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[blazee]

How do you like the netbook?

['97ventureowner]

Originally Posted by Blackcrow64

Which one did you go with? I've been in the market for a netbook for a few months now but can't decide which to go with.

I actually bought 2 Dells. I got an email from them at the end of Feb with a 24 special for $199. I bought one then and a couple days later went to their outlet store site and bought a "previously new unopened" for $229 for my daughter. They look identical, but mine is running Linux Ubuntu and hers XP . Ubuntu's not that bad of an OS once you get used to it. I was a little apprehensive, being a Windoze user the last 7 years, but it's not that hard to navigate.

[blazee]

Originally Posted by '97ventureowner

I actually bought 2 Dells. I got an email from them at the end of Feb with a 24 special for $199. I bought one then and a couple days later went to their outlet store site and bought a "previously new unopened" for $229 for my daughter. They look identical, but mine is running Linux Ubuntu and hers XP . Ubuntu's not that bad of an OS once you get used to it. I was a little apprehensive, being a Windoze user the last 7 years, but it's not that hard to navigate.

How do you like it compared to a normal notebook? Without factoring in price.

['97ventureowner]

Originally Posted by blazee

How do you like the netbook?

I like it a lot. A lot lighter . The keyboard isn't that bad to use as some may think with it being smaller. I still use a mouse as I hate the touchpads on laptops . It's easier to move around too. The power supply cord is smaller too , and lighter than a traditional laptop's also. I like the internal wireless card as well. My daughter likes hers too. She can move it from room to room easier and to the printer if she needs to print something.

['97ventureowner]

Originally Posted by blazee

How do you like it compared to a normal notebook? Without factoring in price.

For certain things the laptop is better such as games, and the text is larger,( you know when you get older it's harder to see the finer print ) I use mine on my lap and it.s a lot lighter and doesn't get as hot as a regular laptop does. The fans are a hell of a lot quieter on the netbook. It's pretty much everything a laptop is, only in a downsized package.

[blazee]

Originally Posted by '97ventureowner

I like it a lot. A lot lighter . The keyboard isn't that bad to use as some may think with it being smaller. I still use a mouse as I hate the touchpads on laptops . It's easier to move around too. The power supply cord is smaller too , and lighter than a traditional laptop's also. I like the internal wireless card as well. My daughter likes hers too. She can move it from room to room easier and to the printer if she needs to print something.

My brother is looking for something to take hunting with him so that he can easily download all the pictures from his trail cameras. I'll recommend that he check those out.

[Blackcrow64]

How's the battery life on the Dells? That is one netbook I haven't gotten a good answer on yet from anybody.

['97ventureowner]

I'm still getting used to the keyboard layout as evidenced by some of my punctuation errors. The " ' key has been moved under the period and comma keys so I have to sometimes remember that. The netbooks are a good choice for traveling as they are lighter . I read the description from Dell on mine with Ubuntu and it mentioned something about ease of downloading pics from cameras without any extra outside devices like a loading dock and something about software that comes with the OS.

['97ventureowner]

Originally Posted by Blackcrow64

How's the battery life on the Dells? That is one netbook I haven't gotten a good answer on yet from anybody.

The ones on my Dells are 4hours 15 minutes on full charge. On mine with Linux there is an icon that lets you know how much battery life remaining before it needs recharging. it also tells you if you are using battery power or AC power.( I mainly use AC power right now but as the weather warms around here, I'll be using it outside the house more.)

[Blackcrow64]

I was looking at an Asus that people claim to be getting 7-8 hour battery life out of... I donno how true it is though...

[blazee]

Could be true, battery tech is the same, but the netbooks have a lot less power requirements.

[Blackcrow64]

8 hours sure would be awesome!

[blazee]

Exactly what you need for your 8 hours on AF....

['97ventureowner]

One of our local tv stations runs a 3 to 5 minute spot during the evening newscasts from Consumer Reports spotlighting something they've recently reviewed. A couple weeks back they did the new netbooks. They said the battery life for all of the netbooks they reviewed ranged from 2 hours to 6 hours. Might be worth checking out that issue where they did the reviews to confirm that.

[Blackcrow64]

Originally Posted by blazee

Exactly what you need for your 8 hours on AF....

lol No kidding. Much better than a locked down desktop.