Netbooks Versus Notebooks/Regular Computers

[JayBee74]

My brother (Ronny) bought my niece a $300 Gateway Netbook, to be given to her at Christmas. Her father (my other brother, Michael) asked Ronny to take back the netbook and contribute $300 toward and ImacNotebook which he can get for $900 on Amazon. I wanted to get her a Gravity text messaging phone or one of that type for $200-$250, but he wants all of us to chip in the $300 for the Apple. She uses the computer mostly for surfing the internet and playing online games. As far as school goes is Word available for a Netbook and is there a printer hookup?

[The GIGGAS]

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Is the Netbook running Windows? Word's available.

Does the Netbook have a USB port? Printer hookup.

Netbooks are just mini computers... generally they have enough to be a main computer if they have to be.

[xrob]

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Where can I get a netbook with a cd burner and usb ports?

[The GIGGAS]

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Where can I get a netbook with a cd burner and usb ports?

You'll probably have to buy an external burner. But most netbooks (unless I'm wrong) have USB ports.

[xrob]

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How is the hard drive space? And how much do they usually run?

[The GIGGAS]

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No idea and no idea. I would assume they run on solid state drives, and you're probably looking at 128gig or so. No idea about price.

[JayBee74]

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The Gateway model by brother bought has
Intel® Atom™ Processor (1.6GHz, 533MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache)
1024MB DDR2 533MHz SDRAM Single Channel Memory
160GB SATA hard drive
802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
Microsoft® Works
Sixty Days of Microsoft® Office
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
A Full 1GB RAM
Integrated Webcam
3 USB PORTS


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[The GIGGAS]

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The Gateway model by brother bought has
Intel® Atom™ Processor (1.6GHz, 533MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache)
1024MB DDR2 533MHz SDRAM Single Channel Memory
160GB SATA hard drive
802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
Microsoft® Works
Sixty Days of Microsoft® Office
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
A Full 1GB RAM
Integrated Webcam
3 USB PORTS


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Looks fine enough for me... other than the RAM. I'd suggest bumping that up to 2, but even then, it'd be a whole hell of a lot cheaper than an iMac, and more bang for your buck.

[23]

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Other than not having an internal Drive you should be good. They come with from what I've seen no less than a gig of RAM

They have USB ports so its not that bad of a deal. Im not sure you'd be missing anything really.

[rudyjuly2]

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We got a laptop in the spring and considered getting a netbook. Netbooks are cheap but I think people are better off going with a true laptop. I'm not suggesting a $900 one since you can find a cheaper one. We got an Acer for not much more than C$500.

When we actually looked at Netbooks, they were so small I couldn't believe it. I think they must be hard to type on and work with. So we spent an extra $200-$300 to get a Laptop and you get a lot more bang for your buck. DVD burners, bigger screen, RAM, etc. If people just want to surf the internet on a portable cpu, might as well just get an IPhone or Blackberry. I'm no computer expert though. Students seem to like the netbook but I'm wondering if this just a bit of a fad that will disappear.

On another note, $300 for a niece is an awful pricey contribution for Christmas. That is one lucky girl!

[pfunk880]

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For what it's being used for, there's no need to waste the extra money on a Mac.

You could bump it up to a solid standard notebook that'll do a little more for around $500, though. I might recommend that... I'm not really a fan of a netbook if it is being intended for daily use.

[RoyalBoyle78]

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The Gateway model by brother bought has
Intel® Atom™ Processor (1.6GHz, 533MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache)
1024MB DDR2 533MHz SDRAM Single Channel Memory
160GB SATA hard drive
802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
Microsoft® Works
Sixty Days of Microsoft® Office
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
A Full 1GB RAM
Integrated Webcam
3 USB PORTS


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sorry mam, but I would never buy gateway anything.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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I'd spend a little more and get a notebook. I'd check with some of the online black friday sales if you don't want to brave the crowds. walmart.com might be the way to go