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Neemo
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Re: Laptop vs Netbook

Neemo wrote:

my wife wants a netbook, does anyone know the differences?

i know that its bassically a peripheral device for a computer and that you cant have like a DVD player and stuff in it....personally i think i'd rather pay an extra $100 and just get a laptop instead but i cant really justify it as i dont fully understand the pros and cons of the 2 types of systems

my wife wants a netboook cuz its smaller, but there isnt that much of a difference is there?

also if i get a laptop it'd just be for surfing...i was thinking low end like 1.4Gb or 1.6 Gb

Axl S
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Re: Laptop vs Netbook

Axl S wrote:

Netbooks are less powerful, have less storage space. Just imagine a laptop, smaller and it's specs stripped back a lot.

Neemo
 Rep: 485 

Re: Laptop vs Netbook

Neemo wrote:

so if cost was a big factor....would you get the netbook? or spend a little more and get a laptop? like for instance for long trips my kids like to watch movies, i borrow a laptop from work now for them to do it...also my wife would want it to have ms office so she could do work if necessary and possibly put adobe photoshop for doing digital imaging

see to me it seems that we'd be better off with a laptop, like i dont even need it to be super big...15.6" monitor would be fine...my wife likes the idea of the 10" small thing though so we would have more room in the car if we had it in there

Neemo
 Rep: 485 

Re: Laptop vs Netbook

Neemo wrote:

the netbook is built for online apps more than anything is it not? like i couldnt install ms office and photoshop on it could i?

RussTCB
 Rep: 633 

Re: Laptop vs Netbook

RussTCB wrote:

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RussTCB
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Re: Laptop vs Netbook

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mickronson
 Rep: 118 

Re: Laptop vs Netbook

mickronson wrote:

got my mother a netbook, its decent enough after I setup linux on it.  battery life is lot longer than most laptops, due to the low power cpu, and the screen is quite decent too, can watch movies fine..
£180 well spent.

Neemo
 Rep: 485 

Re: Laptop vs Netbook

Neemo wrote:

what do you do .... just stream the movies? or did you get a portable DVD-CD/RW?

Axl S
 Rep: 112 

Re: Laptop vs Netbook

Axl S wrote:

you'd need to transfer the movies to the netbook either through an online file host, removable storage device or network.

Neemo
 Rep: 485 

Re: Laptop vs Netbook

Neemo wrote:

so rip the DVD and then watch it off a USB stick? sounds like a pain in the ass

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