Cheaper ultraportables meet more powerful netbooks

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My attempts at netbooks...

I jumped in early on the 9" netbook craze. Loved the idea, loved the weight, loved the power (though lacking, it was still more than expected and worked well), yet hated the keyboard and screen size.

So, then I moved to a 10.1" netbook. MUCH better keyboard, held out for 1280x768 screen so I do like the screen. But, still just too small for real work.

I will eventually move to a 12" screen. Seems to me that after using a few 12" net/notebooks that this is the key size for a good yet very usable lightweight computer. As long as they can keep it under 4 lbs, and have at least 1280x800 resolution or similar, then that will be the best of all worlds of ultra-mobile computing.

One area still lacking in all netbooks though, is graphical power. I'd like to see some improvement there. The ATI Neo platform seems like a good try, especially since it's also a 64-bit platform, BRAVO ATI on that one. And, the nVidia Ion platform also seems nice, but I've been bitten by nVidia notebook problems too many times. I'll go Intel or ATI on my next one. Eying the HP one very closely right now. If it weren't so shiny, I'd have one. I prefer a rugged portable, not a flashy one.

Posted by: Narg   Posted on: 07/06/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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