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>I think you missed the point of a netbook. I think you missed the point of the question. > the rest is workstation stuff Yes, I want to be able to run works
by alterom 4mo ago
>I think you missed the point of a netbook.
I think you missed the point of the question.
> the rest is workstation stuff
Yes, I want to be able to run workstation stuff on the small computer I carry everywhere, so that I don't have to carry my workstation everywhere.
- dijit 4mo agoget a workstation laptop then? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. Your e-bike can’t tow a carriage either, that’s not strange.
- alterom 4mo agoYou are taking crazy pills. The netbook is a small and inexpensive machine that has enough specs to do the job. And most computers today are beefed up enough to do the jobs I need them to do when I leave the house/office, even the cheapest ones. Given the ability to run the software I use, my concerns are form factor, price, size, weight, ports, and battery life — in that order. This little machine ticks all these boxes; very few others do. Call it a "workstation laptop", and find me one in 10-11 inch size (with a screen that doesn't have 1 inch margins), has an amount of RAM that would be adequate 10 years ago (i.e. more than 4GB), has all the ports, and doesn't cost over $500 (so I won't have to care much when it invariably gets lost, stolen, dropped, etc).
- dijit 4mo agonetbooks could run a browser and an office suite… barely. You’re asking for more than that based on the passage of time, but software got heavier faster than hardware kept up.