http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/
Alt + F4 will be history =(]]>Jun 5th 2008 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/
But, I think these should ONLY be used in Primary School and Middle School.

Kids in Primary school only need living books, kid pix, and the internet for access to STARFALL, or ACUITY services. 5th grade needs mostly WORD and POWERPOINT.

For High School, I could not buy one of these for my kid. The programs required for that level of school will eat up whatever Hard Drive and Memory they have - not to mention kids experimenting with video gaming.

And once lil' Johnny realizes he can download porn, I can already see a 1 TB drive being asked for as a Christmas present.]]>Jun 5th 2008 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/
high school was not hard at all and my 5 year old computer had no trouble handling the enormous stress of my schoolwork.]]>Jun 5th 2008 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/
They aren't watching or burning movies and playing games.

Netbooks work well as cheap and efficient little business machines for use on the go.]]>Jun 5th 2008 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/
And how much hard disk space do you think you need for word, powerpoint and a web browser? The Wind has 80GB....]]>Jun 5th 2008 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/
One that's not made in 1999? Hi it's 2008 now, we have USB peripherals.]]>Jun 5th 2008 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Screw what Intel calls them, I like sub-notebook or umpc. Most people (non-nerds) just call them the "toy" laptop or small laptop.

when did people stop "surfing" the internet?]]>Jun 5th 2008 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/budgetbook?]]>Jun 5th 2008 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/
Someone's been drinking the Intel koolaid.]]>Jun 5th 2008 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/
I'm guessing this means no F1-12 either? No wonder Dell sucks.]]>Jun 5th 2008 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/Jun 5th 2008 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/
"d00d! i almost pulled the trigger on that netty!" ?

I hope not...that would be sad.
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Netty wins!]]>Jun 5th 2008 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/
Now, they all sit there, whirring in their swivel chairs in Macrumors and Apple Insider going "I can't wait to get my quad core Macbook Pro!"

Netbook is not like HelloKittyFunkyHappySuperLaptop. It'll pass along and just be another name. ]]>Jun 5th 2008 12:55PM