Comments on: The netbook trend http://raddevon.com/the-netbook-trend/ Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:52:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: raddevon http://raddevon.com/the-netbook-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-276 raddevon Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:23:57 +0000 http://raddevon.com/?p=720#comment-276 Smartphone != netbook but the gap is small. There is certainly a market for them, but the current market is unsustainable. People are buying netbooks as their only machines or as their mobile workstations. That won't last long. Smartphone != netbook but the gap is small. There is certainly a market for them, but the current market is unsustainable. People are buying netbooks as their only machines or as their mobile workstations. That won’t last long.

]]> By: raddevon http://raddevon.com/the-netbook-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-275 raddevon Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:20:17 +0000 http://raddevon.com/?p=720#comment-275 Were you able to get subscribed, Nick? Were you able to get subscribed, Nick?

]]> By: Ninjapocalypse http://raddevon.com/the-netbook-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Ninjapocalypse Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:34:32 +0000 http://raddevon.com/?p=720#comment-226 I agree for the most part, but I don't think the netbooks are necessarily on par with smartphones. As much as I love my Samsung Delve, it simply does not even come close to a replacement for a computer. Even the mighty iPhone can't come close. I also agree that netbooks are not a replacement for a full notebook, but they typically aren't marketed that way, and, at least in the experience I've had with my wife's Aspire One, it can do quite a bit. We wouldn't attempt to run any games on it (except for possibly 8- and 16-bit emulators), but neither would most of the device's target market. I think netbooks are great for people who are just looking for an inexpensive, small second computer, which is exactly what we were when we bought ours. Mia can do pretty much anything she would want to do with a computer now, which pretty much amounts to listening to music, syncing her iPod, surfing the internet, and run Word. Anything else that would need to be done can be done with my desktop. My main argument for the things, I suppose, is that while they aren't even close to being a replacement for a "real" computer for a hardcore user, they more than fit the needs of casual users and children, and allow the technology to get into the hands of those who would not ordinarily have access to it due to price concerns. I think that's mostly a positive, except for inevitably having to explain to your elderly family members why people keep sending them penis enlargment offers and links to Goatse. I agree for the most part, but I don’t think the netbooks are necessarily on par with smartphones. As much as I love my Samsung Delve, it simply does not even come close to a replacement for a computer. Even the mighty iPhone can’t come close. I also agree that netbooks are not a replacement for a full notebook, but they typically aren’t marketed that way, and, at least in the experience I’ve had with my wife’s Aspire One, it can do quite a bit. We wouldn’t attempt to run any games on it (except for possibly 8- and 16-bit emulators), but neither would most of the device’s target market.

I think netbooks are great for people who are just looking for an inexpensive, small second computer, which is exactly what we were when we bought ours. Mia can do pretty much anything she would want to do with a computer now, which pretty much amounts to listening to music, syncing her iPod, surfing the internet, and run Word. Anything else that would need to be done can be done with my desktop.

My main argument for the things, I suppose, is that while they aren’t even close to being a replacement for a “real” computer for a hardcore user, they more than fit the needs of casual users and children, and allow the technology to get into the hands of those who would not ordinarily have access to it due to price concerns. I think that’s mostly a positive, except for inevitably having to explain to your elderly family members why people keep sending them penis enlargment offers and links to Goatse.

]]> By: Nicholas Walsh http://raddevon.com/the-netbook-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Nicholas Walsh Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:58:00 +0000 http://raddevon.com/?p=720#comment-214 Very informative!! Thanks man Now you will have to help me get the feeds to work. Very informative!!
Thanks man

Now you will have to help me get the feeds to work.

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