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I guess they are OK
With most Windows Based Netbooks being in the $350 area I do not see any advantage of a netbook other than size. Sure you can get a nice light 10" screen netbook, but expect to only do light duty. After all the name Netbook came about because their focus was Internet and Internet based applications. I know that they are popular and I think a lot of that has to do with the "cuteness" factor, but I know many teachers in my organization that bought one thinking it was a Notebook/Laptop and were very disappointed with the performance and lack of features and when they found out they could get a full featured notebook for less than $100 more in some cases they were happy to go that route. Yeah those notebooks are a couple pounds heavier but they have a ROM drive, Media Readers, much better performance, and despite the extra weight a 14" screen is much better than a 10" screen.

On the same note I know some people that bought it for the sole purpous to watch internet and downloaded movie clips while traveling. I guess to each is own but having used these Netbooks I find them to be slow, underpowered/Underfeatured, and not worth the minimal cost savings in the long run. Even running less intense applications like MS OFfice perform terribly. Also we buy our laptops in bulk and to us Warranty is very important so I look at it this way:

10" Netbook with 3 year warranty is about $550
1.6Ghz Atom
1GB Ram
16GB SSD or 80 - 120GB Sata HDD

or

14" Notebook with 14" Screen with 5 year warranty is about $750
1.8 - 2.0Ghz Core 2 Duo
2 - 3GB Ram
80 - 160GB Hard Drive
DVD-RW Drive
Media Reader
Web Cam

