8 seconds. 2gigs of ram a 160 of SSD that’s solid state disk. graphics are better than what is stated in this article. Plus show me a laptop that can last nine hours on a single charging. If you don’t like netbooks, don’t get one, but be prepared to be left in the technological dust.

By: nick

nick — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:10:16 +0000

I say BS to that……… netbooks arent new…. hell Asus didnt start them… time to look in to history the Sony VIAO started it clear back when windows 95 was the top of the line OS….. ill take a netbook ANY DAY…. they do everyting the average person needs, and fast enough to get things done on a schedual… i challenge anyone to see a stock install of XP on a 1.6 GH machine witha 533 FSB versus a new dual core machine and tell me which one is which just on boot times alone….

By: nick

nick — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:05:30 +0000

are we all FORGETTING the original Sony VIAO????

Pentium 2 233mhz. 10″ screen, smaller keyboard, everything such as floppy and CD ext was external with PCMCIA cards… weighed like 4 lbs and was about 1″ thick with a 800X600 resolution and I LOVED IT… now due to my new job it requires another ULTRA portable computer, i have a custom hand built desk top, a 17″ hp with 10 key that weighs a TON, and it needs a couple repairs that will cost the same as one of these little netbooks….. the netbook has the ability to have 160 GB of SATA HD… hell my top of the line for its time ubber expensive desk top only has 120 GB…. and is no where near full… the screen while small isnt horrid… LIKE AN I PHONES IS!!!! my GPS has a bigger screen than a iphone..

the net books advantages are this..

small
INEXPENSIVE!!!
for me it will fit and lock into my center console on my truck ( security)
equal power (save for video) to my desk top.
built in EVERYTHING
with my unlimited data plan through Verizion I have a UBBER Cellphone on steroids that can intigrate via USB to my Kenwood sterio. so it will Also serve as my Ipod, basicilly IDENTICAL to the set up I had 11 YEARS ago with my little Sony VIAO!!!

it used to be the viao, a RCA adapter on the head phone jack and Napster!!! feeding the amplifers on my truck…. 11 years of advancement in technology and the only thing that changes is 1 its faster, 2 cleaner sound via USB, 3 more storage space… THATS IT!!!

so i am not spending 300.00 to fix and format my 17″ HP.. i just ordered a new Netbook… about damn time the computer industry went on this level again… finally a way to feel 16 again…

By: RonM

RonM — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:02:07 +0000

Good enough for what? To have a booksize computer for $350 that’s as powerful as something 5 years ago that was twice the size and cost 1/5 as much seems like a good deal to me. A real computer the size of a folded newspaper? What kind of drugs are you on?

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:31:01 +0000

Oh and also on the new Apple notebook in order to have a usable volume control you’ll have to order a set of propietary dollar store quality headphones for $69 (saving you one dollar so that you can buy a bag of chips to survive of off for a while) Because we all know that Macbook Air users are ultra thin supermodels

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By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:28:46 +0000

I really can’t wait for Apple to hit that $666 price point haha

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:23:44 +0000

What kind of graphics adapter does it have? intel 950? or something else most likely since it’s a via based platform. probably somehow hardware acceleration (your video card should process it) for your video card might have not been working properly..

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:01:07 +0000

Oh yeah I forgot to mention the INSANE boot times I get with my NC10. I can go from off to Windows desktop in about 30 seconds. My “faster” 15.4″ laptop, with a Core Duo processor and the same 2GB of RAM as my NC10, takes over a minute and 30 seconds to boot. Granted, I customized my netbook’s boot settings to hell and back, but quick booting is common across all netbooks AFAIK.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:53:52 +0000

I bought Samsung’s NC10 around the time this article was published, and it became my primary computer the moment I got it. I have a larger 15.4″ laptop, but it is way too heavy and big to take anywhere. Granted, my netbook is underpowered and gets sluggish when using intensive programs, but it excels amazingly well at everything else. It is the only computer I use, ever. When they first came out, people always said they should be your secondary, and you needed a desktop. IMO, this is completely untrue. The only things you need are maybe an external DVD drive and external HDD, though I only have the latter and the lack of the former has not been much of a problem. Overall, my netbook can easily perform almost all of the functions I need as a college student, and is the perfect machine for anyone in need of computer on the go, or just a cheap laptop.