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Old 12-23-2009, 02:08 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
If €500 is your price limit, I'd suggest getting a netbook.
I would agree with this.

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Originally Posted by dmaul1114 View Post
I say just wait. Netbooks and laptops are awkward to read on. And lack the ability to mark up with a stylus if you want that like I do.
you must be thinking about first gen netbooks. There 2nd gen and the new 3rd gen devices that are convertible and the screen folds down to make the device into a tablet like form. Also they have touch screens which you can use with finger or stylus.

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I have also tried the netbook route - I have not found anything a netbook does well - they are on the whole slow, cramped and underpowered. 3 hours is the most you will get out of most of them also,
Once again... the 3rd gen netbooks have 6 to 8 hour batter life, have the more powerful Atom chips, some with dual core. Of course, how much power do you need in a net book to display a PDF file with FoxIt reader? Underpowered is relative to what you try to run on it. For example... a Linux based OS will probably be much faster on a netbook than Windows every could be.

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