Comments on: Netbook Is Nothing But a Cheap PC

By: Notebooks vs. Netbooks: Can You Tell the Difference?

Notebooks vs. Netbooks: Can You Tell the Difference? — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:32:28 +0000

[...] few months ago, after talking to Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, I wrote a post in which I argued that netbooks were nothing but cheap laptops that would eventually pull the PC industry into a self-impos…. Many disagreed with my argument, pointing out key differences between the two devices such as [...]

By: Alvin Hurt

Alvin Hurt — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:53:41 +0000

You missed my point. The article quotes the Nvidia CEO as making the argument that there’s no difference between a netbook and a pc other than the price, therefore a netbook shouldn’t have it’s own category… kind of like saying a car is just a cheap bus, they both have wheels, when in fact they’re designed for completely different purposes, as your post explains.

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:13:21 +0000

Every time I pull out my Lenovo S10, loaded up with OSX, I *ALWAYS* draw a crowd. Its not because ‘its a cheap pc’, its because people look at it and at first think its a new Apple product. Once they realize its not, the real fascination starts..

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:08:54 +0000

…Because strapping a generator, desktop PC, LCD monitor, keyboard and mouse to your back isn’t a viable option? ;)

Really — you can get a netbook for under $200 if you look around, you’d be hard pressed to beat that on a worthy desktop — and I guarantee it won’t come with a monitor or external components.

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:58:49 +0000

Statements like this qualify people as never having touched an Atom-based system before. Try actually sitting down behind one in a real world situation, or knowing the real story behind the chips, before making that evaluation. Netbook = Small laptop. I dare you to find the desktop application that doesn’t run on a netbook.

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:52:43 +0000

Ahh, spoken like someone who has never utilized one themselves! Let me tell you, netbooks run anything you throw at em as desktop apps — and even a decent portion of older games. Microsoft Office needs to be run on a full-fledged desktop? You’re completely missing the points of A) Extreme portability coupled with B) MORE than adequate power. I’ve watched 720p with no problems on a netbook, as well as run multiple browsers, chat clients, Office apps, among other tools, all at once. Yes, it multitasks.

Netbooks are indeed laptops, simply with a typically 1024×600 screen. If you can comfortably do your daily tasks on a 1024×600 screen, you can comfortably live all day behind a netbook. Both my wife and I already do, and after using a 10″ ‘Mac’ for half a year, I can’t look at a full size laptop the same — so excessively large.

By: Alvin Hurt

Alvin Hurt — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:34:23 +0000

If all you want is a cheap PC why not buy a desktop? many are cheaper than netbooks

By: johhny

johhny — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:30:48 +0000

“Netbook is Nothing But a Cheap PC.” That’s a rather simple minded explanation… Jen-Hsun Huang is missing the point here. What buyers see in a netbook is an ultra-portable laptop on the cheap, in fact 4-7 times cheaper than many ultraportables, and yes there’s tradeoffs here we get cheaper hardware, weak performance, but longer battery life. I think it would be more accurate if he called the netbook nothing but a cheap ultraportable pc with extraordinary battery life.. also Nvidia’s ion platform will likely fail with it’s current price point. A better bet is the cheaper, and more energy-efficient ARM-based netbooks that will soon be here to compete with the current atom-based variety.

By: Badpunster

Badpunster — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:14:56 +0000

That’s what she said.

By: Technical blogs with pictures and videos » What’s in a Name? For Cheap PCs, Nothing

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:02:31 +0000

[...] Whatever the name, they are essentially cheap PCs. Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia, summed up my feeling when he said, “Netbooks are not a new category, instead they are just cheap PCs. The $399 PC is here [...]

By: What’s in a Name? For Cheap PCs, Nothing

What’s in a Name? For Cheap PCs, Nothing — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:45:23 +0000

By: toya

toya — Sat, 30 May 2009 00:15:24 +0000

Netbooks are not laptops. Netbooks are for internet browsing and e-mailing purposes, if you want something with other applications such as Microsoft Office then you’d get a laptop.

By: As Devices Converge, Chip Vendors Girding For a Fight — GigaOM Pro

As Devices Converge, Chip Vendors Girding For a Fight — GigaOM Pro — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:43:48 +0000

[...] As mobility becomes more important, thanks to ubiquitous wireless access, the traditional desktop PC market was finally surpassed at the end of last year by laptops. Part of this is because consumers love the convenience of mobility, but it’s also because when dealing with software programs in the cloud, the chips powering a desktop PC don’t offer as much of an advantage over the chips powering a laptop. [...]

By: The Fight for the Netbook Operating System

The Fight for the Netbook Operating System — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:01:21 +0000

[...] PT | 0 comments Smartphones are becoming more like PCs in many ways, especially if you think of netbooks or mobile Internet devices as cheap computers. The underlying hardware is becoming more similar, connectivity is crucial, and the tasks people [...]

By: The Fight for the Netbook Operating System

The Fight for the Netbook Operating System — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:01:21 +0000

By: The Netbooks Are Taking Over!

The Netbooks Are Taking Over! — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:16:07 +0000

[...] perhaps I was too hard on them, or maybe I just forgot the appeal of cheap gadgets, because this weekend I was treated to a taste of how popular netbooks seem to be. On [...]