Opinions on Netbooks/Webbooks please...

[The Blue Fairy]

Has anyone had any experience with these?

I'm very tempted to buy one but would like to hear any comments you may have first

[Keith]

Has anyone had any experience with these?

I'm very tempted to buy one but would like to hear any comments you may have first

I think it very much depends what you want one for.... I couldn't cope with the small keyboard and screen though I COULD see the point having such a small device for travelling.

They're often pretty locked down as well limiting what you can do with some of them

[The Blue Fairy]

Most of them seem to have Linux as the OS. I've no experience with Linux but have heard it's reliable.

The size appeals to me Keith as I would use it when travelling

[Keith]

Most of them seem to have Linux as the OS. I've no experience with Linux but have heard it's reliable.

Well it's the perfect OS for them because it's free and has a very small footprint!

To be honest though, these webbooks from what I've seen, dont really let you get at linux easily. They tend to have a simple menu offering you web/email etc. and thats pretty much what you get to do with them!

Yeah, it's reliable, fast and pretty much spot on for those devices but it does limit your ability to run some windows apps you may like to run (without emulation which they dont seem to include)

The size appeals to me Keith as I would use it when travelling

yep agreed! cant argue with that at all

[The Blue Fairy]

I kinda thought I'd stick to ones which have Windows XP as that's what I'm used to. But that does seem to limit my choice

I'm looking for speed when surfing, email and open office. Don't need to do anything fancy really. The speed when surfing is probably the most important and of course the size for travelling

[Keith]

I kinda thought I'd stick to ones which have Windows XP as that's what I'm used to. But that does seem to limit my choice

I'm looking for speed when surfing, email and open office. Don't need to do anything fancy really. The speed when surfing is probably the most important and of course the size for travelling

WELLL now youre really talking. If you dont NEED any windows only apps, linux ones will be cheaper, more memory available and faster on the same hardware. So if you just need to surf/email/open office, I think you may as well stick with the linux ones

[The Blue Fairy]

WELLL now youre really talking. If you dont NEED any windows only apps, linux ones will be cheaper, more memory available and faster on the same hardware. So if you just need to surf/email/open office, I think you may as well stick with the linux ones

Thanks for your help Keith. Fountain of knowledge as usual :thumbs_up:

[Keith]

Thanks for your help Keith. Fountain of knowledge as usual :thumbs_up:

Youre welcome! I'd be really interested to know how you go on if you do get one!

[The Blue Fairy]

Youre welcome! I'd be really interested to know how you go on if you do get one!

Yep will do

[The Blue Fairy]

Well I now have a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook and I love it!

It does everything I want it to do so I can't complain really. It's so portable and the battery life is over 4 hours and Linux is fab!

One of the criticisms of this model was that some of the keys were too small but that doesn't bother me at all. I have small hands

Can't really complain but then again, I just wanted something portable for surfing and email and it does that no problem