Hi:
Actually, my reference point for purchasing a netbook was based on already
having a laptop and not a PC. You are correct though that all the tech is
changing so fast it seems like it doesn't matter what we do, next week all
the parameters will be different.
Jean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Subramani L" <[email protected]>
To: "jean parker" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 4:42 PM
Subject: RE: [AI] netbooks
As a journalist, I need not tell you the way people lobby for or against
technologies. I have been a netbook user for the past year or so and I
must tell you that it is definitely a fantastic alternative to desktop
in many aspects. For instance, you have more than 160 GB hard disk
space, which is certainly better than the PC I had purchased five years
ago which has just 40 gb. Besides, I have pretty much everything I have
on the PC, though we need to revalue if netbook is still a viable option
in the post 3G era.
Subramani
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jean parker
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 12:33 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [AI] netbooks
All:
A recent episode of Future Tense described netbooks as under-powered and
lacking essential components. They further explain that the typical
netbook
just doesn't have the ability to perform the tasks needed by the average
user in some critical ways. They say that to many compromises have been
made to accomodate the small size and low cost. I might still have the
mp3
of that show if anyone wants it. I found it quite enlightening as at
the
time, I was considering purchasing a netbook and decided against it
partly
due to the information in this program.
Instead, I purchased a bluetooth keyboard for my cell phone, and while
it
certainly doesn't replace what a netbook might be able to do, I find it
does
most things I need if I am traveling without my laptop. Although my
phone
is certainly not the latest and greatest, (they become obsolete the day
you
buy them), anyone considering a netbook could also look at a high-end
cell
phone that would give even more portability and depending on what you
need,
just as much functionality.
Just my thoughts,
Jean
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