Text 50343, 58 rader
Skriven 2008-10-22 01:48:59 av Alan Zisman (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 50339 av August Abolins (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Too much $
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August Abolins -> Alan Zisman wrote:
 AA> Alan Zisman -> Alan Zisman said the following
 AA>  on 10/21/2008 8:26 PM:

 AZ>> The ultra-portables have larger screens: 12-13"
 AZ>> typically, with higher resolution, and more or less full-sized
 AZ>> keyboards. But the netbooks are even more portable and vastly less
 AZ>> expensive.

 AZ>> I was being schmoozed by Toshiba this afternoon, with (among other
 AZ>> things) a guy demoing their upcoming notebook lineup-- including a
 AA> $469
 AZ>> NB100 netbook to be announced in November (w. 160 GB hard drive,
 AA> 1.6 GHz
 AZ>> CPU, etc), alongside their Portege R600 ultra portable: $2399-3299.

 AZ>> I know which one I might be more likely to buy (if I was shopping!)


 AA> The NB100 is Atom-powered like many of those mini models, and is loaded
 AA> with Linux.  Cool.  There's supposed to be an XP option.

 AA> Yes.. it's pretty neat to be able to carry one of those around in a
 AA> large coat pocket.  But I can't imagine using it for much other than
 AA> checking mail or doing a quick google search, or checking a blog.

The one I saw today had XP Pro loaded... a number of the netbooks are being
only sold with Linux outside US/Canada (though some Linux-powered models are
being sold here).

 AA> When it comes to more serious work (database, spreadsheet, web design,
 AA> letter-writing, music editing/ converting/ ripping/ burning) and maybe
 AA> even watching a DVD movie, nothing smaller than a 14" would suffice for
 AA> me.  And here I thought my used 4-year old 14" Thinkpad was small at the
 AA> time when I got it last year.


The netbook screens are a bit small-- both in physical size (9" or so) and in
resolution- often something like 1024x600, in my opinion-- but that's the trade
off for portability. They are certainly more usable platforms for light-weight
work and web browsing on the go than iPhone/Blackberry/etc devices, in my
opinion.

I've been using first a 12" Mac Powerbook (standard screen geometry) and now a
13" (widescreen) Macbook Air as my most often-used computer for the past 6
months or so... I found the 1024x768 of the 12" screen a bit restricted, but
the 1280x800 of the 13" screen is fine... it's the same number of pixels I have
on a 19" LCD display at my work, but with the screen so much closer to my face,
it's equally usable.


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