4 ms·
I would argue that its not processing or screen size, but rather battery life.. Which the article touched on briefly at the end. With my MacBook Pro (15.4"), I
by Zev 18y ago
I would argue that its not processing or screen size, but rather battery life.. Which the article touched on briefly at the end.
With my MacBook Pro (15.4"), I can get a good 4-5 hours per battery (I've got two batteries, one a year old and one 2-3 months old) if all I'm doing is surfing the net or reading an ebook/watching a non-HD show. And it takes maybe, 10 seconds to switch my battery and a minute to boot back up and back to what I was previously doing.
Until there's a netbook that gets an average battery life longer then my current setup, I've got no reason to switch - or even recommend a netbook to someone over a regular laptop. This way has a nice screen size, good wifi range, same battery life, etc. And I'd carry the same bag around either way.
- jonknee 18y agoI don't get close to that battery life with my MPB (maybe 3 when the batteries were new), but even then there are plenty of netbooks in that range. Some Eee PCs are rated up to 7. Same with some Aspire Ones. Basically any that advertise a 6-cell battery will have plenty of juice. Fun facts: the MBP battery is about half the size of my [whole] netbook, not far from the weight and most amazingly a replacement MBP battery costs 40% of the price of the netbook.