May 11, 2009

The shape of the coming netbook revolution

Tomorrow's portables won't just be smaller, lighter, and cheaper; they could also carve out a whole new niche in computing

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cmaurand 11-May-09 7:30am
The Macbook Air is a netbook.
philc 12-May-09 6:32am
I just bought a netbook, HP Mini 1035NR, when the old laptop died. It is an able replacement, with the added convenience of light weight and portability. The biggest problem I had was figuring out how to get the 1024x600 screen out of HP! The book-size form factor is great, as is the low weight. After watching folks struggle to read maps and text on tiny cell phone screens, I can't see an effective way to use a screen much smaller than a 10 in. wscvga.
Manabu 12-May-09 1:49pm
I'm using Asus 1000HE intensively for several monthes, it's price and portability are great. For the small screen, Safari and Chrome(Iron) offers maximum usable area, as well as Firefox's F11 key. I think Netbook can be more useful if some functionalities in cell phone is utilized, such as joystick to scroll. With Webe based experience, apart from maximum use of Windows App, I expect Windows-free (Linux may be) Netbook with large (more pixel) screen. Atom is enough for me for portable use like stationely.

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