Netbooks – Choice of Linux
Netbooks – or “subnotebooks”, seem to be both a popular and convenient choice on the laptop computer marketplace. They are an excellent option not only for students – being small enough to throw in a knapsack, handy , functional and inexpensive. Netbooks originally grew out of the 100 $ third world laptop project. However as the project caught onmajor players in the marketplace came to the conclusion that this market niche – could well grow and almost be a threat to them. To that point intel developed a number of processors for the job. It used to be that cutting edge technology was employed in laptops. Laptops were small. portable and were most often used in business. On top of that even with their “cuteness” most laptops could never match the speed and hardware flexibility of desktop computers. To that purpose they were outfitted with leading edge / expensive components and hence were expensive in themselves. Not so with the majority of netbooks. Mid range 1.5 Ghz speed is more than fast enough – as long as Microsoft Vista as an OS is not employed.
A high percentage of netbooks currently ship with Linux. Often Windows XP is offered as an addition sister product as an OS. For these laptops or mini laptops aka netbooks since the products were originally designed for Linux they are excellent Linux platforms and for those who wish to learn Linux they are excellent practice and learning devices. Interstingly given the opportunity most non Linux computer users might never notice the difference overall versus Windows. They can go online , they can play solitaire , they can write letters and do spreadsheets with open office , online with firefox , there are both wireless Wi Fi equipped as well as an ethernet lan , they have a messenger service aka Microsoft or Yahoo Messenger and even a webcam. They are well equipped both with USB ports , and 2 sd card slots for extra storeage capabilities.
Who could ask for more ?
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