Should i get a Netbook or Laptop?

by **Guest** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:36 pm

i am going into high school this year and am hoping to be able to get a computer of some sort. what is the difference between a netbook and a laptop? some things i will be doing with it: microsoft word, powerpoint, excel, internet, music (itunes). (i also would like the option of gaming and video editing)

i am on a tight budget so the netbook looked really great. and i was also looking for portability. however i hear the netbook has less capabilities. what should i got with?

by **Guest** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:08 pm

Netbooks are smaller, lighter, cheaper, have tiny screens, don't have integrated optical drives and are much less powerful.

For what you describe, you need a full sized laptop (with a good graphics processor).

by **Guest** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:40 pm

Given your needs don't go netbook

by **Guest** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:12 pm

A netbook is designed for surfing the net and e-mailing/msging friends, etc. Hasn't the resources needed to run microsoft office applications effectively.

by **Guest** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:44 pm

Netbooks are MUCH smaller. I finally got to see one, and they are amazing. If you want to do all of that then maybe get a cheap laptop from Best Buy, because you won't be able to work on such a small screen. Laptops may cost more, but they will work perfect.
A little advise, don't get a GateWay.

by **Guest** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:16 pm

you need a laptop, as a netbook will not have a good enough graphics card or memory to play games. If you just want to surf the net then a netbook is ok. You can get a decent laptop for about 200-300 pounds.

by **Guest** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:48 pm

Netbooks are great for surfing the internet and keeping your schoolwork organized - typing reports and such on it. But your not going to be able to do much gaming (and i assume video editing) on it. The best ones currently have around 1.5 ghz and only bout 1 gb of memory. But for everything else it will be fine.

by **Guest** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:20 pm

In the early days, laptops were just the same size as of current netbooks. Then they became bigger and bigger. The reason? Usability. Without saying much, if you want to play games, do some work and video editing, forget about the netbook. They are only good for surfing and listening to music. You can't play nice games with it.

by **Guest** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:52 pm

good question.
netbooks are designed to be ralatevly inexpensive but i would steer clear from them . reason being that if you buy a laptop you have a bigger screen and more power but less baattery life. on the other hand how many places can you find in your school/home that has no mains plug what soever?
laptops=bigger screen more powerfull, WILL do gaminga nd video editing.
netbooks=mostly for surfing the web fairly unreliable (dont expect a £180 netbook to last more than 3 years withouth slowing down to a crawl. )
whateever your choice i would go for the laptop.
go for at least 2gb of ram -highly reccomend 4gb (ddr2 or ddr3 -no real difference). you would need some dedictade graphics so at leaast 256mb dedicated (512mb is better). i would go for a dual core at least 1.6ghz or 2.0 or higher.
you have to make a decision whether spending significantly more on a top end machine will benefit you-at the end of the day you need it or school work and (hopefully) occasional gaming.
which brand then?
i would reccomend sony as they have very nice screens, good responsive keyboards and the power, however they could be costly.
dont go with compaq (unreliable , repairs very costly, rubbish screen as in brightness, and feels very cheap even if it isnt.)
dell is good but they will cahrge you extra for the fact that they will have to build a system to your exact specifications.
try hp.
whatever you do at least 2gb of ram is the bare minumim, you would be way happier with 4gb.

by **Guest** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:24 pm

I personally would prefer a laptop as I dont think a netbook would be capable of running all those tasks you want to do.

The following article reviews the latest netbooks:
http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/netbooks-vs-notebooks-which-should-you-buy--488897

Also here is another article which shows you the pros and cons: http://www.myhowtoos.com/en/how-to-choose/87-how-to-choose-between-netbook-vs-laptop

Id say that while netbooks are very light and portable and more power efficient the performance can be bad when having to do more complicated things.
The resolution is also annoying and when you go online youll only see part of webpages and since more websites have flash and javascript and stuff the pages can be jerky and slow.

Im pro laptop! :D Hope you choose the right thing for yourself

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