| Mini notebook computers can be a great asset to | | | | The small screen size is often the target of jokes |
| anyone who understands the importance of these | | | | and puns from those who have never had to spend |
| little things. They are not just small laptops. They are | | | | more than five minutes in front of them. Six months |
| much more than just a bunch of regular laptop parts | | | | of using an Asus EEE 1005HA with the standard 1024 |
| put together and while this is what makes them | | | | by 600 screen on 10" says, that if you are coming |
| useful for most people, some hate them with a | | | | around to these computers with the right set of - |
| passion. | | | | humble - expectations, you will be able to do many |
| Netbooks, as the name gives away are made for a | | | | more things than you ever thought you could. |
| single purpose; hopping on the net. Early models didn't | | | | Some people think these are as fast as a normal |
| really do anything else than that, you could check | | | | notebook but in a smaller case with more space |
| you e-mails, and the news, but answering to those | | | | restricted input and outputs, but this is not true. It |
| e-mails was a horror. The 7" screen Asus first | | | | can be one of the roots of the lack of satisfaction |
| installed in their EEE series allowed for only that big | | | | amongst those who don't take the time to try to |
| keyboard, some reviews even went as far as saying | | | | find out if it is for them, or a sub-notebook with a |
| they were stuffed even for a woman. | | | | 13" screen and a Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent |
| You could write text on that keyboard, but the | | | | would be a much better fit. If all you do on your |
| buttons were half the size of regular notebook keys, | | | | notebook is some word processing and light office |
| so typos and errors were inevitable. With the most | | | | tasks, you will be able to put these netbooks into |
| recent models in the range of 10" and 12" screen size | | | | good use. |
| keyboards with some ingenious arrangement feats | | | | If you expect to play recent titles, or encode audio |
| are now useful for people with bigger fingers. | | | | or video, you will most probably regret going the |
| This is usually an argument against netbooks, try one | | | | cheap notebook route. Think about your priorities and |
| for yourself. Some people hate these keys, some | | | | try to find out what it is that you want to do, and if |
| love them, but the ones that are 92 per cent of the | | | | you think that a notebook with the simplest |
| full size keyboard are easy to use productively after | | | | hardware out there can handle it, buy one and don't |
| some getting used. | | | | look back. |