Comments on: Netbooks – Race to the Bottom Not Such a Bad Thing http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/netbooks-race-to-the-bottom-not-such-a-bad-thing/ All your digital media goodness. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:19:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: merlin http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/netbooks-race-to-the-bottom-not-such-a-bad-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-85683 merlin Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:32:31 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=6371#comment-85683 Аксиома с тоской вспоминала то время, когда она была еще теоремой... Аксиома с тоской вспоминала то время, когда она была еще теоремой…

]]> By: mitu http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/netbooks-race-to-the-bottom-not-such-a-bad-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-85682 mitu Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:28:48 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=6371#comment-85682 Эх, взять бы автомат, да разрядить обстановку!!!!=) Эх, взять бы автомат, да разрядить обстановку!!!!=)

]]> By: CancelCable.com http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/netbooks-race-to-the-bottom-not-such-a-bad-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-85200 CancelCable.com Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:41:57 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=6371#comment-85200 We just bought a $350 MSI Wind two weeks ago and took it with us on vacation. Much easier than toting around our heavy widescreen laptop that costs 5 times as much. After reading the reviews, was intending to use the Wind for e-mail/web browsing only, but was able to watch .mp4 videos from our Xacti digital video cam and even caught a few shows on Hulu and Netflix Instant. Not bad for something that costs less than Microsoft Office! We just bought a $350 MSI Wind two weeks ago and took it with us on vacation. Much easier than toting around our heavy widescreen laptop that costs 5 times as much.

After reading the reviews, was intending to use the Wind for e-mail/web browsing only, but was able to watch .mp4 videos from our Xacti digital video cam and even caught a few shows on Hulu and Netflix Instant. Not bad for something that costs less than Microsoft Office!

]]> By: Dave Zatz http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/netbooks-race-to-the-bottom-not-such-a-bad-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-85182 Dave Zatz Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:09:38 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=6371#comment-85182 Big John, You may be able too... My Best Buy sells both the MSI Wind and a few Eee variations. My Micro Center has those and more, such as the Aspire One. Big John, You may be able too… My Best Buy sells both the MSI Wind and a few Eee variations. My Micro Center has those and more, such as the Aspire One.

]]> By: Big John http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/netbooks-race-to-the-bottom-not-such-a-bad-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-85177 Big John Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:46:00 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=6371#comment-85177 One problem for me is that you can't exactly go to a store and try out several netbooks at once, I'd hate to buy something just to try it out for a little while, then sell it for something else. One problem for me is that you can’t exactly go to a store and try out several netbooks at once, I’d hate to buy something just to try it out for a little while, then sell it for something else.

]]> By: jon http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/netbooks-race-to-the-bottom-not-such-a-bad-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-85172 jon Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:09:03 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=6371#comment-85172 we bought 2 eee 900 as loaner laptops for the two departments i work for at tufts university. we chose eee's because their price makes them "disposable' if they get abused and/or stolen (which is a common occurance for loaner laptops) i will admit that i have big hands so the eee is a bit too small for me. my macbook has served me very well and i plan to get an aluminum macbook within the next year. we bought 2 eee 900 as loaner laptops for the two departments i work for at tufts university. we chose eee’s because their price makes them “disposable’ if they get abused and/or stolen (which is a common occurance for loaner laptops)

i will admit that i have big hands so the eee is a bit too small for me. my macbook has served me very well and i plan to get an aluminum macbook within the next year.

]]> By: Todd http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/netbooks-race-to-the-bottom-not-such-a-bad-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-85171 Todd Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:21:05 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=6371#comment-85171 "Why not use something more full featured on this modern, powerful hardware?" Battery life, battery life, battery life! Android is so unbelievably efficient, makes so few calls to the CPU and when it does, it pushes so few bits of of machine code, you could expect massive gains in battery life. I haven't got an answer from the folks at Venture Beat yet, but I predict a 10x battery savings by using Android on that Asus EEEPC. “Why not use something more full featured on this modern, powerful hardware?”

Battery life, battery life, battery life!

Android is so unbelievably efficient, makes so few calls to the CPU and when it does, it pushes so few bits of of machine code, you could expect massive gains in battery life.

I haven’t got an answer from the folks at Venture Beat yet, but I predict a 10x battery savings by using Android on that Asus EEEPC.

]]> By: xdreamwalker http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/netbooks-race-to-the-bottom-not-such-a-bad-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-85170 xdreamwalker Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:45:56 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=6371#comment-85170 I bought a Eee PC 1000H. It is about as small as my hands will let me go, and it was priced right. It does not have the new nifty Atom processor in it, but I'm not going to be doing a whole bunch of processing on it anyway. I bought a Eee PC 1000H. It is about as small as my hands will let me go, and it was priced right. It does not have the new nifty Atom processor in it, but I’m not going to be doing a whole bunch of processing on it anyway.

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