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Originally Posted by anyonebutedmonton
In regards to the terrible suckitude that is a netbook...
I honestly cannot believe that people enjoy working on these things. The screen size frustrates me to no end, and they are buggy and slow.
They may be somewhat productive for someone looking for an ultra-portable that just needs to take notes in class or something, but if you are looking for something to consume content on, netbooks suck.
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How are netbooks 'buggy'? O/S problem? You can put any O/S and any patches on it you want so that hopefully is not what you're talking about. Hardware problem? Netbooks come from many companies in many different models and configurations; if this is what you're talking about, it's silly cause you can't make a simple blanket statement like that.
From what I've been able to tell it breaks down like this:
If you want an ultra portable computer so you can do business/take notes/etc - netbooks are a pretty good option.
If you want something shiny that will let you watch movies on - the iPad's a better bet.
Also, while I've never tried it, it seems to me that watching a movie on a netbook would be pretty similar to watching it on one of those portable dvd players - the screen size is about the same. Not an ideal experience but while traveling, that's obviously what some people are looking for.