Pelican Parts Forums - Netbook For Daughter

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Originally Posted by enzo1 (Post 5115354)

apple-itablet to be announced january 27th , will be the deal! Can't wait to get 1 myself! I've had all the problems with the mentioned brands of computers, never again!she would be able to keep it for 6-7 years, microsoft 7ista sucks, doesn't have bill Gates anymore, does have Balmer( a complete joke)!It's going to be revolutionary & good for school

Have you ever used a computer without a keyboard? Ever used a table like device? I used a Palm Lifedrive for several years. I quickly came to the conclusion that a keyboard is a good thing.

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Originally Posted by svandamme

i bought a Dell Inspiron 11Z
11 inch screen
1.3ghz duo core Pentium ultra low voltage
2gig ram
160 gig disk

That thing blows netbooks away at pretty much the same price, just a bit bigger
I run it with XP
Battery life is... well, it's ok'ish 2 hours full use on the 3cell battery...

It's just the size of a sheet of A4 paper, in fact don't have a laptop bag, i just put it with in my 2 inch thick papers pouch when i go onsite...

They make 11 inch net books. The 1.6 GHz Atom processor is fine for what I do with it. 6-8 hours on the battery is nice. I also use a portfolio, and the Netbook fits in perfectly.

This Netbook can do everything my regular PC does, Quickbooks, Mail, web-browsing, etc, in the nice small form factor. I do prefer my full size "Laptop" for serious work. See the Windows 7 thread for that discussion.