Netbook or Notebook... which do you prefer?

I prefer notebooks. I have an acer aspire laptop and I love it. I'm a power user or gamer so I bought a notebook. Netbooks are great but I can't play games with it. There are also notebooks out there that are light and small and best they're cheap the same with the price of common netbooks. Dell will be releasing their new notebook laptops that are light, small, with of course greater features than of a netbook. Best is the price. It's the same with netbook. They did it to counter the sales of netbooks today.

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Right now, I only have the full size dell laptop but I'm really planning to buy a netbook also because of it's very lightweight, compact size and only requires a small sleeve or bag to carry it around unlike my dell, I have to placed it in my laptop backpack and the weight combination is quite heavy, I was able to use an acer aspire one netbook before when a friend lend me his and it is really comfortable carrying it around, I always go out so buying a netbook as a secondary laptop is a good option for me. Although it is a little bit underpowered compared to full size laptop, I'll just use in for my internet activities anyway.

I am working from a desktop computer at work and from a laptop here at home. I would do much like to get me a netbook but they are quite expensive an so I wait for a little longer till I get me one. I will also have to get accustomed to the small screen but I hope I will manage when the time has come and I bought me a netbook. I sure want to wait till mobile internet maybe drops in charges a little.

Aseretdd, I have not had an opportunity to use a netbook yet, but I like the definition "minimalist" in regard to them. BTW, here is an interesting article on netbooks:

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/01/five-reasons-to-seriously-consider-buying-a-netbook.ars

I did recently buy a smaller, lighter laptop and it is a joy to use. Next week I will be traveling somewhere that I do not feel like carrying even the lighter one, though so if I check in online at all before November, it will be on my smartphone, which of course has a teeny weeny screen.

Hi aseretdd,
The netbook is good for interenet browsing and while travelling, other than that if we have to work for long hours at the notebook then its not highly recommended, but I like the size and shape of it, though it looks small the keyboard is very good and almost same size as that of the notebook, only screen is the problem, like you said even few windows looks crowded....
I use a notebook in office (Acer travelmate) but soon will be getting a netbook at home!!!!

Both have their own advantages and disadvantages. I think for meeting, work purposes and presentations, a netbook is cool. For a long-term usage, notebook is more better. It has a bigger screen and everything can be seen more clearer and etc..

For me it depends on the use of it....you are right net books have small screen...I prefer notebook although it is difficult to carry but it is good for the type of work I use it for....I do not like scrolling up and down....I actually use notebook for my office work which requires viewing lots of data at a time..

I have to say I prefer notebooks. I use a compaq with a full size keyboard and really good big screen. My husband has a compaq netbook and I don't like the small screen and find it hard to type on the keyboard. His netbook is a lot lighter so is more convenient when we travel. We use my laptop to watch movies on etc which wouldn't be any good on the netbook.

Laptop, Notebook, Netbook, Tablet PC, Mini PC - how are they different? A laptop is a mobile computer with a full sized keyboard, flip up monitor and space for built in optical or floppy disk storage drives. A notebook is a mobile computer with a full sized keyboard and a flip up monitor. It does not have space for built in optical or floppy disk drives but instead provides communication ports so that an external drive can be connected. This allows a notebook to be much thinner than a laptop. A netbook or mini pc is a mobile computer with a keyboard smaller than full size (some are less than half the size) and a flip up monitor. It also does not have space for built in storage drives but does provide ports for connecting an external drive. A tablet pc is a mobile computer with a full sized keyboard. It has a monitor that can be opened and then twisted around to lie flat on the keyboard with the screen pointing up. The monitor can then be written on. A touch sensitive layer in the monitor allows hand writing to be captured and stored.

I prefer note book .....region you know above.

My mother has just bought a netbook, and that's fine for her, as all she likes to do is browse the internet. For me however, I need a proper sized screen so that I can always see what I'm doing.
I would hate to not be able to see the whole screen at the same time, that would annoy me. And plus, I need laptops with all the right drives, and sometimes the smaller netbooks don't have those do they.