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Netbook-friendly Gaming!

Originally posted on November 16, 2010 @ 9:26 am

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I know, I know, one of the first things they tell you when you purchase a netbook is to forget gaming. You see, netbooks aren’t made to handle games. Sure, it can handle web browsing, watching non-HD movies, and maybe a little Photoshop (yes, I know of a few people who do that on their HP Minis), but gaming? No way, they say.

Well, we wouldn’t expect much from our netbooks in the gaming department. Most of them are running on a 1.6 GHz Atom processor, 1 GB RAM, and of course no video card. Those specs alone could make Firefox choke in the middle of watching a video on YouTube. [Read more…]

The newest netbooks: how do they fare?

Originally posted on April 24, 2010 @ 12:45 am

The lucky writers at Gizmodo were able to get their hands on five new netbooks powered by Intel’s Pine Trail (Atom N450) processor. The netbooks are:

– Sony Vaio W
– Toshiba NB 305
– HP Mini 210 HD
– Acer Aspire One 532h
– Dell Mini 10 HD

Of these 5 netbooks, the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 came off as the best of the Pine Trail netbooks with HD. [Read more…]

What is the best position to use your netbook?

Originally posted on November 9, 2010 @ 10:21 am

The thing with portable computers is that we take them everywhere. We’re not tied to a desk when we need to work. We can work on a kitchen counter, type with one hand while carrying it around with the other, or even work in bed. Heck, I use my netbook in bed most of the time. It’s rather comfy working in bed, of course, but how comfortable is it, really?

Netbook ergonomics

A study done by Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) published by Core77 featured a variety of netbook usability factors on non-Windows surfaces. [Read more…]

The Rise of Netbooks according to GigaOM

Originally posted on March 10, 2010 @ 6:41 am

In three years, netbooks have entered the computer market and have been successful beyond any computer manufacturer’s dreams. If there’s anything the Asus Eee PC 701 and its descendants proved, there are people willing to sacrifice a bit of computing power for a huge price difference and portability. But I wonder, how far have netbooks gone? There’s really no other way to look at it than seeing it in graphs and the like so we’d be able to take it all in. [Read more…]