Jul 13, 2010 Posted by admin in Articles

Netbook Is Always Everywhere

I believe that everybody still remember the first generation of Asus EEE PC, the pionner of world netbook trend in 2008. At the begining this device was called as mini notebook beacuse still unclasified yet between traditional notebook and mini notebook.  Later, in the mid year of 2008, flow of netbook in huge number came out from many producer and really hard to predicted. Since those time till today, if you want to looking for a ntebook you may get confuse what type or model should you take.

Netbook is a laptop with its own different market that more focused on internet access like browsing, e-mailing, chatting and other light computational activities like typing and presentation. Most of the netbook powered by Intel Atom processor and at large has 10 inches LCD screen size with 1024 x 600 resolution. The other supported input and output features like 3 units of USB port, D-sub VGA port, jack audio, card reader and webcam.

Those facilities or feature mentioned above is a standard features of all nebook, however, some producer trying attach additional extra feature to distinguish their products specification and to provocate consumer interest. A feature that today become trend and seeking by large number of people is 3G/HSDPA modem, with this modem, a user can easily get internet connection, user just need to insert SIM Card from choosen operator and get connected with internet, whenever and wherever. Next, for oparational system, most netbook producer used Windows XP Home Edition in their netbook but some other put Linux as operational system perhaps to hold down the price of netbook.

Among those specification and features offered, one thing most interesting is the popularity of netbook that seems unbelieveable and always get increase in consumer demand from year to year and the producer seems like they are fitgting on the race ground, each of them are trying to offer  their best products specification and exellency to get huge number of consumer needs. This competition has brought effect to the cost or price of netbook nowdays, price of a netbook may equal with price of a smart phone and spread in world in large number. IDC, a company which observing the flow of computer market has predicted that the category of netbook will get increase from 500.000 since 2007 to 900.00 in 2012 later. Intel also suggested that in 2011 there are will be 40 million of netbook units produce each year. These issues have made Intel Company to rethinking and have to decrease price of computer chip that can be use in netbook and nettop. With new Intel Atom chip, Intel will be able to fight with a company from Taiwan, as the C7 Chip maker that used in Via netbook. Therefore, HP,Dell and other PC maker already observeed and they know what types of computer consumer like most.

Anyway, between number and price of netbook, these optional offers makes consumer to think smart on how to chose which is good netbook. Absosultely, every product must offer has their excellency, now deped on user. A best netbook does not solely means a netbook which has high price or a netbook which has complexity of feature. On the other word, how user can maximize the netbook to support computational need. A ntebook user must inventing his/her computational needs, what is the main reason for having a netbook, what would she/he done with netbook, remember that netbook not only offers computational needs but also fashion and life style. After you decided what would you do with your netbook, you will easly to find specification of a netbook base on your needs. This is one best simple way to chose a best netbook among various types, specification, brands and price offers in the market.

Jun 23, 2010 Posted by admin in Articles

How Do I Buy The Best Netbook For 2010

A netbook is a small, light, cheap and extremely portable, but has the computing power in less than a full-sized laptop. However, it is well suited for general computing, word processing, running a web browser and Internet connection. Laptops are small, usually slightly less with 10-inch screen, but some images may or greater. It weighs 2.5 pounds and sold for less than $ 500 nowadays.  Most of the netbooks come with Intel Atom processor with at least 1GB of RAM.

Released With the ever increasing demand of many companies design netbooks growing netbook models in the global market. Therefore, it is not easy to make the right choice for buying a netbook good for the buyer. For anyone who wants to buy a Netbook, here are some key features considered netbook:

Keyboard and touchpad
A keyboard of netbooks is usually smaller than a standard keyboard of full size laptops and range from 88-93% of the full-size keyboards. The keyboard layout of netbook is quite similar to the full size keyboard but key buttons on netbooks are smaller and closer.

But even if two netbooks have the same size keyboard, their layouts could be different and their keys are closer on some netbooks than others. If possible, please test out the keyboard to ensure they are large enough and user friendly.

Touchpad is one of features to consider. At present, a wide variety of touchpad have been developed and specially designed to offer a more comfortable experience during prolonged use. So, try out and get a touchpad that supports multi-touch gestures.

Screen size and display resolution
Netbooks generally come with a screen size which ranges from 7 to 12 inches. That’s a big difference from the average 15 inches on a full-sized laptop. In order to decide which screen size is good enough for you, you should try to run your favorite programs and view your favorite websites on a variety of different sized screens.

Try to buy a screen size of 8.9 inches or larger otherwise the screen and its resolution might be too low and finally make it more difficult to read. A 10-inch netbook usually has resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels and weighs less than 3 pounds whereas 11- and 12- inch netbooks usually have resolutions of 1280 x 800 and 1366 x 768 respectively and weigh a little bit more. However, when considering its price and weight together, a 10-inch screen is a perfect choice and is the best selling netbook size on the retailer’s site.

Processor
Intel Atom is the most common processor available for the netbooks (most of them run on the Intel Atom N or Z Series). Here you should go for the latest technologies because they are available with more efficiency and try not to buy an old netbook because you can face problem of speed and efficiency.

The latest Atom processor on netbooks for 2010 is Intel Atom N450 Processor (1.66 GHz). Most netbooks launched into the markets last year were Intel Atom N270 or N280 which are being replaced by new Intel Atom N450. We can notice that all processors on netbooks are slower than the standard processor on laptops, which is about 2.1 GHz. This means that a netbook will be slower when running heavier programs. So, you shouldn’t use a netbook for heavy processing, such as photo/video editing and gaming. However, netbooks are perfect for light processes like web surfing, email, and word processing.

Operating system (OS)
Netbooks are available for Linux and Windows operating systems and new netbooks have moved to Windows 7 Starter, which is a lighter version of Windows 7 to help with load time and overall performance. As we all know about windows because that most people are familiar with the Windows layout as they have been using it for several years on their home and office computers.

You can also get a netbook with Linux, which is a much more basic and faster operating system. Netbooks with Linux run great for web surfing, email, and word processing via Open Office. However, Linux may be incompatible with some programs. Lastly, you can still find netbooks running on Windows XP or Vista.

Battery Life
Old notebook batteries usually come with 3-cell (less than 30 Wh) units but for new netbooks, they have upped their standard batteries to 6-cell units which can get you unplugged for about 6-9 hours while 3-cell systems usually get between 1 and 3 hours of endurance. If your job or work require traveling then you should look for the 6-cell option that can get you unplugged for about 6-9 hours on a single charge. These are little costly than 3-cell battery netbooks but can be very useful if your activities involve overseas travel or all-day classes.

After Intel has unveiled new Atom N450 processor, new netbooks can consume less power approximately 20% over previous netbook generation (e.g. Intel Atom N270, N280). New latest netbooks are coming with battery life of 10-14 hours such as models Asus Eee PC 1005PE-P, Asus Eee PC 100P, Acer A0532h and Toshiba Mini NB305-N410 (10-inch screen).

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