If we could get a Newton workalike package for a tablet, it would be a great replacement for netbooks. Some Newton ads even looked like netbooks. The killer feature of the Newton was that I could write on it (handwriting => text) effortlessly, much faster than I could use a keyboard with one hand, and the storage/search features were awesome. Making it bigger and adding a keyboard made it as bulky and awkward as a netbook (but the keyboard could be left behind). Biggest mistake (other than not knowing how to market it) was to add features that made it into a PC.
If Newton functionality was an add-on, someone who doesn't know what it is wouldn't have to pay for those features, and the hardware cost has already been amortized over all the other buyers. Just adding a keyboard to a tablet adds most of the netbook functionality. Apps are available to access a remote (sometimes virtual) PC across the network, giving much faster CPU and connectivity than a netbook alone would have. --Don Ellis On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Scott Granneman <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sayonara, netbooks: Asus (and the rest) won't make any more in 2013 | >> Technology | guardian.co.uk >> >> Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/dec/31/netbooks-dead-2013 >> >> Netbooks are dead. What killed them? I'd say a combination of their general >> crappiness & the iPad. > > My ASUS netbook fills my niche: small (10.1"), light, > fully-functional, plenty of storage (160+ GB), long battery life (6+ > hrs), wifi, cost-effective (~$200). Plus it has replaceable parts: > battery, disk, RAM, keyboard, wifi. That combination of features > makes it ideal for frequent travel. > > Given that Netbooks won't be around for much longer, what alternatives > are there for the <11" laptop-like device? Tablet + keyboard? > > Regards, > - Robert -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
