There once was a time when the size of your laptop screen was a status symbol. People lugged around these huge laptops that looked like they literally took a desktop and threw it into a laptop bag. These over sized machines were heavy and provided a lot of consistent work for chiropractors. Over the past couple of years, the screens have gotten smaller and surprisingly so have the prices!
Netbooks, or really small laptops as I like to call them, have taken over the technology industry and become the premier status symbol of nerds everywhere. These machines are extremely small (usually 2 lbs.), but packed with a lot of power. They look like something out of a James Bond production or a science fiction film. The netbook is the ultimate gadget!
The major companies that are producing these netbooks are Asus, MSI, Acer, Dell, HP, and Sony. Asus started the process with the introduction of the ultra portable, ultra affordable Eee PC last year and the trend has continued into the product lines of the major computer manufacturers. I recommend looking at these computers if you are a laptop obsessed individual like me and must have one with you at all times. You can almost throw one of these in your back pocket. I own a black Asus Eee Pc running Windows Xp with a solid state drive and I love it!
Netbooks are too cheap to be status symbols.
But they are 3 times as powerful as a 1980 mainframe. They have power more than worth the money to a REAL COMPUTER USER. But the corps need to find silly reasons for most people to buy the things.
Play Call of Duty on your HP311. It’s just Doom with better resolution.
Comment by psikeyhackr — October 30, 2009 @ 2:22 pm