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Should I buy a netbook ? If so, which ?

 

Feb 24th, 2010

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  1. Consultant K Says:
    February 24th, 2010 at 9:22 pm

    No. Much as I hate to agree with that man at apple but netbooks just are poor cousins of PCs. I have no doubt that Jobs would want us all to buy an iPad or whatever but I would suggest just getting a small cheapish laptop. for about 350 you can pick up a reasonable little acer or similar.

    If you do go for a netbook remember that you prob will not be able to play most pc games, will have limited versions of word or excel and other limitations.

  2. Consumer Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 12:26 pm

    But I only want it to write basic word documents, e-mail and web surfing. I do not want it to do anything else. If I did want a proper laptop I would get one of these:
    http://www.pcpro.co.uk/alist/value-laptop

    In an ideal world I would get this thing of joy:
    http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_air?mco=MTM3NDc2MzE

    It has to be small and easily transportable you see.

  3. Steve Jobs Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 2:53 pm

    Netbooks are not good anything. Why would you buy one? Get a clever phone, or a stylish and functional tablet device.

  4. Consumer Says:
    February 26th, 2010 at 1:50 pm

    Thanks Steve, but I disagree - netbooks are fine for basic tasks and typing documents etc. The processing power is where top end machines were a few years ago, so no problem doing basic tasks. They have the advantage over clever phones as they have a clear key board for typing on - something smart phones do not have. Price wise they are similar too.
    They are not an iPad though. Can I have one free to test out ?

  5. nethead Says:
    March 25th, 2011 at 7:16 pm

    well, i got a netbook last year and its great! it can do loads of stuff and was cheap as chips! and its wee and diddy so I can take it pretty much anywhere!

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