Netbooks

[Jeffy25]

Does anyone on here have one?

[eggson27]

My grandpa does

[Jeffy25]

is he limited to how many programs he can run at once? pros? cons? i have read reviews, but wanting to know if anyone uses them, should i just get a laptop?

i need it for taking to visit with clients. build spreadsheets, work on word, powerpoint etc, and maybe play the occasional mogul game.....and i don't want to spend much on it.

[eggson27]

is he limited to how many programs he can run at once? pros? cons? i have read reviews, but wanting to know if anyone uses them, should i just get a laptop?

i need it for taking to visit with clients. build spreadsheets, work on word, powerpoint etc, and maybe play the occasional mogul game.....and i don't want to spend much on it.

I really don't know anything about it. He's going to show it to me today after school. I can give you more detail then.

[Jeffy25]

cool, thanks, just don't know anyone personally with one.

[kenny1234]

I have one as a second (or third) computer. A Toshiba with 1GB of RAM and 160GB hard drive, running Windows XP. I picked it up about a month ago to use for travel and a few other things - they are cheap so I thought I would give it a shot. Also, it is around 2.5lbs, so I can throw it in my bag and hardly even notice that it is there. So far, it has been great. I don't run a ton of programs on it - but I usually have e-mail, Firefox and a word-processing program running at the same time and I don't notice any problems. I occasionally run Excel or Powerpoint at the same time - without noticing anything.

My only advice - if you know how, or feel like exploring a little bit, turn off all the extra stuff that starts up with Windows. Programs like Acrobat or music players often run a background program waiting to activate the actual program - they are almost entirely useless and should be turned off if you have limited memory. Also, I assume you'll want Antivirus software - find something that runs very light.

[Jeffy25]

cool! thank you! i wouldn't want it for anything other than basic needs while with clients. It would be an extra computer only. since they are only like 200 bucks a piece, i figure it'll be worth the shot. thanks kenny!

[Jeffy25]

I have one as a second (or third) computer. A Toshiba with 1GB of RAM and 160GB hard drive, running Windows XP. I picked it up about a month ago to use for travel and a few other things - they are cheap so I thought I would give it a shot. Also, it is around 2.5lbs, so I can throw it in my bag and hardly even notice that it is there. So far, it has been great. I don't run a ton of programs on it - but I usually have e-mail, Firefox and a word-processing program running at the same time and I don't notice any problems. I occasionally run Excel or Powerpoint at the same time - without noticing anything.

My only advice - if you know how, or feel like exploring a little bit, turn off all the extra stuff that starts up with Windows. Programs like Acrobat or music players often run a background program waiting to activate the actual program - they are almost entirely useless and should be turned off if you have limited memory. Also, I assume you'll want Antivirus software - find something that runs very light.

did yours come with windows professional? XP? what?

most of the one's i am finding don't come with many options as far as functionality (word?) for business use.

[YEAH DAAAAWG]

I have one as a second (or third) computer. A Toshiba with 1GB of RAM and 160GB hard drive, running Windows XP.

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[kenny1234]

XP Home to be specific, and it came with MS Works (which is almost entirely useless for my purposes). But because it was bought through work, I had access to our site license for Office. At $200 you won't get a lot of software - if I didn't have access to MS Office for free, I would just be using OpenOffice anyway.

[Jeffy25]

what i figured, same problem i have found with all the one's i have seen.