| Minilaptop computers accounted for about 10 | | | | fastest computer he had used. I'm using a seven |
| percent of laptop sales, recently. They led the | | | | year old desktop. Everything about this computer, |
| charge as sales of laptop computers overtook | | | | except transferring data from the hard drive, is |
| sales of desktop computers. They are definitely | | | | faster than anything in that net book. The seek |
| small useful devices. The big lie they tell you is | | | | time for the hard drive will be faster in the |
| that they are laptop computers and can replace | | | | netbook, if it has a solid state drive (SSD). |
| the computer you are using now. | | | | SSDs are a selling point for mini laptops. Unless |
| Intel is driving mini laptop or net book sales with | | | | you get one 16 GB or larger, you will be hard |
| their Intel Atom processors. Intel doesn't call them | | | | pressed to run Microsoft Office at all. Office and |
| computers -- they call them Mobile Internet | | | | Windows XP take up more than 4GB on my hard |
| Devices (MIDs). They are very good for what | | | | drive. The screen size and resolution on most of |
| they are designed for, e-mail, surfing the internet | | | | the netbooks sold up to now, make it a problem |
| and having a long battery life. You can even write | | | | to see the entire desktop in a usable way. Word, |
| a short piece on them about as fast as you can | | | | PowerPoint, and Outlook are usable. Don't try to |
| on a standard laptop or desktop computer, if | | | | open more than one at a time though-- its deadly |
| you're a poor typist like me. | | | | slow. Forget trying to use Excel. I imagine Access |
| Netbooks are presented as | | | | is impossible too. |
| - inexpensive which the entry level models are | | | | Aesthetically, I like Linux. Most netbookss with |
| - more portable which true netbooks are | | | | small SSDs come with some flavor of Linux as |
| - with longer battery life which most have | | | | the operating system. Most of the things you |
| - fast compared to what is the question | | | | take for granted as things you do on a computer, |
| - able to run Microsoft Office which depends on | | | | don't work the same way or at all under Linux. |
| what you consider running something | | | | For example, I-tunes does not have a Linux |
| I have seen all these things said on the internet. | | | | version. |
| Almost all of them must be taken with a grain of | | | | A mini laptop is a device that fills a useful purpose |
| salt. If by more portable, you mean simply easier | | | | for people who already have a computer and |
| to carry around, you're right. You have all the | | | | need an easily carried device for their particular |
| same problems connecting to the internet with a | | | | uses. No one who uses a computer for more |
| netbook as you do with any other computer. You | | | | than surfing the internet, getting e-mail or taking |
| need a hotspot or mobile broadband. | | | | brief notes should consider a mini laptop as their |
| I saw a posting on the internet where the writer | | | | primary computer. |
| said his Atom N270 powered netbook was the | | | | |