Posts tagged with “NetBook”

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Posted 8 months ago

Netbook OS benchmarks

Incidentally, Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 turns out to be the winner according to this benchmark tests, and the all new Chromium OS needs to catchup.

B.t.w no MS OS is in the scene here. Where is Windows 7?

tags: #benchmarks #os #tech #NetBook
Text Post
Posted 1 year ago

Netbooks

Net-books address a niche-segment in the PC market space, which I believe is a good chunk. Take me as a case in focus. I have a heavy-weight desktop at office and another one at home. I wanted something for my ad hoc travel needs, like when I am on a trip, a trek or just spending a couple of days with my bachelor friends.

a Desktop, Netbook & a Laptop

A high-end PDA Phone seemed way to expensive and clumsy when it comes to typing an email or doing things on the Internet.

A full sized laptop on the other hand is inconvenient too, I cant mindlessly carry it to wherever I go, forget taking it along for a trek.

A net-book fits into this space very snugly. I can carry it without feeling the weight and without anyone noticing (until I take it out of-course). I can do a lot with it too, while travelling I can read an e-book, listen to music, watch a video, do some blogging, dump photos from my camera and even write snippets of code on eclipse.

Best of all it costs half a laptop and less than a high-end PDA-phone(I guess).

One thing I have to complain about though is the battery time. my Acer Aspire One gives me 1 and half hours. I wish I had some 10 hrs or at least 6 (which is usually sufficient time to reach an AC power source). I am sure the net-books to come would address this.

tags: #netbook