And what do you do on your "real" computer? Browse the web, write emails?
Some people have a legitimate need for a powerful "real" computer - aerospace engineers and Pixar animators - but the majority of consumers don't do anything with their PCs that a netbook (and/or video game console) can't do for less money.
Hit the nail on the head ..... Back in the day it was worth upgrading because you saw the difference in power, but computing power is well above what the average user needs.
Other than gamers, movie rippers and hardcore computer users, the majority of people do not need the real computers of today. How many cores do you need to check your email, watch youtube and the other things people mostly use their computers for?
"How many cores do you need to check your email, watch youtube and the other things people mostly use their computers for?"
I can perhaps understand that in relation to a secondary computer netbook that is meant for maximum portability, but certainly not representative of ALL computer use. I don't know what world you live in, but in the one I'm in, many people I know use their computers for activities that need more than an Intel Atom/512MB RAM/1024x768 res
- Digital Photography editing and printing (Photoshop / Photoshop elements / iPhoto / etc) - Illustration, painting, 3D modeling and animation - PC Gaming - Home/Amateur video editing / youtube videos - DVD ripping, DVR, video encoding - Maintaining websites and blogs - Hobbyist/Open source software development - Audio mixing, music production, podcasting/Internet radio - etc
This is the world I live in: university students use their computers to view youtube, play on facebook and msn, surf the web, look at porn, write a paper or two. Business people use excel, word and make presentations once in a while. Service men carry around laptops to enter data on service calls, most of with can be handled by these computers. People need bsstbuy to install software for them and call the neighbourhood "computer guy" or family "computer guy" when something goes wrong.
The fact that you are reading Engadget makes me assume that you are not an average computer user. There is a good chance you work in a computer world and maybe you know people who can use computers.
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None of them, buy a real computer
Hi, welcome to the "what's the best netbook" thread. Go away.
MSI Wind gets my vote as well, if you can find one.
And what do you do on your "real" computer? Browse the web, write emails?
Some people have a legitimate need for a powerful "real" computer - aerospace engineers and Pixar animators - but the majority of consumers don't do anything with their PCs that a netbook (and/or video game console) can't do for less money.
Hit the nail on the head ..... Back in the day it was worth upgrading because you saw the difference in power, but computing power is well above what the average user needs.
Other than gamers, movie rippers and hardcore computer users, the majority of people do not need the real computers of today. How many cores do you need to check your email, watch youtube and the other things people mostly use their computers for?
"How many cores do you need to check your email, watch youtube and the other things people mostly use their computers for?"
I can perhaps understand that in relation to a secondary computer netbook that is meant for maximum portability, but certainly not representative of ALL computer use. I don't know what world you live in, but in the one I'm in, many people I know use their computers for activities that need more than an Intel Atom/512MB RAM/1024x768 res
- Digital Photography editing and printing (Photoshop / Photoshop elements / iPhoto / etc)
- Illustration, painting, 3D modeling and animation
- PC Gaming
- Home/Amateur video editing / youtube videos
- DVD ripping, DVR, video encoding
- Maintaining websites and blogs
- Hobbyist/Open source software development
- Audio mixing, music production, podcasting/Internet radio
- etc
@loosely_coupled
This is the world I live in: university students use their computers to view youtube, play on facebook and msn, surf the web, look at porn, write a paper or two. Business people use excel, word and make presentations once in a while. Service men carry around laptops to enter data on service calls, most of with can be handled by these computers. People need bsstbuy to install software for them and call the neighbourhood "computer guy" or family "computer guy" when something goes wrong.
The fact that you are reading Engadget makes me assume that you are not an average computer user. There is a good chance you work in a computer world and maybe you know people who can use computers.