Lack of an optical drive for burning DVDs isn't necessarily an obstacle
in a 'netbook'. The SD card slot can make up for DVD burner and hard
drive or small flash drive. You can save to the SD card the kinds of
things you'd normally burn to disk, and your "drive space" is limited
only by the number of SD cards you can afford to buy and carry without
losing them. You can burn to DVD, etc. when you get back to your main
computer.
Most netbooks are hardly replacement notebooks. They're more like very
big PDAs--cheaper too. A netbook won't replace your computer if your
needs are much more than Internet and basic word processing, maybe
touching up or cropping a photo--unless they're full featured UMPCs
which often cost more than a regular size PC. Keep the desktop. Save for
a real [uncrippled] notebook.
interesting....thanks
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Reid Katan <ka...@his.com> wrote:
Quoting Ranbo <ran...@gmail.com>:
But from the responses, guess a netbook can't be a full substitution for a
desktop (what I have now) or a laptop, if it doesn't have CD or DVD
drives.
I was hoping to be able to substitute a laptop (which I don't think I can
afford presently) or netbook for a regular Dell desk top, but sounds like
netbooks would be more of a supplement. Other than the lack of drives and
maybe keyboard size, sounds like it could do most of what I would need,
though.
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