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From: Celejar on 2 May 2010 19:50 On Sun, 02 May 2010 18:36:57 -0500 Mark Allums <mark(a)allums.com> wrote: .... > Netbooks are underpowered. Get a *real* notebook/laptop. You can get a > much better computer for about the same money. The only advantage I can > see in a netbook is battery life. I speak from experience. Weight? I haven't done extensive research, but can you get an equivalent laptop at the same weight for the same price? My understanding is that one pays a premium for the ultra-light category. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100502194757.f14b3ede.celejar(a)gmail.com
From: Mark Allums on 2 May 2010 22:20 On 5/2/2010 6:47 PM, Celejar wrote: > On Sun, 02 May 2010 18:36:57 -0500 > Mark Allums<mark(a)allums.com> wrote: > > ... > >> Netbooks are underpowered. Get a *real* notebook/laptop. You can get a >> much better computer for about the same money. The only advantage I can >> see in a netbook is battery life. I speak from experience. > > Weight? I haven't done extensive research, but can you get an > equivalent laptop at the same weight for the same price? My > understanding is that one pays a premium for the ultra-light category. > > Celejar I confess, I forgot weight. On the other hand, I think that for me, weight doesn't factor in much. YMMV. MAA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BDE3128.6090904(a)allums.com
From: Alex Samad on 2 May 2010 22:40 On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 21:35 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/02/2010 09:12 PM, Mark Allums wrote: > > On 5/2/2010 6:47 PM, Celejar wrote: > >> On Sun, 02 May 2010 18:36:57 -0500 > >> Mark Allums<mark(a)allums.com> wrote: > >> > >> ... > >> > >>> Netbooks are underpowered. Get a *real* notebook/laptop. You can get a > >>> much better computer for about the same money. The only advantage I can > >>> see in a netbook is battery life. I speak from experience. > >> > >> Weight? I haven't done extensive research, but can you get an > >> equivalent laptop at the same weight for the same price? My > >> understanding is that one pays a premium for the ultra-light category. > >> > >> Celejar > > > > > > I confess, I forgot weight. > > > > On the other hand, I think that for me, weight doesn't factor in much. > > > > Size. A little almost-handheld netbook just isn't as physically in > danger of cracking in your knapsack as a 15" or 17" laptop. I have a HP mini and a HP 8530w netbook and laptop. I love the netbook for easy work any were (work => mail, web, reading word or pdf) for serious stuff I use laptop. If need by rdp from netbook to my server (or from the laptop to server). The netbook is great - inbuild 3g _ 802.11n and 1g eth. Battery works well for me. I package to carry around small and lite my 2c alex > > > -- > Dissent is patriotic, remember? > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1272854342.8710.3.camel(a)alex-mini.samad.com.au
From: Ron Johnson on 2 May 2010 22:40 On 05/02/2010 09:12 PM, Mark Allums wrote: > On 5/2/2010 6:47 PM, Celejar wrote: >> On Sun, 02 May 2010 18:36:57 -0500 >> Mark Allums<mark(a)allums.com> wrote: >> >> ... >> >>> Netbooks are underpowered. Get a *real* notebook/laptop. You can get a >>> much better computer for about the same money. The only advantage I can >>> see in a netbook is battery life. I speak from experience. >> >> Weight? I haven't done extensive research, but can you get an >> equivalent laptop at the same weight for the same price? My >> understanding is that one pays a premium for the ultra-light category. >> >> Celejar > > > I confess, I forgot weight. > > On the other hand, I think that for me, weight doesn't factor in much. > Size. A little almost-handheld netbook just isn't as physically in danger of cracking in your knapsack as a 15" or 17" laptop. -- Dissent is patriotic, remember? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BDE367A.4010802(a)cox.net
From: Mark Allums on 2 May 2010 23:50
On 5/2/2010 9:35 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: >>>> Netbooks are underpowered. Get a *real* notebook/laptop. You can get a >>>> much better computer for about the same money. The only advantage I can >>>> see in a netbook is battery life. I speak from experience. >>> >>> Weight? > Size. A little almost-handheld netbook just isn't as physically in > danger of cracking in your knapsack as a 15" or 17" laptop. I have no idea what you even mean by that. Totally non-sequitur. MAA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BDE456E.7090109(a)allums.com |