Advantage and Disadvantage of Netbooks

Netbooks are not that great.First it does not have disk drive capability.The one I had only lasted 3 months.First,the built in mouse quit working and I could not cut and paste.Then the screen shattered very easily.I got that fixed.Then the power cord burned a whole in it,which in turn burned the motor up.All this in 3 months time.It was woth the $250 I had paid for it.

As we know it is smaller in size but the advantage is its portability.I think it mainly good for Email and web browsing because its purpose concern.The main advantage is that simplicity its working for portability and looks some note books looks so small and pretty cute looks.That is rocking performance and stylish.Some software didn't work in note books due its specification generally note books seems less computer power that's works for simple application.I think Games didn't work well through note book.Note books are for only business executives and other workers.It is good for simplicity and calculate simple applications.I don't think a software engineers didn't buy these type of note books.As they purchase they should have Lap top other wise less chance for moving in to Note book PC. Happy My lotting.......

You are correct, netbooks are lightweight to carry around especially if you're always on the go and its dirt cheap compared with conventional laptops. I have a laptop while my younger sister has a netbook. I have tried using her netbook a few times and it wasn't great. The disadvantages of netbooks for me are: 1) its very slow to read and download files when you're using it 2) the memory capacity is very low 3) Linux is not user friendly like Windows XP 4) the monitor is so small that I can't really see what I am doing 5) its not really good to use for chatting I still prefer to use my laptop though I have to use my sister's netbook when I visited my parents' house sometimes.

Dear brienn,, A very informative topic for discussion...salamat (thanks!) To begin with....my son won a Lenovo netbook from Buena Vista for the movie 'Race to Witch Mountain'...it is white in colour. Actually there are 4 choice of colours with a convertible case..nice! One side grey for boys, or convert inside out become pink for girls! Very light, compact and convenient to carry around! It thas been for 4 months plus already, his favourite companion, he brought with him along whenever he go out shopping or restaurants with free wi-fi facilities like One Utama Shopping Ctr, Starbuck Cafe, Old Town Coffee etc. I find that the keyboards are too small for my fingers, but it is ok! Advisable to use with a mouse...XP is very good, very compatible... Because of its size, it is very conveninet to put inside a small backpack or handbag...the perfect size of netbook should be 10.5", I think the 8.9" (if I not mistaken, to small the keyboard and bad for reading, the words will be too small). The setback will be it do not come with a CD drive.. but be creative...have to use pendrive then! Overall, my son is very happy with it! All the best and do keep in touch!

The bigest advantage i think is cheapness. People who don't have enough money can buy it to meet the needs of computers. It's also easy to take. I heard that one of their disadvantages is about hard disk. Maybe it's not as stable as laptops. Well, for some who just need to log online, it's enough.

They are cheap and easy to use. Disadvantage you can overload it easy with just music