Comments on: Do You Want a Netbook?

By: Tiffany Lanning

Tiffany Lanning — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:13:01 +0000

I’ve had my Kindle for about three weeks now and I absolutely love it. It took me a few days to get used to the screen flash for the page turn, but I don’t even notice it now. Downloading books is incredibly easy and I find that I’m reading far more than I was before I owned the device. I’ve downloaded several from Project Gutenberg as well as from Amazon itself. Books I never would have thought to read before are now on my Kindle.

I even took it to the emergency room a few days ago and it saved me. I was in the waiting room for almost an hour, and waited another 3 once I was in a room. I wasn’t sick – I was bit by a potentially rabid cat – so I would have been extremely bored without it. I didn’t have time to search my bookshelf for a book before leaving for the ER, so I just grabbed my kindle and had almost 100 books to choose from.

This thing is amazing, and I’m so happy I bought it.

By: Gaylord Cohen

Gaylord Cohen — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:50:14 +0000

Apparently, it turned out I DON’T like Puppy Linux, after all…too many programs I wanted to install would NOT work, because of too many missing dependancies…so now, I have switched my Dell Mini netbook BACK to Ubuntu, which DID originally come with the netbook. Puppy was nice, but it’s better to stick with what REALLY works for me…and that is UBUNTU!

By: Harold Boettger

Harold Boettger — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:23:41 +0000

I am thinking of purchasing a netbook as a light weight and easy way to check my email and to surf the web without having to get out my MacBook. I currently use my iPod Touch to do this but i’d like a faster machine with a larger screen.

By: chuck

chuck — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:20:29 +0000

Have not got one yet but with the amount of time spent on road definatly want one more portable.

By: Sue V.

Sue V. — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:27:00 +0000

I do not yet own a netbook; but want one and am currently researching options.

Why? For the same reasons you mentioned: Portability and long battery life. I carry a messenger bag daily and always seem to have too much stuff to lug around.

I plan to buy a netbook and transfer as much of my information to it as possible. It will take the place of a PDA, an address book, and numerous “to do” notes.

I am already a PC Mechanic newsletter subscriber.

By: Jerry @ vintage wedding dress

Jerry @ vintage wedding dress — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:01:19 +0000

We bought it last week. We’re very happy that we’ve got a new laptop. We spent many hours sitting in front of it. We played games, listened songs, watched movie and we had a chat with our friends.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:53:47 +0000

I purchased a second hand EeePC from eBay for AUD$150 mainly so I could connect to my hosting server using VNC if there was an issue while I was interstate for work. Best purchase I made.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:02:40 +0000

I saw the Asus Eee while at Best Buy a while back. I didn’t pull the trigger and buy it right then because I wanted to check out some reviews. I was impressed with the battery life and all the reviews were positive. Your article has convinced me to give it a try. Thanks.

By: tom wimmer

tom wimmer — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:51:09 +0000

Bought my wife a toshiba NB 205-312 net book for her birthday last week, downloaded her country and western music on a usb memory stick she played games and listen to her music on this net book for four hours had 56% battery life still available. Shes happy that works

By: Elizabeth Williams

Elizabeth Williams — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:07:22 +0000

I was so excited to have a lighter weight laptop replacement that I bought an Acer at the first opportunity. I spend a lot of time sitting in front of TV to be with my handicapped husband. The lighter weight and less heat is the best decision I’ve made in a long time. Wireless connection is fast, the keyboard is full size, and the screen is crisp and easy to read. I love it so much I gave my Hp laptop to my grandson. When I have to get up from the recliner quickly, it’s so much easier to manage the netbook that the full sized laptop, I wish I could have had one years ago.