My wonderful husband bought me a netbook for Christmas. It's small and super light, and just what I wanted.
This past year, I've been on the go a lot. I've gone to conferences and out-of-town signings, plus just running the kidlets around. I've been lugging my laptop everywhere, and despite the durability claims the salesman at Best Buy made, it's definitely shown the wear-and-tear. That's probably why the poor thing is in the shop right now. In addition, my shoulders are just sore from hauling it and a copy of each of my books around. (I never travel without copies to show off in airports, etc.)
So Rob got me an Eee PC Seashell for Christmas. The whole thing is almost as light as a paper notebook, and lighter than the 3-ring-binder I use as an organizer. In fact, I think this thing would fit in one of those big zippered organizers if I were so inclined. However, the keyboard is just right for my hands--in fact, I'm noticing fewer typos on it. The memory and processing is sufficient for my needs, which are writing, e-mail and word processing, with Yahoo IM in the background. It lacks a CD drive, which is weird, but I hardly need that, anyway, except to add programs, and I don't have a lot I want on it, anyway.
I'll be putting it through its paces until I get my laptop back, then taking it on the road. I'll let you know in a couple of months if it's living up to its promise, but right now, I just have to say...
EEEEEEEE! I gots a netbook PCEEEEEEE!
3 comments:
Er...yeah, that's great. But how can you play "Guys Gone Wild" DVDs on it?
Considering I am the mother of three boys, I have enough guys going wild in my house to suit me.
As I understand it, the main difference between a Netbook and Laptop is the Netbook has no CD/DVD drive.
But it DOES have USB ports, to which you can attach a standalone CD/DVD drive to get the same functionality.
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