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In reply to the discussion: Sayonara, netbooks: Asus (and the rest) won't make any more in 2013 [View all]OneTenthofOnePercent
(6,268 posts)30. Man, I like my Acer netook. It's all I use.
Although it's very recent so it's actually pretty good. It's not some crappy Atom or AMD C-series processor with a shitty small screen. It's got a Celeron 877 (basically a neutered Core i3), 11.6" 1366x768 resolution and I put 4GB RAM and an SSD in it. The $100 in extra memory & SSD makes ALL the difference in the world. It's pretty quick running full Win7 Professional and, for $450 total, it's alot closer in components and performance to an ultrabook than a netbook.
WEI:
Processor 4.7
Memory (RAM) 5.9
Graphics 4.9
Gaming graphics 5.7
HDD transfer rate 7.9
Basically, ultrabooks killed netbooks. And they cost 2X as much - so manufacturers are happy get more money.
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Sayonara, netbooks: Asus (and the rest) won't make any more in 2013 [View all]
onehandle
Jan 2013
OP
I still don't see typing on an iPad or other tablet as an acceptable replacement for a keyboard.
randome
Jan 2013
#1
Then you have to lug all that stuff to the coffee shop. A netbook is only one device.
randome
Jan 2013
#9
Maybe a mini-keyboard would be better but that's still two devices to lug around instead of one.
randome
Jan 2013
#10
The Zaggfolio for iPad would also allow you to carry it in a single piece
Bjorn Against
Jan 2013
#44
Alot of ultraboos and alot of the new Macbooks have done away with opticals.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#31
Pretty much any gaming computer is going to be powerful enough to do a lot of computing
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#14
I use my netbook for internet, word processing (lil bit), simple spreadsheets... nothing else.
Liberal_in_LA
Jan 2013
#18
Chromebooks are netbooks that start at $200 but but run Googles's Chrome operating system
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#34
I don't think our infrastructure is all that ideal for full cloud computing
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#43
Tablets didn't destroy the netbook, netbooks destroyed the premium on thin and light
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Jan 2013
#36