Netbooks

[MochaxJava]

Waste of money. $350 for a single core laptop? I think not. They're also way to difficult to type of the hard drive is to small. Get a 13-14 inch laptop if you want something small and portable. They may cost a bit more but some of them are really nice and definitely worth it. You can do everything on them that you could do on a larger laptop as well.

[Sensorium139]

MochaxJava

Waste of money. $350 for a single core laptop? I think not. They're also way to difficult to type of the hard drive is to small. Get a 13-14 inch laptop if you want something small and portable. They may cost a bit more but some of them are really nice and definitely worth it. You can do everything on them that you could do on a larger laptop as well.

Yeah but lets see what you can get for $350 or less:

Toshiba L455

Single core processor, not a very large hard drive, and trust me, My Toshiba is about the same size...bulky for someone who has to carry it a lot. I can put up with it, but who's to say others can?

Acer aspire laptop

This is basically like a 15 inch netbook, not very powerful, actually less powerful than the Toshiba >_> .

[I Beast I]

Arthora

Ok, for netbooks you have a few options. I personally went with a ASUS Eee pc 1000he. Great price tag and good features, however if you purchase this model you will want to go ahead and put in 2gb of ram right away. The 1gb will suffice, but its always nice to add a little speed.

RAM has nothing to do with speed. CPU has to do with speed, RAM just the amount of processes you can run without a slow-down.

I wouldn't recommend buying one: not only are they ridiculously slow and difficult to upgrade, they're not durable, and typing on them (at least for me [big hands]) is hard.

[Arthora]

MochaxJava

Waste of money. $350 for a single core laptop? I think not. They're also way to difficult to type of the hard drive is to small. Get a 13-14 inch laptop if you want something small and portable. They may cost a bit more but some of them are really nice and definitely worth it. You can do everything on them that you could do on a larger laptop as well.

The hard drive is not small, unless you get a ssd, and the reason why those are small, is because they are fast as heck. And the 13-14 inch laptop for the same price is not going to be portable, and isn't going to be more powerful. And if it is more powerful, it won't be by much, then you will most likely be lacking in another area.

[Arthora]

I Beast I

RAM has nothing to do with speed. CPU has to do with speed, RAM just the amount of processes you can run without a slow-down.

I wouldn't recommend buying one: not only are they ridiculously slow and difficult to upgrade, they're not durable, and typing on them (at least for me [big hands]) is hard.

The keyboard shouldn't be difficult to type on, the keys are normal sized and it is only 8% smaller than a standard keyboard. And for a 6 foot male with proportional hands, typing offers no difficulty.

And I am aware what ram does, but when a netbook is running the extra ram helps to keep it up to speed of a normal computer. I do not know where your experience comes from, but they do not run ridiculously slow, and are not hard to upgrade. Now if you are going to be comparing them to a home built desktop of course it is going to be slower, but keep in mind it is not meant to be a user's main computer, many have a desktop or laptop to use at home for their main computer usage. And the person asking about them already has a Laptop she uses for gaming and video stuff.

[LilPinkCandy]

Arthora

I Beast I

RAM has nothing to do with speed. CPU has to do with speed, RAM just the amount of processes you can run without a slow-down.

I wouldn't recommend buying one: not only are they ridiculously slow and difficult to upgrade, they're not durable, and typing on them (at least for me [big hands]) is hard.

The keyboard shouldn't be difficult to type on, the keys are normal sized and it is only 8% smaller than a standard keyboard. And for a 6 foot male with proportional hands, typing offers no difficulty.

And I am aware what ram does, but when a netbook is running the extra ram helps to keep it up to speed of a normal computer. I do not know where your experience comes from, but they do not run ridiculously slow, and are not hard to upgrade. Now if you are going to be comparing them to a home built desktop of course it is going to be slower, but keep in mind it is not meant to be a user's main computer, many have a desktop or laptop to use at home for their main computer usage. And the person asking about them already has a Laptop she uses for gaming and video stuff.

exactly, a netbook has a totally different use than a normal laptop or a desktop computer. People wanting netbooks want something ultra portable so they do not need to lug around monster laptops around with them. I even consider a monster laptop to be a 14inch because i am tiny and only 82lbs. Size is subjective to a person... most people want a netbook because it is tiny and easy to pop out in class, take notes and take other places.
I do so much on my netbook and the slowness doesn't affect me much. My boyfriend notices it, but he notices everything. However, for me it is the perfect little pink computer. I got one of the fastest and highest end atom processors.
Beast: I will agree that some people with big hands may find it hard to type, however my boyfriend's dad has the HP netbook and is perfectly fine; but my boyfriend doesn't like netbooks because he finds it difficult to type- so, this is very subjective. BTW, you can upgrade the ram to 2GB.

