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Laptop buying advice : What's the difference between Netbooks and notebooks?
- 10/31/08 3:43 PM
Get a real laptop.
by dukethepcdr - 10/26/08 5:51 AM In reply to: What's the difference between Netbooks and notebooks? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The difference between Netbooks and Notebooks is more than just in the name. Netbooks are really only good for surfing the internet, hence their name. As much money as these things cost, I recommend getting a full featured laptop instead. Even Notebooks are not as fully featured as a good laptop. Sure Netbooks and Notebooks are smaller and lighter, but consider this. That reduction in weight and size comes at a price.
Laptops have larger screens, built in DVD and in some cases, still have 3.5" floppy drives. They also have better speakers, more slots for inserting PCI cards and in some cases, better video cards for displaying graphics. Laptops also stay cooler during long computing sessions.
So, unless you plan to only use your portable computer for surfing the web, I would not get a Netbook nor a Notebook.
If your work is gaming, get a laptop - if you work is work..
by bofahs - 11/9/08 3:48 PM In reply to: Get a real laptop. by dukethepcdrget a little netbook. I go for months and don't use my DVD drive. There's nothing I can get done on a trip that won't fit on a thumb drive. With google docs, you can't fill a netbook up with work. If you're in the business of film or photos, you're not using a laptop anyway.
Acer Aspire one is the perfect workhorse for those who make their living away from their desks.
World of Warcraft, or GTA can wait til you get home. Now, back to work!
To those people who wants a Netbook with Desktop perfomance:
by Lic. Alejandro González F - 11/19/08 5:20 PM In reply to: If your work is gaming, get a laptop - if you work is work.. by bofahsSome minutes ago, I received an e-mail from Sony Vaio, announcing the new:
Sony Vaio Serie TT190F
Screen LCD 11.1" WXGA (XBRITE-DuraView™),
3 GB DDR3-SDRAM (PC3-6400, 2GB+1GB)
Drive DVD±R Double Layer/DVD±RW
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business de 32-bit or Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium de 32-bit con Service Pack 1
There are more characteristics, but I refered most important.
Ohhh!!!
The Price!!!
Well, with Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium:
Mex $29,699.00 ……more or less US $ 2,376.00
With Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business:
Mex $30,299.00 ……more or less US $ 2,424.00
But with these prices, one Sony Vaio TT190F values the same that 6 (six) Acer Aspire One!!!!!!!!
netbook
by kirk_watstien - 10/26/08 3:23 PM In reply to: What's the difference between Netbooks and notebooks? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
is a notebook small in size..so small that it has no hard drive and certainly has no cd/dvd/rw drives, drive! useful for web surfing but not much else..hence netbook
Netbooks do come with HDDs...
by Flashfox - 11/16/08 12:24 AM In reply to: netbook by kirk_watstienHmm... Then why is it that my Acer Aspire ONE "Netbook" came with a 120GB HDD (now offering 160GB), 1GB memory and Windows XP Home? Don't discount netbooks as they are not all made the same. It's amazing the amount of misinformation which appears in this thread.
No hard drive?
by jose_luis2006 - 3/11/09 5:16 PM In reply to: netbook by kirk_watstienI believe all Netbooks have, either HD (like my Toshiba NB100 with 1160 GB HD) or a solid state equivalent, usually with smaller capacity but power power consumption. As far as I know, no computer can operate without a HD or its solid state equivalent.
A for the traditional CD/DVD drives they are not includied (saving in weight, size and power consumption, but so far I have been using my netbook for all the jobs I did before with my desk PC without thiose increasingly obsolete mechanical drives.
When it comes to music or even video (not something frequent in my case), I can do this with Sandisk 8 GB pendrive that costed me 12 US$. Surfing the web? yes, but not only this....
What's the Difference Between Netbooks and Notebooks?
by JCipo - 10/26/08 3:46 PM In reply to: What's the difference between Netbooks and notebooks? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Working with computers for 30 years should make me credible here. If a laptop has a screen 10 inches or smaller, call it netbook. Some laptops have almost nothing built in (certain Macbooks) and need external hardware but they are still called notebooks. Some netbooks have all the bells and whistles but may cost. Set down what you want in a computer and then how much money you want to spend. If weight is a factor then a netbook might be the answer. However, the screens are small and you better have good eyes to read the smaller screen. I use a laptop with a 17 inch screen. Weight here is more but not that much more. My screen is big and can be clearly seen. There are also 5 plug in ports (USB). A smaller computer may only have 2 ports. Netbooks look cute but may not have the features you want.
John Cip
Netbook vs Notebook
by bgibson.PT - 10/26/08 4:29 PM In reply to: What's the difference between Netbooks and notebooks? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
There are several differences. One none of these netbooks i have seen come with an optical drive. That means to load any software you'll need an external drive or will have to download it. Next you need to look at the netbooks closely and see whether they come with a hard disk drive or a solid state drive. Solid states are similar to the way flash drives work and are more resiliant but you sacrifice storage space. A solid state drive in a netbook usually are 2-16gb while a hard drive could be much more. The basic idea of a netbook is that it will be used for basic document creation, email, and internet. If this is all you will ever want it for then these are great solutions
What's the difference between Netbooks and notebooks?
