Star Study Says People Dissatisfied with Netbooks
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 23rd Jun 2009 13:31 UTC, submitted by Hakime
Hardware, Embedded Systems The NPD group has done a study into customer satisfaction among netbook buyers, and they came to some surprisingly unsurprising results. As it turns out, people who expected a notebook when they bought a netbook were more likely to be disappointed than buyers who set out to buy a netbook from the get-go. No doodoo, Sherlock.
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Finalzone
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2005-07-06

Here's what the EeePC is lacking or deficient that would otherwise make it a 'real' computer::

Keyboard. Speakers. Graphic card. Sound card. Screen size. Processor. Upgradability/expandability. Optical drive. RAID-capable. Floppy drive (some folks still use them, particularly us OS hobbiests). Multi-card reader.


I am writing from LG LT20 that has similar spec to Asus EEE PC (1.5 GHz Pentium M with 2GB DDR-RAM). It does not have built-in optical drive nor floppy disk (which is depreciated and should not be part of modern netbook or notebook). For that logic, LT20 is not a 'real' computer, right?


Not to mention limitations on software and operating system installations.


It depends what operating are used. It is not hard to install from a live-USB or SD Card.


Don't misunderstand, I actually like the Eeepc; it's the perfect motel toy for traveling. But I have no fantasies about it running the same software or performing the same tasks as a 'real' computer: gaming, GIS, CAD, music, connecting to peripherals, etc.


Then you should blame yourself to choose the wrong hardware. As for music, even the XO-1 can play them once your favorite musics are converted (on a Linux distribution, it just a matter for using OGGConvert or ffmpeg2[insert_format]).

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