Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Mon 4th May 2009 23:46 UTC
The Acer Aspire reviews were getting a little old, so instead of adding yet another anectode of the popular netbook, I thought I'd shake things up a little by giving my view of Asus' slightly more expensive (but worth the extra money) EeePC 1000 HE for the enjoyment of all.
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Personally--and this is just my opinion--I think that 10 inch screens are about the maximum. Any larger than that and it becomes a full-fledged laptop, even if the internals are basically those of a netbook. To me, a netbook is something I can take out of the bag quickly, open up one handed if necessary, and do what I need to do. The current 10 inch netbooks are at that upper limit, any larger than that and you might as well go for a full laptop anyway.
Well that is just semantics anyway - to the end user they don't really care what one calls it; if they can get a 12inch laptop that is cheap, compact and does what they need - they'll buy it.
For the average user the Atom 280/270 is more than sufficient for their needs and if there are vendors out there who are willing to scale it beyond 10inchs then I say all power to them. Windows 7 is optimised for it and there is sufficient grunt for end users to run the applications they need. Its not going to be as powerful to play hardcore computer games or some high end application but for the vast majority it is more than sufficient.
I for one, if they came out tomorrow with a 12inch Notebook/Netbook with Windows 7, would be more than happy to purchase it. The reality is that I use it for little more than surfing the net, writing assignments and notes and occasionally listening to some music; I doubt those small number of activities are going to require a Core 2 Duo monster and hence the idea of never needing a laptop with such grunt, paying for such grunt and never using it to the full potential makes it a waste.
Edited 2009-05-05 02:35 UTC
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Personally--and this is just my opinion--I think that 10 inch screens are about the maximum. Any larger than that and it becomes a full-fledged laptop, even if the internals are basically those of a netbook. To me, a netbook is something I can take out of the bag quickly, open up one handed if necessary, and do what I need to do. The current 10 inch netbooks are at that upper limit, any larger than that and you might as well go for a full laptop anyway.