Comments on: Ask [GAS]: Do you really need that netbook?

By: Akkeresu

Akkeresu — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:43:50 +0000

And yep. I can run the full CS4 suite. Very handy at times.

By: Gregasus

Gregasus — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:53:16 +0000

Can you’re 1000H run photoshop?
Damn it I should have waited for the next model to come out before I settled for a 900.

By: Gregasus

Gregasus — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:50:10 +0000

I bought an EEEPC 900 pretty early when they came out.
Thinking back and looking at the current models I probably bought it too early.
The Intel Atom CPU wasn’t out yet and the current models don’t seem to produce as much heat as mine, but then again if you want to wait for the latest an greatest you can basically wait forever, especially since Asus was turning out new models on a weekly basis(sort of speaking).
I didn’t use it very much in the beginning but then my full scale laptop gave out on me.
But since the only reason I bought that infernal 17″ pack of trouble was because my school was too cheap to buy descent pc’s I instead build myself a pc rather then spending a small fortune on a new laptop.
And since my school finally managed to put up the money for new pc and with my brand new Quad-core equipped piece of goodness up and running, to one and only thing I really needed out of a mobile computer was what my 900 offered me.

By: Akkeresu

Akkeresu — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:58:51 +0000

I use my EeePC 1000H (Win7 + 2GB RAM and 7200 100GB drive) on the go and for school. Super light, good battery, but still powerful enough to run Photoshop CS4, Firefox, and a music player in one run. I have a super powerful desktop, and a portable powerhouse with a footprint that is easy to carry. If I drop it, no biggie, grab the drive and any remaining components that work, back up the files (which are also on my Syncplicity server, just in case), and I can go snag a new one for less than $500. For someone who can be accident prone, or harsh on devices, they’re good, solid, and still got the power.

So, in closing, if you have a good reason to have one, like school, work, or budget, then it’s fine. Otherwise, don’t worry about it, use something more powerful like a DTR laptop (Pavilion, Alienware, MBP, etc.)

By: crystalsinger

crystalsinger — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:40:24 +0000

I’m with you Natania. I have an unreasonable desire for a netbook despite having a 13″ Macbook.

I lug mine around all-day everyday for work (on-site IT support) and the light weight of a netbook (without the insane cost of one of the ultralight Sonys, etc.) is a definite appeal. I suspect that the netbook would become my everyday ‘work’ machine, with the Macbook staying on the coffee table for after-hours use.

Damn, now I want to go buy one right now…

By: Misty Day, C.A.P.t

Misty Day, C.A.P.t — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:28:24 +0000

My Acer notebook is more versatile and has more memory than the Compaq laptop I used to have. It is actually faster. Although having to clear out the caches every day to keep it from freezing up is annoying. Now if only there was a notebook with a built in wifi router… sigh… or is there? (A router, not just a wifi receiver)

By: Misty Day, C.A.P.

Misty Day, C.A.P. — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:23:26 +0000

Check out the PocketSurfer. I am rooting for a class-action, across–state-lines movement to produce a pocketsurfer that works without having to pay for a wifi plan, like they have in the UK and India. They’ve bypassed the US yet again on this subject and it’s time we were included in the world’s privileges. Although you can get it with an expensive plan in the States now, it’s not fair to leave us out.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:14:18 +0000

Really?

I hate to sound like a troll after disagreeing multiple times with people in these comments but…I never saw the big deal with it.

As someone deeply into writing, I need the physicality of the things I’m planning out. I know Scrivener emulates this best as you can on a computer screen with corkboards, notebooks, etc…but it still isn’t quite the same. I like being able to shuffle the notebooks, index cards, scrap paper, printed pages, etc out on my desk.

And actually (back to the main point of the article), with a netbook taking up not much desk space, it’s even easier to do so. Maybe that’s why I like them. I know it’s not much difference, but it’s one extra pad you could fit on your desk to scribble on if you got a netbook.

So as a writer, Natania, I’d say if you use Scrivener more than physical stationary, stick with a Macbook. But if you do use paper and pens as much, if not more, get a netbook – it’s all about desk space in that situation.

By: Casey

Casey — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:54:36 +0000

I just have to say: YAY SCRIVENER.

This software pretty much makes up for anything PC-only that I can’t run on my Mac.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:16:50 +0000

I read something on sammynetbook, and i totaly agree. People who bought netbooks probably complaining because they didn’t bought samsung NC10, because it is perfect! See the old rewiev at notebookreview.com, they gave it 10. Because of what? ofcourse not the specs, but because everything is just done right! light. powerfull 6cell battery about 6h real life uptime when browsing. The keyboard is just perfect, 93% real size, all the keys are in right places, well-sized, nice feedback when typing. Screen is also reasonably small, 10.1 is perfect size for carrying around. I even like how it looks with it’s shiny line around, and perl white mate finish. Damn it’s perfect… Only flaw is when it comes to HD or even hq videos online, hd now way, hq sometimes ok, sometimes laggy.
And you know it is realy customizable, i have multitouch on my track pad, momentum ant two finger sroll is just awesome for a small netty trackpad. Gaming? it’s good for gaming, google intel gma gaming, there is this group of people who released modded driver, and tweaks, you can even run crysis with reasoable framerates! I’m currently on windows 7 and it boots really quickly, and sleep, wakeup is just 2s.. I even found some info how to make speakers louder. You can do sooooo much with it to make it better and better and better.. And for this price, i mean cheaper than smartphone, with 160gb 10″ screen 1gb of RAM it beats them all.. But some info for those who considering to buy one. If you don’t go anywhere you don’t have and need a computer you realy don’t need one. Unless you want to watch Dr. House in your bathroom :D

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:52:06 +0000

I can tell that the people complaining about the keyboards probably don’t write much.

Because as Michael says, once you are used to the keyboard, it’s actually a lot easier and intuitive.

If you actually look at the MSI Wind (at least) and compare it to a standard keyboard, you’ll see that the keys are nearly the exact same size and spacing.

It’s other laptops that add huge buttons and spacing between them to accomodate for having a huge-ass casing without it looking bare along the sides and with a giant wristrest area like the 17″ MBP does (Apple once again getting it right by keeping function before form yet still making it pretty). These keyboard designs on non-Apple huge laptops, while large, are NOT what is good or healthy for typing on.

Netbooks actually are.

And as for layout? Look around. There’s plenty of netbooks with a standard keyboard layout.

By: Geek_girl

Geek_girl — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:09:51 +0000

I had a Toshiba laptop and never took it anywhere. It was supposedly really light for a laptop but I hated lugging it around. It was always ’something extra’ to carry. So I bought a Samsung NC-10. Immediately fell in love with the anywhere up to 10 hours battery life I get from it and the full size keyboard. It performed as well as the Toshiba (which I gave away to my parents) and I rarely left home without it because it was so easy to just chuck in the bag I was carrying anyway. I do wish I’d gone for the only slightly bigger Q210, because it can game, but then I’d probably never get any work done.
Then I got an iPhone. Now I don’t take the netbook *everywhere* just everywhere I’d rather have a computer than an iPhone.