Yes you can use external keyboards, but then why buy such a pc with a keyboard you can't stand? Your point about netbooks is just what I was trying to convey; they are very very slow at everything, and the only thing to recommend them I suppose is that they are the absolutely cheapest way to get a pc. Chip
_____ From: Baracco, Andrew W [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: recomandations for netbook, or laptop One can always plug in a USB full size keyboard if you don't like the laptop keyboard. Lately I have been using my Asus netbook as my primary computer because it is the only working PC I have at home, and have concluded that a netbook is a good secondary or mobile machine, but not up to everyday use. For one thing, I notice that programs and web pages load slower, even though I have 2 GB RAM. Andy From: Chip Orange [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 1:03 PM To: 'Sunshine' Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: recomandations for netbook, or laptop Hi Sunshine, You could buy an external USB optical drive, and connect it to a netbook as needed. The primary difference though, in my opinion, and it's important to understand this, is that netbooks run considerably slower than laptops, and this has caused a lot of complaints among my friends who have purchased a netbook, thinking it's just a smaller and cheaper laptop, and then they can't stand it's slow speed. They often come with a limited version of Windows 7 as well, and a really small and hard to use keyboard. I would not recommend a netbook; I'd either buy a low-priced laptop (which is usually the 15 inch screen ones weighing in around 5 pounds, and often can be found under $400), or I'd spend the money as someone has already recommended, and buy the ultra small/light-weight laptops which are usually 12 inch screens weighing in under 3 pounds (these too may have a keyboard too small to be used comfortably). I like Dell and Lenovo as brands. There are some laptops available with a numeric keypad if you don't think you can get used to the fn-key combinations used to simulate the numeric keypad keys. If you custom order one, I'd recommend asking for the 32-bit windows, and the extra-large 9-cell battery (which sticks out the back slightly, but not noticeably in my opinion, and gives you an extra 1.5 hours of time usually). hth, Chip _____ From: Sunshine [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 11:38 PM To: GWMicro List Subject: recomandations for netbook, or laptop i am looking for a netbook, or laptop, does anyone have any recomandations for these? would like the netbook, or laptop to have a dvd/cd burnner drive, and internal hard drive windows xp or windows 7 32 bit if at posible, and if not 64 bit will be good as well. thanks in advance If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
