Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 13th Mar 2009 21:54 UTC
Ok, so you just got a new laptop. You've been hearing about this whole "netbook" thing that's all the rage these days, and you wonder: am I cool? Do I have a netbook? You launch the internet (that blue E), and you ask Google "Do I have a netbook?" soon, you'll be swarmed by loads of terms that all seem to mean the same thing: a really small laptop. Enter The Register's netbook flowchart.
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according to this flow chart my 15" 5lb laptop is an ultra portable because it sold for less then 500...
I hate the term "netbook" for many reason, for starters the screens on most of them are so small that most web pages can be painful to read, taking the net out of netbook. Secondly, there is already a classification for small laptops --sub-notebook and/or ultra-portable.
The fact that tech has become cheep enough to make and sell them for less then 300 shouldn't change the name at all. The entire "netbook" thing is just a marketing attempt to keep people buying sony viao's and macbook airs and the like (ohh those cheep laptops over there with the same screen and specs for 1/4 the price? you don't want those those are "netbooks" what you want is an ultra-portable)
We don't call desktops "nettops" just because you can buy them for less then 200 now, why should we do the same for laptops