by curlykale - 10/27/08 5:12 AM In reply to: What's the difference between Netbooks and notebooks? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
A notebook is really a small laptop. It is usually less powerful than a desktop. A lot of netbooks are usining Intel's Atom processor which is fine for surfing the web and doing some word processing. Netbooks don't have a great deal of storage. Notebooks will have anything from 80GB to 320GB hard drives and will deal with some image editing and will play some games. If you want to surf on the go, a Netbook is fine, if you want to do a lot more and have a lot of storage, a notebook is your best bet. Hope this helps,
Curlykale
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by s jaward - 10/29/08 1:44 AM In reply to: What's the difference between Netbooks and notebooks? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
please clarify
the different between netbook and laptop
Notebooks, Laptops, netbooks and just to confuse PDA's
by pecubed - 11/1/08 8:20 AM In reply to: diff by s jawardI do a lot of genealogy, and therefore I use genealogical programs. I know I can use a Notebook, laptop for genealogy and I also know I can use a PDA. The PDA has it problems, size for example, and also it is becoming more difficult to purchase a PDA without a lot of other items, i.e. GPS, Cell Phone, MP player, and I don't know what else. My real question is how much difference exists between the low end Netbooks, and a good PDA? I know size is one thing. Maybe I am introducing another question, but I may be interested in using netbook instead of PDA. Often I use the PDA as a way to have maximum data with me and not having problems with security at airports, some libraries, and also easy to have information with me in the stacks.
What's a netbook?
by Watzman - 10/29/08 6:11 PM In reply to: What's the difference between Netbooks and notebooks? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
A netbook is a very compact laptop, basically. They differ from typical laptops in one or more of the following ways:
1. They often have solid state hard drives (but some have "real" hard drives). Solid state hard drives smaller than real hard drives, use far less power (longer battery life, even with smaller, lighter weight batteries) and they should be FAR more reliable (but some problems have been reported with some of them) because they have no moving parts. But they are VERY small (as small as 4GB) and they are very expensive. Some netbooks now have "real" hard drives.
2. Netbooks usually have no optical drive at all (e.g. no CD or DVD drive)
3. Netbooks usually will run a scaled down operating system, including Linux (very common) or sometimes XP, but rarely Vista.
4. Netbooks will typically have smaller screens than full size laptops.
5. Netbooks may have slower or lower power CPUs and Video than full size laptops .... the presumption being that you are just using them for E-Mail, web surfing and routine, non-intensive Office applications.
6. To keep down both the size and weight, the batteries are smaller and battery life may be short (but lower power CPUs and solid state disk drives both are ways of compensating for that).
7. Expandibility is very limited ... these are designed to do a few fairly simple task "just ok"; they are not designed to do "everything".
As long as what you want to do fits with the capabilities of the device, that's fine. But don't expect too much, and make sure that the screen, keyboard and included features meet your needs, because if they don't you are probably stuck.
Barry Watzman
Watzman@neo.rr.com
Netbooks are...
by choosenotebook - 10/31/08 12:05 AM In reply to: What's the difference between Netbooks and notebooks? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Netbooks are small laptops intended for portability and low cost. The main factor determining a netbook is the processor: a low-cost/low-power and eventually a little low performance processor such as the Intel Atom or Via C7.
Due to this factor, most tasks are limited to basic internet surfing, basic multimedia, e-mail and other basic applications. (still quite useful)
Optical drives are mostly omitted and screen sizes vary from 7" to 10" (10" being the trend with 12"s appearing)
Some are equipped with small capacity SSDs instead of a standard hard drives, especially more when equipped with Linux.
Most XP netbooks are equipped with a standard laptop HDD.
Pros compared to a regular laptop:
- Excellent portability due to small size and light weight
- Good enough for basic computer tasks
- Relatively low cost
Cons compared to a regular laptop:
- Small screen/lower resolution, small keyboard due to small size
- Limited processing power
- Hardware upgrades can be more challenging
- Due to lower processing capabilities, size and cost, advanced features are less adopted (FireWire, HDMI, etc..)
Netbooks are best used as a 2nd laptop when portability is needed (excellent for travel or leisure purposes). If you plan to do serious work with your computer, I recommend getting a standard laptop... but eventually a netbook will come in handy in many cases.
For comparison with other laptop categories, try my article:
http://www.choosenotebook.com/NotebookCategories.php
Most Netbooks use Intel Atom processor
by Jimmy Ho - 10/31/08 1:20 AM In reply to: What's the difference between Netbooks and notebooks? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I understand that most Netbooks use a new CPU called "Atom", but although Intel's website does contain a lot of technical data about this new processor, there seems to be no comparative information about how it performs as compared with other Intel CPUs such as Celeron, Intel Pentium 4 or the dual-core breeds. It is probably fast and smooth enough for playing a video, but most likely will not perform well for video editing.
don't comment if have not experience
by Lic. Alejandro González F - 10/31/08 9:20 AM In reply to: Most Netbooks use Intel Atom processor by Jimmy HoI don’t know which is the knowledge base who other people has their opinions, but since mi first comments, I’d say that I get three PC’s:
1.- One Desktop,
2.- One Laptop, and
3.- One Netbook (Aspire One)
Also, I said that I’m using my Netbook ONLY FOR TRAVELING.
Well, you may see that I get enought experience in order to my words be more credibles.
Yes, I’m a criminal Sawyer who needs write very many texts, and if there is a fact that most of my work is made at my office, and sincerely, I have to say that was usin my Notebook in my travels, but Notebook was replaced by my Netbook Aspire One, and the replacement is most satisfactory., and I’m user from PC’s for MS Office job, not for fun like to see videos or play games.
I can’t understand those people who saids that a Netbook can not serve, just because since my previous comment, I explained thoose things, but to finish my intervention in this forum, I’ll repeat that was said until be tirad of non senses:
To the guys who scorn the Netbook because have not DVD Drive, must to remember that a Desktop have a full speed DVD Burner (22x speed), BUT a Laptop only have a limitated speed DVD Burner (8x speed).
One Laptop NEVER REPLACES TOTALLY to a Desktop.
One Netbook NEVER REPLACES TOTALLY to a Laptop.
And that the source of my comments is the fact that I’m owner and user of the three classes of PC’s before listed.
Lic. Alejandro González Flandes.
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