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Originally Posted by pughypro  I have been looking into this recently and am giving it serious consideration.
I'm just trying to get over the lack of any optical drive and smaller screen and keyboard issues etc.
I did have one a little while ago, but it was only one that came through the Carphone Warehouse, and Elonex Webbook. I wasn't very impressed and that sort of tainted my experience with them, but there looks to be some good ones out there now.
Is it generally accepted that the Samsung NC10 and the Eee PC 901 or 1000 are the best ones at the moment particularly on battery life?
Many thanks, anyone else with thoughts please let me know  |
Lack of optical drive isn't a problem for most people - how often do you actually pop a DVD or CD into your computer? When I do need to access CDs or DVDs I use one of the virtual CD programmes (got Virtual CD free off a magazine) to make an image on another PC and put it on a memory key or copy to my HDD. For video I always watch divx or xvid files anyway which play superbly on netbooks.
Screen is a bit of a compromise but the increased portability more than makes up for it, IMO. If you are at home just plug it into a standard monitor for a full size normal screen.
Keyboard depends on netbook - the NC10 one is really good and close to a normal laptop. I also have an Aspire One and it is a bit 'shrunken' but still usable. As with a monitor, if you are at home just plug in a USB keyboard.
Netbooks are incredibly portable - they put laptops to shame. You really can carry them everywhere. With a battery life of close to 8 hours, the NC10 really nails it when you are out and about.