Netbook Crazy

The Benefits of Owning a Netbook

When I first heard the term “netbook” I thought my friend was talking about some kind of online book. I later discovered that she was referring to a laptop but, not the usual massive, overweight, not-so-portable electronic slabs many lug around. These netbooks are like miniature laptops with a lot of benefits. For starters, netbooks are much cheaper than average laptops. Already, a reason many would consider switching over to a netbook for. Also, they are much lighter reminding us that these devices are actually supposed to be portable. When’s the last time you carried a laptop...

Intel Confirm Release of the Atom N280, Shipping Now

Processor-maker Intel have confirmed the release of the new Atom N280 chip to manufacturers, thus greatly increasing the potential of many netbooks due to improvements over previous chips. The most noticeable feature is its newly energy efficient hardware adaptation to running high-definition content, drawing less power and thus improving battery life greatly. This is the major step up over previous versions of this netbook processor with other boosts being relatively minor such as a slightly faster clock speed and overall better power conservation. This contrasts greatly to Intel’s original...

Sony Vaio P Internet Anywhere with WWAN

Sony’s new VAIO P Netbook comes with a long awaited feature – WWAN (Wireless Wide Area Network), a feature that lets you obtain wireless internet from anywhere via a subscriber plan with a carrier such as AT&T. This allows people on the go to access the internet any and everywhere that their plan covers. This feature is excellent to work in conjunction with the VAIO P Netbook’s extensive feature set, to keep a businessman productive even when out and about or even to let a teenager stay online and talk to her friends during a long commute home. As perfect as this may sound,...

Summary of the Asus EEE PC 1000

The Asus EEE PC 1000 is a new netbook on the market, and Asus has taken their experience in the netbook field and created a modern, performance-competitive, economical netbook for all users. First thing I noticed was the 40 GB Hard Disk Space, cleverly designed with two hard drives (8 GB and 32 GB), with the latter being a Secure Digital High Capacity drive making it remarkably safe, especially by netbook standards. The next thing to catch my attention was the screen. With its formidable 10 inch size, it had beautiful color, could render up to 1024 x 600 resolution and was viewable from any angle....

Buying a netbook

When buying a netbook, there a few things that need to be considered. You need to take into account who it’s being purchased for, it’s intended use and so on. One of the most common reasons that users opt for a netbook, as opposed to a conventional laptop, is the improved portability. This brings us to our first point of consideration. Is the netbook light enough? Surely, when buying a device, aimed at portability, lightness is something to look for, but not to be sacrificed, too much, at the expense of quality. The next thing to consider when buying a netbook is its energy efficiency....