Great Java » netbook http://greatjava.org Caffeinated Babblings! Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:38:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Getting a Netbook? http://greatjava.org/2009/04/getting-a-netbook/ http://greatjava.org/2009/04/getting-a-netbook/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:11:31 +0000 The Great Java http://greatjava.org/?p=128 newmacFor a while I’ve wanted something a little more useful than my iPhone when I’m not at a computer.  I had a Toshiba laptop, but wanted something smaller with a longer battery life.  I started looking at the netbook models, and these caught my eye:

Dell Mini 9
MSI Wind U100
Lenovo S10

The one issue I kept getting hung up on with these devices was the screen resolution.  Most of them are only 500-600 pixels high.  That means a lot of scrolling on an already small trackpad.  Unfortunately right now in laptops (and netbooks) we mostly have 15.4 inch screens and 9-10 inch screens.  I started to look at my options for something closer to a 12″ screen.  This brought options like the IBM x40, ultramobiles, macbooks, and the new Dell Mini 12.  My plan was to run Linux or OSX (potentially try installing on non-Apple machine).  At the end of the day I found a used white macbook for a little over the price of a loaded netbook.  After just a day I can say the smaller Mac laptop fit the bill perfectly and didn’t break the bank.

I found it interesting my employer is now offering $50 netbooks in some areas if you purchase the right data plans. Too bad no MacBook discounts :)

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