Agreed. Screen size is a big deal. We bought 10 for our electronic board meetings and for PD at the district office. For reading PDFs at the board meeting it works ok. For PD the screens just are not big enough.
Curtis McKay Sent from my phone On Sep 4, 2010, at 8:58 AM, "Steele, Thomas C" <tste...@manteno5.org> wrote: > While the cost, size and battery life make netbooks appealing, they should > not be considered drop-in replacements for traditional desktops or laptops. > Some things to note... > > Most have reduced size keys (approx 85%) and the screen size is not the same > ratio as a standard monitor or projector so there tends to be some > stretch/distortion on the screen when using it with a projector (or the > projector cuts off part of the screen). Also, the processors are very slow > compared to most laptops/desktops - for basic office type applications and > websurfing this is not a big deal, but could be an issue if multi-tasking > and/or running processor intensive operations (like major spreadsheet > recalculations). > > Personally I love my netbook but would never use it for my primary computer. > For me it works best to take to meetings, to use while traveling, etc. in > situations where I need a small footprint and long battery life (works great > on a plane!!). > > -TS > > -----Original Message----- > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of James Podraza > Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 8:22 AM > To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List > Subject: [tech-geeks] netbook recommendations > > Hi, > > Any recommendations or warnings about netbooks? We are > looking into getting a few for staff use at professional > development sessions and to hook up to a projector for > presentations (PowerPoint, etc.). If they work with our > Novell network and other software, we would be getting more > as replacements when our mobile lab dies. > > Thanks, > > J.Pod. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > James Podraza > Director of Technology > Wood Dale School District #7 > 655 North Wood Dale Road > Wood Dale, IL 60191 > email: jpodr...@wdsd7.org > voice: 630.766.6210 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If > you have received this email in error, please notify the system manager. This > message contains confidential information and is intended only for the > individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender > immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete > this email from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, you are > notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in > reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
