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More than likely, you’ve wondered just exactly what a netbook is and how it’s different than a laptop. Here’s the lowdown. A netbook (also called a mini-laptop, sub-notebook, or mobile Internet device) has these key features: Compact size and light weight: Netbooks are lighter, usually below or
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Running resource-intensive programs on a netbook is not advisable due to its limited hardware capabilities. Netbooks are designed for basic tasks like web browsing and document editing, lacking the processing power and memory required for demanding applications such as gaming or video editing.
Netbooks are ultra-portable computers that are even smaller than traditional laptops. Learn all about the pros and cons of netbooks.
- Netbook Qualification Criteria
- Why Don’T We Have Netbooks Around anymore?
- Chromebook, The Netbook Successor
What does it take for a laptop to be branded as a netbook? To start with, netbooks should not be confused with the far more popular Notebooks. Netbooks are exceedingly small and lightweight laptops designed for casual tasks like web surfing and multimedia content. Aside from the compact frame and lightweight nature, what else distinguishes a netboo...
1. Tablets Were a Better Alternative
Netbooks’ popularity was short-lived. Much of it is attributed to the advent of a better alternative that fitted the same niche. Which is the tablet. If the idea is to have a device that’s midway between a full-blown laptop and a smartphone, then tablets are superior in almost every way. Tablets are lighter, they are more ergonomic, they have higher-quality screens, and they just work better. In the original iPad presentation in 2010, Steve Jobs famously ridiculed the netbook. He claimed that...
2. Poor Build Quality and Under-Powered Hardware
To touch on some of the main issues of netbooks, they had infamously bad keyboards. They were constructed from cheap plastic, and they packed hardware so underpowered that it struggled to run the latest versions of Windows and Linux at times. After tablets entered the market and completely supplanted netbooks, most major manufacturers stopped producing them all together by 2012. This leads us to the next question. Why are we even talking about netbooks if they basically disappeared off the fa...
Chromebooks are essentially the spiritual successors of netbooks. Chromebooks did away with all of the negatives that gave netbooks such a bad rap. They aren’t the only spiritual successors, but they’re the most famous ones. What is a Chromebook, you ask? Well, it is basically a small, lightweight, and generally affordable laptop that runs on the L...
May 18, 2009 · The netbook market is new, and constantly in flux. In this netbook buying guide, we explain what models are available to you today.
Netbooks are capable of playing against trouble-free 720p HD video, DivX (and derivatives such as Xvid), DVDs (external drive is required) and audio formats compressed or not. Listen to music or watch a DivX seeking just the processor and it is possible to surf or work at the same time.
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With screens in the 8"-10" range, netbooks are very convenient for email and Web surfing but are not suited for computation intensive tasks such as gaming and image editing.
