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Through a poxy little screen. That's still the biggest turn-off for me.

by RossM 18y ago

blasdel 18y ago
There have been small high-quality screens available for some time -- the Fujitsu P-series laptops had extremely nice 10.2" 1280x768 screens (I had a P2120). At least the netbook vendors stopped trying to use $8 DVD Player screens (7" 800x480), and moved to 9" & 10" 1024x600 screens. There are a few netbooks out with 1280x800 screens. My biggest problem is the shitty style of keyboards that are so popular in east asia -- my Fujitsu had one, the EEE keyboards are a perfect example: Irregular keyshapes, odd staggering, arrow keys that displace the right-shift, too-big/no F-keys, shitty keyfeel, flexy support, etc. The only netbooks I've seen with good keyboards have been the Acer/HP models, though they have the odd touchpads.
- electromagnetic 18y ago
  My problem is that they're largely inferior to a small regular laptop, yet cost more. It's like getting a MacBook vs Air. I'm sorry, the Air is nice and is exactly what I need it for, but for $1000 fucking dollars I'll take the extra 2 lbs of weight. I mean jesus christ, the appeal is for people traveling and overweight charges on airlines aren't that expensive.
  - silencio 18y ago
    I like to view netbooks as a supplement to my iPhone and MacBook rather than as a replacement. Sometimes the iPhone doesn't cut it (coding and typing lots in general, and this isn't a virtual keyboard thing it's a smartphone thumbboard thing and generally keyboards for mobile phones aren't terribly great either) and the MacBook isn't something I can stuff in my purse in the morning and not worry about the additional weight and possible theft and things like that. I'll just take the iPhone alone when I need to, I'll take the MacBook when I need to, but for the average case a netbook will work for what I want to do on-the-go in a very small and light form factor. I know they're inferior to a small regular laptop..but if I wanted a "small" regular laptop I'd take the MacBook. The netbooks on the market now are half the cost of the MacBook. Under no circumstances do I really want an Air since it's too thin, way expensive and underpowered for my needs vs. the cost. et cetera.

Through a poxy little screen. That's still the biggest turn-off for me.

by RossM 18y ago

Through a poxy little screen. That's still the biggest turn-off for me.

There have been small high-quality screens available for some time -- the Fujitsu P-series laptops had extremely nice 10.2" 1280x768 screens (I had a P2120). At least the netbook vendors stopped trying to use $8 DVD Player screens (7" 800x480), and moved to 9" & 10" 1024x600 screens. There are a few netbooks out with 1280x800 screens. My biggest problem is the shitty style of keyboards that are so popular in east asia -- my Fujitsu had one, the EEE keyboards are a perfect example: Irregular keyshapes, odd staggering, arrow keys that displace the right-shift, too-big/no F-keys, shitty keyfeel, flexy support, etc. The only netbooks I've seen with good keyboards have been the Acer/HP models, though they have the odd touchpads.

electromagnetic 18y ago
My problem is that they're largely inferior to a small regular laptop, yet cost more. It's like getting a MacBook vs Air. I'm sorry, the Air is nice and is exactly what I need it for, but for $1000 fucking dollars I'll take the extra 2 lbs of weight. I mean jesus christ, the appeal is for people traveling and overweight charges on airlines aren't that expensive.
- silencio 18y ago
  I like to view netbooks as a supplement to my iPhone and MacBook rather than as a replacement. Sometimes the iPhone doesn't cut it (coding and typing lots in general, and this isn't a virtual keyboard thing it's a smartphone thumbboard thing and generally keyboards for mobile phones aren't terribly great either) and the MacBook isn't something I can stuff in my purse in the morning and not worry about the additional weight and possible theft and things like that. I'll just take the iPhone alone when I need to, I'll take the MacBook when I need to, but for the average case a netbook will work for what I want to do on-the-go in a very small and light form factor. I know they're inferior to a small regular laptop..but if I wanted a "small" regular laptop I'd take the MacBook. The netbooks on the market now are half the cost of the MacBook. Under no circumstances do I really want an Air since it's too thin, way expensive and underpowered for my needs vs. the cost. et cetera.