Notebook Computers

Mini notebook computers can be a great asset to anyone who understands the importance of these little things. They are not just small laptops. They are much more than just a bunch of regular laptop parts put together and while this is what makes them useful for most people, some hate them with a passion.

Netbooks, as the name gives away are made for a single purpose; hopping on the net. Early models didn't really do anything else than that, you could check you e-mails, and the news, but answering to those e-mails was a horror. The 7" screen Asus first installed in their EEE series allowed for only that big keyboard, some reviews even went as far as saying they were stuffed even for a woman.

You could write text on that keyboard, but the buttons were half the size of regular notebook keys, so typos and errors were inevitable. With the most recent models in the range of 10" and 12" screen size keyboards with some ingenious arrangement feats are now useful for people with bigger fingers.

This is usually an argument against netbooks, try one for yourself. Some people hate these keys, some love them, but the ones that are 92 per cent of the full size keyboard are easy to use productively after some getting used.

The small screen size is often the target of jokes and puns from those who have never had to spend more than five minutes in front of them. Six months of using an Asus EEE 1005HA with the standard 1024 by 600 screen on 10" says, that if you are coming around to these computers with the right set of - humble - expectations, you will be able to do many more things than you ever thought you could.

Some people think these are as fast as a normal notebook but in a smaller case with more space restricted input and outputs, but this is not true. It can be one of the roots of the lack of satisfaction amongst those who don't take the time to try to find out if it is for them, or a sub-notebook with a 13" screen and a Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent would be a much better fit. If all you do on your notebook is some word processing and light office tasks, you will be able to put these netbooks into good use.

If you expect to play recent titles, or encode audio or video, you will most probably regret going the cheap notebook route. Think about your priorities and try to find out what it is that you want to do, and if you think that a notebook with the simplest hardware out there can handle it, buy one and don't look back.