<p>You think a Netbook is sufficient for normal usage? For just streaming movies once in a while and downloading music? Will it last me four years?</p>
<p>Dell has refurbished ones for about 250$</p>
<p>Major: nothing related to computer stuff</p>
<p>Not really. Before I accidentally cooked it (it turned itself on inside it’s sleeve), I just used my Asus netbook for simple stuff like checking email on the go.</p>
<p>They are not meant to replace full size notebooks.</p>
<p>But isn’t the only difference basically just not having a DVD/cd slot & less memory and ram.</p>
<p>I’m thinking it will do for just typing papers but I’m not sure</p>
<p>(I don’t have a lot to spend on a laptop)</p>
<p>(Geek being anal, but memory and ram are the same thing. You mean storage space / hard drive space and ram)</p>
<p>It’s not just that though. The CPU is painfully slow (for $250 I’m guessing 1.6 Ghz Intel Atom single core). I’m not talking slow as in you just have to wait 5 seconds instead of 2 seconds for something to load. I’m talking so slow you can’t even watch youtube videos in full screen without it stuttering.</p>
<p>Lol sorry I’m not familiar with this tech stuff</p>
<p>Well this is the one I was looking at inspiron-mini1012</p>
<p>$250 isn’t that good of a price for a refurbed single core 1.66 Ghz CPU. Walmart online has a few $250 netbooks from Asus and Acer that are 1.5 Ghz dual cores.</p>
<p>But if it were me, I’d get a low end notebook on sale somewhere (for $300-$400 you can get a dual core 2.0 Ghz which will do circles around a netbook) </p>
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<p>perhaps (something like) this Acer Diamond Black 11.6" Aspire One 722-BZ197 Laptop PC with AMD Dual-Core C-50 Processor and Windows 7 Home Premium I realize it’s a 1.0 Ghz dual core</p>
<p>that one looks good, I don’t know much about the brand but I’ll look more into it.</p>
<p>I have no idea about core thingys, but thanks this is the feedback I need!</p>
<p>OK, in terms of a 5 minute lesson, “cores” is basically the number of CPU’s. So a dual core theoretically has twice as much power as a single core at the same Ghz. The “trick” though is that most programs will only take advantage of 1 core. So a dual core only is helpful for multitasking…running 2 or more programs at the same time.</p>
<p>But, you probably know, your computer is always doing stuff in the background. Thus dual cores are considered better than single cores because whatever you’re doing (Googling your name, playing a game, etc etc) can use one core and all the stuff in the background can use the other.</p>
<p>A head scratcher even for geeks is something like a fast single core (1 x 1.6 Ghz) vs a slow dual core (2 x 1 Ghz).</p>
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<p>Except that “geeks” would likely know that the quality of a CPU is far more complex than just the clock speed.</p>
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<p>No, I had to make do with a netbook as my primary computer for a month or so, and it wasn’t really capable of reliably playing video. You could watch some things on Youtube, but TV shows were a pain.</p>
<p>If you do end up getting a netbook make sure you buy a DUAL CORE processor.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t get a Dell netbook. They’re more known for their budget 14’‘,15’‘, 17’’ laptops.</p>
<p>Asus and Acer are top in the netbook market. Asus’s netbooks are called Eee PC’s. Acer’s are called Acer Aspire One. Many of their current netbooks also come with better graphics cards. Netbooks with weak, basic gfx cards can’t even played Bejeweled or any Farmville on Facebook. At least with a capable gfx card you won’t have studdering.</p>
<p>I don’t plan on playing games on it though, I don’t even know how much time I’d spend on it besides using it for research, typing up papers, and downloading music.</p>
<p>And yeah I will I’m going to look into the one the above poster suggested,</p>
<p>Ya, I was just adding onto UAKid’s comments. With a basic graphics card the computer will be struggling with Youtube/full screen movies or anything visual… which really sucks.</p>
<p>They’ve been working fine for most of my friends who aren’t doing anything technical. If it doesn’t work out, you can just get another laptop.</p>
<p>You do not want to try and type a paper on a netbook. Their keyboards are atrociously tiny and cramped, making for horrible touch-typing unless your fingers are toddler-sized.</p>
<p>They kind of are^</p>
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<p>Netbooks also have worse issues than laptops, when it comes to overheating.</p>
<p>Definitely get a proper laptop.</p>
<p>You can find lots of decent laptops for $300-400
a better choice than a net-book.
try Newegg, Tigerdirect, Toshibadirect etc</p>
<p>I shall ! Thanks you guys saved me from making a big mistake
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<p>If you are planning on using the same laptop for all 4 years, definitely get a 15" machine and make sure it’s a bit more future proof than a netbook.</p>
<p>Netbooks are also really out of “style/fashion” now with tablets taking over.</p>