The $300 laptop... actually worth it or just a hobby machine? - Page 2

heybabylover · 05-30-2008, 09:59 AM

May i have a personal question? counld u sent me your email address?My email is heybabylover@gmail.com, thx, man.

spencer · 06-03-2008, 01:01 PM

It looks like a great little machine for web surfing, blogging, web publishing, checking mail...

cindybythesea · 06-06-2008, 10:47 AM

You can actually buy nice laptops for $600 at Best Buy, etc. during sales. I say it's better off just paying a few bucks more for one of these. Still cheap, but good performance at the same time. I got a nice Toshiba laptop with a 17" monitor for $699 last month at Best Buy.

jayfromfree411 · 07-11-2008, 12:10 PM

I think a laptop is such an important tool in one's life that it would be worth it to throw down about $300 more for something of high quality. That is, unless you're certain you're not going to do much with it.

dcramer · 07-24-2008, 08:28 AM

Love it!

Where can you find these things? (My apologies if this seems like a stupid question)

wealth2wealth · 06-18-2009, 10:30 AM

i heard there are many scams in selling taplops on internet

Kathryn · 06-20-2009, 05:32 AM

The performance factor pales in comparison to the form factor. I think the vast majority of people would find that a netbook screen and keyboard are too small to use as their primary computer, unless their primary computer usage consisted of 20 minutes of web surfing and e-mailing a day--which is barely even "hobby computing," if you ask me!

isentropic · 06-24-2009, 11:58 AM

As an owner of a netbook, I can safely say that its an awesome device for personal use, by which I mean web browsing, music, movies and basic word and spreadsheet processing. Its very portable, and can be carried in small bag without having the shoulders suffer.
However, there are a few limitations. The small keyboard makes it really difficult to type. So blogging would not be most comfortable thing to do on the netbooks. Also, a few of my friends had difficulty running MSOffice-07 on Vista, Its not ideal for heavy computing work.

starshard0 · 06-24-2009, 04:05 PM

I've been looking at getting one of these for my wife, since all she does is surf the internet anyways. Very neat machines all in all.

05-30-2008, 09:59 AM	#11
heybabylover Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (10)	hey May i have a personal question? counld u sent me your email address?My email is heybabylover@gmail.com, thx, man. __________________ Green Laser Pointer,Green Laser,Laser Pointer,

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spencer Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 48 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (10)	It looks like a great little machine for web surfing, blogging, web publishing, checking mail... __________________ Never spend your money before you have it. -- Thomas Jefferson Loans Financial Terms

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starshard0 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 608 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Reputation: (12)	I've been looking at getting one of these for my wife, since all she does is surf the internet anyways. Very neat machines all in all. __________________ Why should you read my blog? Because I'm awesome, that's why. من جون جالت؟

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06-06-2008, 10:47 AM	#13
cindybythesea Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 25 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (15)	You can actually buy nice laptops for $600 at Best Buy, etc. during sales. I say it's better off just paying a few bucks more for one of these. Still cheap, but good performance at the same time. I got a nice Toshiba laptop with a 17" monitor for $699 last month at Best Buy.

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jayfromfree411 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (10)	I think a laptop is such an important tool in one's life that it would be worth it to throw down about $300 more for something of high quality. That is, unless you're certain you're not going to do much with it.

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dcramer Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (10)	Love it! Where can you find these things? (My apologies if this seems like a stupid question)

06-18-2009, 10:30 AM	#16
wealth2wealth Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 53 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (10)	i heard there are many scams in selling taplops on internet

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Kathryn Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 138 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Reputation: (19)	The performance factor pales in comparison to the form factor. I think the vast majority of people would find that a netbook screen and keyboard are too small to use as their primary computer, unless their primary computer usage consisted of 20 minutes of web surfing and e-mailing a day--which is barely even "hobby computing," if you ask me!

06-24-2009, 11:58 AM	#18
isentropic Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Reputation: (11)	As an owner of a netbook, I can safely say that its an awesome device for personal use, by which I mean web browsing, music, movies and basic word and spreadsheet processing. Its very portable, and can be carried in small bag without having the shoulders suffer. However, there are a few limitations. The small keyboard makes it really difficult to type. So blogging would not be most comfortable thing to do on the netbooks. Also, a few of my friends had difficulty running MSOffice-07 on Vista, Its not ideal for heavy computing work.