Comments on: Please Sir, May I Have More Memory?

By: Backlin

Backlin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:02:10 +0000

“Of course, it also begs the question: Why is Intel involved in deciding how much RAM a netbook can have in the first place?” That’s exactly what I was thinking when I began reading the article. Good thing I haven’t publicized my RAM upgrade to my EEE PC…

Like DaveMcCall, I already own a desktop (but that’s it), but wanted a portable computer to carry to school for notes and general web surfing.

By: Chris Donahue

Chris Donahue — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:09:40 +0000

We have a netbook but already have other systems that I use regularly. If the netbook had even 3 or 4GB instead of 2 it would run fast enough to use. It may make up for the Atom Processor. I use the netbook as a video player connected to a LCD TV(1366×768). Win Media Player 12 under Windows 7 isn’t bad but more RAM would help loads.

By: DaveMcCall

DaveMcCall — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:59:06 +0000

They don’t get it. The people that are buying netbooks already have a full-featured desktop and notebook. Netbooks are a new niche and a way to sell MORE. In my house are an iMac, a Core Duo Windows XP notebook, PS3, wii, P4 Windows XP desktop, a Core 2 Duo unibody MacBook, and two netbooks. The core duo notebook is driving my home theater (other than the blu-ray provided by the PS3). The iMac is my main computer that I use for photoshop, garageband, etc. I take the MacBook back and forth to work and is my work computer. The netbooks are our couch computers. We play games and look stuff up online (directors, actors and actresses or search advertised products that interest us) as we watch TV and movies.

Manufacturers and programmers that disparage and artificially limit netbooks don’t understand their customers or the market and should seriously consider a change of management, marketing, or PR (whichever unit is to blame). Netbooks supplement and ADD to their market and sales, they don’t cannibalize from them.

By: ReynaldoRiv

ReynaldoRiv — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:53:11 +0000

Perhaps if Apple were more aggressive on netbooks or if more people took Linux seriously the netbook/Thin ‘n Light competition would heat up a bit. Hell maybe AMD will become a dark horse and help turn things around.

By: Randy Peterman

Randy Peterman — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:45:15 +0000

Instead of rejecting the netbook they need to embrace it and give us 2-3 levels of netbook awesomeness. I like to think that a Dell Hybrid-like netbook would be great: let me plugin my netbook into a dock (or at least treat it like its docked) for near-workstation like performance, but unplug and take this lightweight machine, that happens to have a screen and keyboard and track pad built in, wherever I want.

I just might want a netbook form factor with Windows Ultimate (which runs great on my wife’s ASUS 900HD Celeron) but with a bigger dual core chip and 4GB of RAM. Intel doesn’t get it. Microsoft doesn’t get it. Shame on them.