Comments on: First two days with a netbook http://dhananjay.nene.in/2009/06/first-two-days-with-a-netbook/ Memes in Brownian Motion Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:11:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Arun Ramamoorthy http://dhananjay.nene.in/2009/06/first-two-days-with-a-netbook/comment-page-1/#comment-2194 Arun Ramamoorthy Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:18:31 +0000 http://dhananjay.nene.in/?p=343#comment-2194 Hi Danny, Well your evaluation makes me feel comfortable about buying a netbook for my personal use. I'm sure its not going to as quick a boot with windows as with linux, nevertheless! Hi Danny,

Well your evaluation makes me feel comfortable about buying a netbook for my personal use. I’m sure its not going to as quick a boot with windows as with linux, nevertheless!

]]> By: Hemanshu Narsana http://dhananjay.nene.in/2009/06/first-two-days-with-a-netbook/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Hemanshu Narsana Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:48:50 +0000 http://dhananjay.nene.in/?p=343#comment-574 The one thing you didn't mention is the battery time! To me that's the killer.. if I can't get at least 2.5 hours of battery time, it doesn't matter what I'm carrying :D The one thing you didn’t mention is the battery time! To me that’s the killer.. if I can’t get at least 2.5 hours of battery time, it doesn’t matter what I’m carrying :D

]]> By: Dhananjay Nene http://dhananjay.nene.in/2009/06/first-two-days-with-a-netbook/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Dhananjay Nene Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:32:54 +0000 http://dhananjay.nene.in/?p=343#comment-379 @rohit Whoa .. thats one detailed comment indeed. Just a thought on that # For Netbooks with SSDs, there needs to exist affordable, reliable, fast and available internet access. Given that I think SSDs are superior to HDDs. Unfortunately imo we in India don't have that yet .. so the availability of data on the netbook is quite important. @rohit

Whoa .. thats one detailed comment indeed. Just a thought on that

# For Netbooks with SSDs, there needs to exist affordable, reliable, fast and available internet access. Given that I think SSDs are superior to HDDs. Unfortunately imo we in India don’t have that yet .. so the availability of data on the netbook is quite important.

]]> By: Rohit http://dhananjay.nene.in/2009/06/first-two-days-with-a-netbook/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Rohit Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:48:18 +0000 http://dhananjay.nene.in/?p=343#comment-378 I got a chance to try few netbooks but never got a chance to write a blog on it. Its really good to be in IT infrastructure team, you get a hands-on on many things without actually buying them. Personally I'm yet to buy one for me :) I tried HCL leaptop / Lenovo IdeaPad / ASUS EEEPC / Sony P Series for my organization. I didn't liked HCL for many reasons and Sony is way too small and costly. But would like to compare IdeaPad and EEEPC # No optical drive, less number of USB ports etc are part and parcel of a netbook so can't help it. # These netbooks are generally installed with Windows XP home edition which I don't prefer to connect in my corporate networks # Reinstallation of OS kills the microOS installed which gives access to basic features like browser/chat/photo/email etc without full boot. # Installing Ubuntu / Bracktrack on EEEPC was much easier than IdeaPad # SSD (Solid State Disk) bumps up the cost of any netbook multifold but that's a thing to go for. # SSD is costly and very low in storage capacity but that makes it as strong as a calculator. No moving part & hence more sturdy. # As far as sturdiness in concerned, both are good for as of now. Lenovo (earstwhile IBM) is known for strong devices & ASUS is so far so good for me. I stumbled with EEEPC twice and it fell from my hand. Still working fine. ;) # Even I get fat finger on the keyboard lot many times but that's just a matter of habit. I get fat finger on any laptop other than thinkpad ;) # Mousepad/Touchpad on any of the netbook is a kind of pain, I prefer USB wireless keyboard+mouse set for work which is expected to go beyond 30 min. But this kills one USB port # KDE of backtrack didn't worked for me on IdeaPad # ASUS EEEPC comes with Atheros based wifi card which is a boon in case you want raw packet injection and other activities related to hacking & security. Wifi card of IdeaPad is Broadcom I don't prefer it. So in my view ASUS EEEPC is a better choice in netbook, and soon I'll buy one for myself. I don't think I'll be going for an SSD version but atleast a HDD version for myself. I got a chance to try few netbooks but never got a chance to write a blog on it.

Its really good to be in IT infrastructure team, you get a hands-on on many things without actually buying them. Personally I’m yet to buy one for me :)

I tried HCL leaptop / Lenovo IdeaPad / ASUS EEEPC / Sony P Series for my organization.
I didn’t liked HCL for many reasons and Sony is way too small and costly. But would like to compare IdeaPad and EEEPC

# No optical drive, less number of USB ports etc are part and parcel of a netbook so can’t help it.

# These netbooks are generally installed with Windows XP home edition which I don’t prefer to connect in my corporate networks

# Reinstallation of OS kills the microOS installed which gives access to basic features like browser/chat/photo/email etc without full boot.

# Installing Ubuntu / Bracktrack on EEEPC was much easier than IdeaPad

# SSD (Solid State Disk) bumps up the cost of any netbook multifold but that’s a thing to go for.

# SSD is costly and very low in storage capacity but that makes it as strong as a calculator. No moving part & hence more sturdy.

# As far as sturdiness in concerned, both are good for as of now. Lenovo (earstwhile IBM) is known for strong devices & ASUS is so far so good for me. I stumbled with EEEPC twice and it fell from my hand. Still working fine. ;)

# Even I get fat finger on the keyboard lot many times but that’s just a matter of habit. I get fat finger on any laptop other than thinkpad ;)

# Mousepad/Touchpad on any of the netbook is a kind of pain, I prefer USB wireless keyboard+mouse set for work which is expected to go beyond 30 min. But this kills one USB port

# KDE of backtrack didn’t worked for me on IdeaPad

# ASUS EEEPC comes with Atheros based wifi card which is a boon in case you want raw packet injection and other activities related to hacking & security. Wifi card of IdeaPad is Broadcom I don’t prefer it.

So in my view ASUS EEEPC is a better choice in netbook, and soon I’ll buy one for myself. I don’t think I’ll be going for an SSD version but atleast a HDD version for myself.

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