Comments on: Resolved: Netbooks are Notebooks. Period.

By: Rickey Stepter

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Are Netbooks (Finally) Doomed? — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:57:33 +0000

[...] | Posted at 1:57 pm on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 For almost as long as there have been netbooks, I’ve been meeting netbook manufacturers and other industry types who look at the little [...]

By: The Last 12-Inch Netbook in America | Technologizer

The Last 12-Inch Netbook in America | Technologizer — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:22:28 +0000

[...] I mentioned lately that I’m a big fan of netbooks–but that I think treating them as a fundamentally different sort of device than a notebook is kind of silly, and that it’s a shame the computer industry doesn’t seem to like them much? A netbook [...]

By: Sorry, Consumers, You Still Mistakenly Like Netbooks | Technologizer

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:30:03 +0000

[...] next notebook. I remain amused, however, by the degree to which the industry keeps saying that the netbooks it’s selling by the million are lousy machines that it needs to rescue consumers [...]

By: Linda M Au

Linda M Au — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:33:56 +0000

I have an Acer Aspire One (10″ screen) netbook, but honestly, it has better specs than the full-sized laptop it has replaced for me. I loaded Office 2007 onto it, InDesign, Acrobat Professional, and even a few PC adventure games … plus the usual Eudora and other programs I want.

I contend that the only thing different about my AAO is the smaller size and having to load programs via our home network.

It’s a notebook computer, only more compact. Period.

I’m a Windows person, so I quickly decided that my first attempt at a smaller unit — the original 7″ Linux Asus eeePC — wasn’t going to work for me, considering what I wanted to load onto it. I prefer an actual hard drive, Windows OS, and a slightly larger screen.

So, the 10″ AAO has been a godsend. I’ll probably never own a full-sized laptop again.

By: John Bailo

John Bailo — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:00:36 +0000

My Dell Mini 9 with ubuntu performs as netbook and notebook quite well on a minimal amount of memory and disk. I bought the $200 special with no extras…and Ubuntu. I can run large office applications like openOffice Write with ease. Ubuntu has the licensed fluendo codecs so I have yet to find a problem playing any web video.

Easy to use? Here’s a snapshot of my Dell’s GUI…obviously a child could use it!

http://you-saw-it-here-first.com/v/screenshots/UbuntuOnADellMini.png.html

By: Pete Shaw

Pete Shaw — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:31:44 +0000

Guys, what about putting Ubuntu on the Asus EEE 1000HE, and forgetting the Windows 7? Add Firefox and OpenOffice and rock.

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:46:27 +0000

I guess reasonable is the key. I could see spending say $50 or so for the upgrade, but I don’t think I want to go much north of that. Again, it comes down to what value comes with that upgrade (or, conversely, being forced since support for XP would end.)

By: Harry McCracken

Harry McCracken — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:43:03 +0000

I’m thinking that if an upgrade from Starter Edition to something more powerful is reasonably priced enough, it would have Microsoft in the position of doing something that a lot of software vendors have done for a long time: distributing a basic version of an application (Windows 7, in this case) bundled on PCs without making a lot of money in part because there’s money to be made from future upgrades.

(And thanks, Ed, for dropping in.)

–Harry

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:39:39 +0000

Interesting. Again, thanks. This has been a very informative thread.

As to the first theme of the thread, it would be an interesting survey to see if people do use “netbooks” differently that “full” notebooks.

IcyFog talks about the Macbook Air (something I would love to have!), and I wonder (along with the Dell 12″ “netbook”) if the dividing line may be the 10.1″ screen or so. To use the Air, it is just under 3″ longer and 3″ wider.

I looked at the HP 1030NR as something I could fit in the small pouch of my bag (and it is a close fit). I don’t know if I was looking more for lower weight or smaller size. This threat has gotten me thinking a lot about how we talk about these things.