I recently switched to using a netbook as my only computer. I first had an esus eee 1000h, I have recently purchased an hp mini 1033cl for 270 and sold off my eee. I absolutely love using a netbook as I am always on the go and it is by far the most convenient thing to carry on the go. I do not game, edit video, etc so it suits my needs just fine. that said there have been moments where the extra processing power would be of great help. I think the perfect netbook would have a dual core atom and a good integrated or discrete graphics solution. I think once this occurs the reality is that the $350 netbook will be more than enough PC for a vast majority of users. I believe intel realizes this and will be extremely slow to release dual core atom for the netbook, if ever.
If the day comes when dual core netbooks arrive with decent graphic solutions, I will thoroughly rejoice and purchase one. However I think intel realizes that they'd be shooting themselves in the foot if they did so, so they probably wont.
I'd love to get a nice 11 inch vaio, lenovo, dell, etc but they're all 2k. Screw that!
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I recently switched to using a netbook as my only computer. I first had an esus eee 1000h, I have recently purchased an hp mini 1033cl for 270 and sold off my eee. I absolutely love using a netbook as I am always on the go and it is by far the most convenient thing to carry on the go. I do not game, edit video, etc so it suits my needs just fine. that said there have been moments where the extra processing power would be of great help. I think the perfect netbook would have a dual core atom and a good integrated or discrete graphics solution. I think once this occurs the reality is that the $350 netbook will be more than enough PC for a vast majority of users. I believe intel realizes this and will be extremely slow to release dual core atom for the netbook, if ever. If the day comes when dual core netbooks arrive with decent graphic solutions, I will thoroughly rejoice and purchase one. However I think intel realizes that they'd be shooting themselves in the foot if they did so, so they probably wont. I'd love to get a nice 11 inch vaio, lenovo, dell, etc but they're all 2k. Screw that!