I don't understand: Are you in charge of deciding what a netbook is, or
isn't?
I bought a 12 inch "netbook" which weighs less than 3 lbs and has no optical
drive, and it goes in my bag and is with me everywhere. And it has most of
the apps that I need... open office, etc. And it does my "day to day"
computing.
I also have a 15" notebook which weighs more than twice as much and is too
heavy for me to carry comfortably on a day to day basis. It has the MS
Office suite, etc. which are pretty standard for most general operations. I
also have some desktop publishing apps.
Both of these use my Treo for remote connection wherever I need network
access. And each can access my server using Logmein Hamachi.
Which of these is too small for day to day computing??
----- Original Message -----
From: "b_s-wilk" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right
What do you do with a netbook? It's too small for day to day
computing. So what do you do? Email? Web surfing? Find
restaurants? Directions? Tweet? Wall scribbles on Facebook?
You write this condescending BS, but can't understand why people
think Mac users are elitist?
My son has one. He does not use it for tweeting or Facebook wall
scribbling. He takes it to high school. It fits easily in his
backpack because it's smaller than most of his textbooks. He uses it
for note-taking, homework, projects, reports, and research (much of
all this stuff being done at school). He has no difficulty in typing
on it. It's perfect for his needs. He loves it. His friends are all
jealous...
I'm sure your son loves his small inexpensive notebook, and it does what
he needs. I've been considering one, too. Some are quite nice and
convenient. They're simply not netbooks, except in the new redefinition.
I'm not being condescending. I'm annoyed that instead of using an accurate
description of a product, marketing depts. too often redefine names of
existing products to confuse people, either because of laziness on their
part or deliberate obfuscation. This is another example of that.
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