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MochaxJava

Waste of money. $350 for a single core laptop? I think not. They're also way to difficult to type of the hard drive is to small. Get a 13-14 inch laptop if you want something small and portable. They may cost a bit more but some of them are really nice and definitely worth it. You can do everything on them that you could do on a larger laptop as well.

Eh, they use the same harddrives as any other laptop.

[LilPinkCandy]

MochaxJava

Get a 13-14 inch laptop if you want something small and portable.

I had a 14 inch laptop and it was heavy for me. size is absolutely subjective. For my bf, since he weighs much more than I do and is taller- he can carry more than I can. A 14 inch is nothing for him to lug around. However, for me a 14 inch is like a monster since i am only 82lbs and don't have much muscle. Carrying a 14.1 screen is heavy when mixed with tons of books and folders... It is a lot. Not everyone considers the same things small and portable. In fact I think everything over 11 inch screens to be monsters unless they are also thin and weigh no more than 2.5lbs....
Again, that is just me and my preferences and as you can see- you obviously do not agree with my weight limitations and my point is the OP wants a netbook because to that person maybe a 14 inch screen will not cut it. We don't know the OPs weight limitations or how much the OP can carry.

[Sensorium139]

ok wtf? I have very little muscle but I can carry a 14-15.4 inch laptop in a back pack just fine. My old laptop is 14 inches(about 5 pounds), my newer Toshiba laptop is 15.4 inches (and about 6.6 lbs) , I don't have a problem carrying either... and I have a smaller set of hands, and I thought I'd struggle with a laptop larger than 15 inches, and I find it easier to type on my larger laptop ...I tend to me a lot of typos on my netbook and smaller laptop anymore D:.

But if you want portability a netbook sure beats a 6.6 pound laptop razz .

[LilPinkCandy]

Sensorium139

ok wtf? I have very little muscle but I can carry a 14-15.4 inch laptop in a back pack just fine. My old laptop is 14 inches(about 5 pounds), my newer Toshiba laptop is 15.4 inches (and about 6.6 lbs) , I don't have a problem carrying either... and I have a smaller set of hands, and I thought I'd struggle with a laptop larger than 15 inches, and I find it easier to type on my larger laptop ...I tend to me a lot of typos on my netbook and smaller laptop anymore D:.

But if you want portability a netbook sure beats a 6.6 pound laptop razz .

Well, a 14 inch one was too heavy for everyday carrying when carrying lots of other things with me everyday. Sure, i can carry it but my shoulder started aching alot and it just wasn't feasible anymore. Granted now that i'm almost done with school i do not have lots of heavy books with me all of the time, but my tiny one is much more portable than my 14 inch. My point is that size is subjective and that not everyone will find a 14 inch screen portable in terms of weight. Depending on its use, people will be willing to sacrifice power. My mom for example. The most that she does is facebook and word processing. A netbook serves here just fine. She has no reason to buy a normal notebook with more power than what she has.

[I Beast I]

Arthora

I Beast I

RAM has nothing to do with speed. CPU has to do with speed, RAM just the amount of processes you can run without a slow-down.

I wouldn't recommend buying one: not only are they ridiculously slow and difficult to upgrade, they're not durable, and typing on them (at least for me [big hands]) is hard.

The keyboard shouldn't be difficult to type on, the keys are normal sized and it is only 8% smaller than a standard keyboard. And for a 6 foot male with proportional hands, typing offers no difficulty.

And I am aware what ram does, but when a netbook is running the extra ram helps to keep it up to speed of a normal computer. I do not know where your experience comes from, but they do not run ridiculously slow, and are not hard to upgrade. Now if you are going to be comparing them to a home built desktop of course it is going to be slower, but keep in mind it is not meant to be a user's main computer, many have a desktop or laptop to use at home for their main computer usage. And the person asking about them already has a Laptop she uses for gaming and video stuff.

Err I don't really have much experience with netbooks; someone in my Programming class brings one and I tryed typing on one, my hand was as long as the keyboard. And, you're telling me that it's easy to upgrade a compact laptop?

[Arthora]

I Beast I

Err I don't really have much experience with netbooks; someone in my Programming class brings one and I tryed typing on one, my hand was as long as the keyboard. And, you're telling me that it's easy to upgrade a compact laptop?

Yeah, i suppose it would be fairly difficult for just starting to use one, but you really get use to it quickly. Yeah a netbook is easy to upgrade, for ram it is literally 2 screws, pulling out the original and putting in the new one. At least for mine it was. It isn't like the macbook air where you have to unpack all of the components. And that is about the extent of most upgrading on laptops in many cases. Anything further than that, and most people just head on over to geek squad so the other stuff doesn't really matter. But I have no experience in replacing anything else because I have no need to.

[Sensorium139]

I find it's actually very easy to upgrade my EEE pc, I haven't, but everything's all right there under a door.

My larger laptop's actually the hard to figure out one I can't figure out what is under every door sometimes D:.