I bought a netbook. My tablet was dying.. that damn tablet... I had a fujitsu lifebook which cost like $1500+ 2 years ago, now while it was working I really liked scribbling notes on it w/ the pen. I think that is the future, and for that reason I am tempted to get a iPad mainly for the scribling ability. When I am brainstorming work (system design, team scheduling, etc) it really helps -- of course I can just scribble on a notepad as well for 1/100 of the price. The battery casing was going bad causing the contact to slip and poweroff at random times making it annoying as hell to use.
So I bought this ASUS netbook Windows 7 since its soooooo cheap at $300 (and only $3 for a case). Now the interesting thing is.. it has a dual core intel Atom processor, 1gb of RAM and I imagine this i7 Atom is like 10x faster than the original 586/Pentium, but this thing is soooooo slow, its like using IBM OS/2 (sorry to poke fun but that thing was a dog). Its shocking how bloated Windows must be, and W7 is supposed to be far superior than Vista?? I notice the speed of the iPad and makes me wonder... (albiet iPad has limited multi-tasking ability).
Anyways the other problem I find is that the mousepad is horrible, mouse keepings jumping around so I had to buy an external mouse. But even then, waking from sleep sometimes the keyboard or mousepad doesn't register so I have to sleep/wake it again! Omg.. this thing is sooo lame. I'm updating now... we'll see if its driver issues or ASUS hardware that is killing me.
Okay on the flip side, for < 3lbs, its tiny and does everything I need including Excel, MSOffice, and VPN / remote desktop into my work. That is the critical gap that steered me away from the fancy iPad.
Anyways this works and its cheap. There is an interesting hybrid product called the Entourage Edge .. its 1/2 e-reader, 1/2 ipad, 1/2 netbook. This may be the future!!
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