These are the prices we got quoted to replace our laptop carts because My boss wanted netbooks becuase he felt he could save a lot of money. Sure you can save a couple hundred dollars initially, but its not worth the performance/feature loss. Not to mention a big bulk of that $200 increase is the warranty for 5 total years.
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I guess they are OK  bobiroc | 05/13/09
I've had my HP Mini 1000 for ...  EdNetman | 05/13/09
OSX on an HP?  bobiroc | 05/13/09
OSX on a netbook  brble | 05/15/09
I can't put my aspire one down!  bendib | 05/16/09
Nice second laptop  daphni3 | 05/16/09
Finally a Linux troll said it...  JT82 | 05/16/09
@ JT82, YALT ('Yet Another Linux Troll')  n0neXn0ne | 05/16/09
Don't generalize...  chagiadan | 05/17/09
At least he's honest..  Wintel BSOD | 05/18/09
Lose functionality?  jdieter@... | 05/18/09
Funtionality  chromeronin | 05/18/09
A lot of Winbloze fanboys hate netbooks...  Wintel BSOD | 05/19/09
Are you clueless?  wonderbored | 10/29/09
Of course they aren't full powered notebooks  wolf_z | 05/13/09
See I can see that.  bobiroc | 05/13/09
And that is . . .  JLHenry | 05/13/09
I will give you that.  bobiroc | 05/13/09
It's in the same  chromeronin | 05/18/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  thelivo | 05/13/09
I keep saying  Roger Ramjet | 05/13/09
What he said  mswift@... | 05/15/09
That's because sleep sucks  frgough | 05/16/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  clarnT | 05/14/09
I think you are right on  ThePrairiePrankster | 05/14/09
Laptop too big, phone too small  robinrainford@... | 05/18/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  fejlinton | 05/14/09
When an under $500 netbook comes out with .. (the universe?)  Chalfont | 05/15/09
classic parallel printer port for netbook?  pupkin_z | 05/15/09
Open Office?  jongunn@... | 05/19/09
Try again.  Valiarchon | 05/19/09
EEEPC 1000HD great netbook!  sanctusmedia@... | 05/15/09
unix  jdieter@... | 05/18/09
Effeminate  comp_indiana | 05/15/09
iPod Touch is nothing like a netbook  bw@... | 05/15/09
"An[d] Apple needs to realize this, ...  mwagner@... | 05/15/09
I don't think so...  parabyte | 05/15/09
my cellphone is very thin  stevey_d | 05/15/09
Well  jdbukis@... | 05/16/09
if only it were sold with a cellular radio  GASGTO73@... | 05/18/09
BlackBerry is a better comparison...  parabyte | 05/15/09
the nokia communicator used to be very good for long emails etc  stevey_d | 05/15/09
Yeah right  McJimmy | 05/15/09
"Effeminate?"  psion@... | 05/15/09
You've got to be kidding!  Bobumc | 05/15/09
that's just wrong  DonBurnett | 05/16/09
3d Games on a netbook  DonBurnett | 05/16/09
Asus 900 is great but....  sunnata1 | 05/15/09
You try to do to much!  psion@... | 05/15/09
Then buy a NOTEbook  parabyte | 05/15/09
dont want the bulk  sunnata1 | 05/15/09
Would you try your car in Formula 1 then?  pupkin_z | 05/15/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  tjskimt@... | 05/15/09
I agree  riotgrrl | 05/15/09
So basically what you're saying is...  Steve Goldman | 05/15/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  evay1 | 05/15/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  andrei.ciocan@... | 05/15/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  lectrikolor@... | 05/15/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  RDRocha | 05/15/09
you have missed the point  ismoore | 05/15/09
YES, but they are NOT a ...  mwagner@... | 05/15/09
Hardly a toy . . .  Bobumc | 05/15/09
If it meets your needs, then you are correct ...  mwagner@... | 05/18/09
By your logic, I'd consider a notebook a toy.  CobraA1 | 05/16/09
You make a good point ...  mwagner@... | 05/18/09
Marketing, marketing...  Mitch 74 | 05/28/09
EeePC HAS replaced my notebook  bvlenci | 05/19/09
Use it more and more  lizcw@... | 05/30/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  andrei.ciocan@... | 05/15/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  riotgrrl | 05/15/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  Romano4444 | 05/15/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  binstock@... | 05/15/09
Neither a toy nor a notebook  mark16_15@... | 05/15/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  evay1 | 05/15/09
Great travel computers  snordha1@... | 05/15/09
Exactly  cdelsol | 05/15/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  azsilvertip | 05/15/09
Performance, perofrmance, performance ...  mwagner@... | 05/15/09
You're not buying a netbook for performance.  CobraA1 | 05/16/09
No, one doesn't buy a netbook ...  mwagner@... | 05/18/09
"No 3D Gaming" Try again...  dracomaster | 05/15/09
A small correction...  parabyte | 05/15/09
WoW . . .  CobraA1 | 05/16/09
Load Fedora on it and be DONE!  Christian_<>< | 05/15/09
How pathetic...  Kromaethius | 05/15/09
re: how pathetic  Christian_<>< | 05/15/09
Hate to burst your bubble but...  wolf_z | 05/16/09
re: who runs ALL websities it is not IIS ....  Christian_<>< | 05/16/09
I don't care what Microsoft says...  wonderbored | 10/29/09
You forgot about the HP dv2z  Narg | 05/15/09
Well  inxy@... | 05/15/09
My Mac Netbook works just fine.  Vince Chew | 05/15/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  cjc82s | 05/15/09
google calendar or mail - use a phone.  stevey_d | 05/15/09
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Return Rates  telic | 05/16/09
re: .... return rates ....  n0neXn0ne | 05/16/09
depends on what you want.  crabbypup | 05/16/09
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Well, duh  frgough | 05/16/09
Specialized netbook products ...  George Mitchell | 05/16/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  jfreedle2@... | 05/16/09
They're good for what they do.  CobraA1 | 05/16/09
My Dell Mini 9 has all but replaced my other machines  Scrat | 05/16/09
are you happy with the mini Dell?  Christian_<>< | 05/16/09
re:are you happy with the mini Dell?  snordha1@... | 05/17/09
What toys? My Aspire One is my "mobile office"!  chagiadan | 05/16/09
Real World  aharper@... | 05/16/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  XArt | 05/17/09
RE: A sucker "does"  Orpheline | 05/17/09
You had me until the huge spreadsheets  jilspn | 05/17/09
Yeah - HA HA...  wonderbored | 10/29/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  jacosmit | 05/17/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  bbarnes@... | 05/18/09
Linpus  chromeronin | 05/18/09
ASUS  jdieter@... | 05/18/09
ACER Aspire 10.1"  kps_46635@... | 05/18/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  chromeronin | 05/18/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  steeliejim | 05/18/09
High End Netbooks  mike@... | 05/18/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  chromeronin | 05/18/09
Form = Function  Breetai | 05/18/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  i.montgomery@... | 05/18/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  deowll | 05/18/09
Love my Acer Aspire One - Internet Markeing and Email use  johnstringer | 05/18/09
Ideal for college  RStorment | 05/18/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  lmpicard@... | 05/18/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  ken@... | 05/18/09
Definitely Tiny Notebook  CodeCurmudgeon | 05/18/09
Toys Now, Real Tools Later  brianpeterson@... | 05/18/09
Horses for courses.  SuperluminalX | 05/18/09
I LOVE My ASUS 1000HE  itbecketts | 05/18/09
Aspire & Windows 7!!  barryw@... | 05/18/09
Ubiquitous as the filofax  putt1ck | 05/18/09
Re: Excel tasks  Greenknight_z | 05/19/09
iPhone plus Aspire equals happy IT girl!  ikitty | 05/19/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  sycoman6 | 05/19/09
Girly Toy  comp_indiana | 05/19/09
problems with netbook  imperialjade | 05/19/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  mgjsmith@... | 05/19/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  mgjsmith@... | 05/19/09
For tourists....  bbonis@... | 05/20/09
Because...  JJ Brannon | 05/20/09
netbook more for personal computing  edmetric | 06/01/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  zak89 | 06/08/09
RE: Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?  RichAronson | 06/26/09
MY ULTRA-PORTABLE computer...  wonderbored | 10/29/09
Excellent for tourists...  wonderbored | 10/29/09

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