Cheap Netbooks and Reviews in the UK.

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Photographer's Apprentice? - The Dell Inspiron 1018

I work as a professional electronics technician on a variety of flight-critical aircraft components. Tracking information is a serious part of the job, and being able to retrieve that information quickly makes the task of maintaining aircraft computers easier.

Most of the time, I use spreadsheets and word processing programs, comparatively simple jobs for this netbook computer.

Works Well With Ubuntu Linux - Acer Aspire D260

The future of notebooks seems to be headed in the direction of more expensive "ultrabooks", which are slim but pricey. As such, budget netbooks are still a worthwhile purchase for those looking to get a functional laptop model without breaking the bank.

One model in particular that I've found to be a tremendous value is the Acer Aspire One D260.

Skype on Our Netbook - The Samsung N145

As a writer by profession I choose a traditional laptop for greater power, word processing ability and web browsing speed.

I decided upon a smaller, more portable Samsung N145 Plus Netbook for my wife however and we haven't regretted the choice. We went with a netbook instead of a full size laptop for the following reasons:

Samsung NF310 Helps Lighten Students Burden

After months of lugging around my full-sized Macbook Pro laptop, I finally broke down and bought a Samsung NF310 A01 netbook. As a student, I wanted the convenience of being able to easily transport my computer to class, the library, coffee shops and campus events.

After using the Samsung notebook for the past two months, I am happy I made the switch and could not imagine life without my netbook now.

Casual Web Surfing on the Acer Aspire One

I decided to purchase my Acer Aspire One in black because I wanted something I could carry around for school without worrying about it taking up too much space in my backpack.

I also didn’t want a full-size laptop since they’re heavier and textbooks take up enough space as it is. It only weighs 2.65 pounds, which is about half that of a full-size laptop so it isn’t straining on the back.

Introduction to Netbooks

The first companies to manufacture netbooks at any significant level, Asus and Acer, also strove to keep netbook prices well below the lowest – end laptop computers. Dell, Lenovo, HP and others eventually joined in as well, but Apple and Sony rejected the netbook out of hand. Most growth in the PC industry in 2009 was attributable to netbook sales.

The netbook is indeed a small laptop computer in many respects. Netbooks vary in size and weight across manufacturers and across individual manufacturers’ product lines. A netbook looks like a small laptop in that it opens the same way, and it has a physical keyboard and a display screen. Both netbooks and laptops can store and retrieve information. Both can access the Internet when a connection is available. Both can use a variety of operating systems, and both can use standard software packages such as Microsoft Office.

What distinguishes the netbook from the laptop is the number of differences between them. The netbook has no DVD drive. The netbook’s small display screen is convenient for portability, but it makes the netbook impractical for heavy all – day use. The netbook’s small keyboard also can make typing difficult for some people. Though the netbook keyboard is adequate for getting a point across on Facebook, it is less helpful for creating long reports or school papers.

The primary assumption associated with the netbook is that it will be used primarily for online tasks. The user can have a full Microsoft Office® package on a netbook, but in the absence of a DVD drive, the software must be downloaded from some online source. One view of the netbook is that it provides a midrange tool that is larger than a smart phone and smaller than a laptop.

Unlike most laptop computers, netbooks are highly portable. Some of the smallest netbooks fit easily into a purse. Because they have no extraneous hardware inside them – such as that missing DVD drive – they remain extremely lightweight. Size and weight are two netbook advantages that no laptop has been able to challenge, particularly as laptops have grown more complex and increasingly weighty over the past several years. Many people have abandoned the desktop computer in favor of laptop use all the time, but practically no one would consider making a netbook his primary – or only – computer.

Industry Changes

Until recently, the netbook was secure in a niche that could not be filled with any other existing product. Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs was adamant that Apple would not participate in the netbook industry. Rather, Apple created a totally new product in the iPad that eventually would offer some netbook competition. The first iPad offered little real competition for netbook manufacturers, but the iPad2 may be a different matter.

A basic iPad2 with no extras still costs more than a midrange netbook, but only slightly more. Most people also seem to favor the real, physical keyboard of the netbook over the virtual keyboard of the iPad and its direct competitors in the tablet industry.

Netbooks in the near-term future likely will be available with operating systems such as Android and Google’s Chrome OS. All iPads, most netbooks and most laptops can use local Wi-Fi networks, but some are moving to including 3G networks as well. Adding 3G capability to an iPad or any other tablet computer can more than double its base price, while the price differential for netbook Internet access via 3G networks is much less.

There is a measure of convergence occurring between the netbook and tablet segments of the PC industry, but the netbook still stands apart with advantages – lower price, greater durability, physical keyboard, more familiar operating procedures – that tablets do not have. The iPad may get more attention for a time, but it does appear that the netbook will be a part of the PC industry for many years to come.