The ones you are talking about never took off as they were as
expensive as a full size Laptop and people would not spend the money for them.
The newer netbooks save money by using a smaller sized LCD and also a
less expensive (plus power saving) processor that Intel came out with.
The ones that fit into a cargo pocket just never took off.
Do not equate cheap with junk.
For what she asked for it fit the criteria.
Smartphones are OK but they are not mini notebooks, and their
keyboards are too cramped to get serious work done.
The Netbooks fit the middle ground. Their battery life is better
than notebooks, and not as good as smartphones/pda's.
They fit a niche and a need.
Once again they are not good for everybody nor are they meant to be.
Stewart
At 12:03 PM 5/22/2009, you wrote:
I tried one of the early netbooks in Europe. They were excellent.
I'm very disappointed at the merely crippled small cheap notebooks
that pass as netbooks now. Tried several. I wouldn't recommend them.
They're not much more portable than a smaller notebook and less
versatile than the original netbooks two years ago.
Most of all, they don't fit in my cargo pocket, therefore they're
kind of pointless for traveling light. I'd rather carry either my
MacBook or iPod Touch or Nokia E- or N-series smart phone, which are
more useful to me. Yes, Apple has spoiled me. So has Nokia, for its
quality devices.
For an Internet device, the cheap netbooks are OK, but the
$1200-$4000 original netbooks were superb by comparison. Cheap and
small hardly compares to quality and small. You gets what you pays for!
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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