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I've wanted a netbook ever since I saw the first Eee 7 inch thing, but decided to wait until the hardware was capable enough and at least one manufacturer had ironed out all of the design flaws. The hardware is nearly there, but among the non-standard keyboards, 'side of the touchpad' buttons, non upgradeable ram (I'm looking at you Dell), smaller keyboards than possible, huge screen bezels etc, there just isn't a netbook out there yet that I want to part with cash for. Even if one comes out (the Seashell looks good), we're so close to Windows 7 & the Atom refresh and the current hardware has been around so long that I am making myself wait.
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Fortunately, I was able to get most of the hardware working using hardware-specific drivers as most of the hardware is just ordinary stuff. Still can't get the multimedia bar to work though. Oh well, it's a small sacrifice to run XP instead Vista.
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Is the N280 processor worth the extra $100 over the N270 or would it be wise to wait for the Ion chipset?
07/20/09
Netbooks serve one purpose and one purpose alone: access the internet. If you want a computer that can do anything else, you need to shell out for a fully featured laptop. (Not to say you can't still find a smaller one for a decent price.)
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I use my netbook (Asus PC 1000 if anyone cares) as a full featured computer and it handles the work load just like I would expect a laptop or desktop with similar hardware to. There are plenty of low budget computers out there, netbooks just have the added convenience of using up very little space. Sure if I'm multi tasking pretty heavily I might have to wait a second or two to let the computer complete the tasks I'm asked it to do, but for someone who grew up when dial-up became an option and even crappy laptops cost well over $1000 waiting a second or two is an easy sacrifice for the convenience of my netbooks size and weight.
04/11/09
Thanks for the flash of the past though.
04/11/09
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04/11/09
* looks at Dan's desktop pic *
Aargh! My eyes, my eyes...!
As if mesmerized by a train wreck in progress, he could not look away from the horrifying sight that lay before him.
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Thanks for offering your opinion. What are you doing to make the thread better, more interesting/informative/entertaining?
Oh, that's right. Nothing.
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Oh, maybe not this thread, but I can sure think of one very specific way to help prevent lame comments in all future threads. You might wanna duck...
04/12/09
2. I visit Giz every now and then to read about interesting tech and gadget news. When I see an article titled 'Vintage Gateeay Desktop Wallpaper is Now My Current Desktop Wallpaper" I think to myself, "who really cares." If Giz didn't put out so many useless articles like this I probably wouldn't be over at Engadget as much.
3. If anyone gets excited about this article they must be overweight and living in their parent's basement. And they probably have a neckbeard.
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04/12/09
Was there an indication that I don't enjoy life? I love it. I just hate stupid, meaningless articles.
04/12/09
As you can see, the quoting serves to indicate to which specific part of a comment the reply is directed. More importantly than that, as many people (Hi, Curves!) prefer to view the comments in "Classic" view (i.e., where the comments are not concatenated with each original poster's comment but instead displayed in independent chronological order), quoting acts to let someone quickly see the relevant part of the conversation without having to click all over a thread.
"Was there an indication that I don't enjoy life?
Only in every grumpy word you expressed. Look, sometimes Giz articles may be stupid. But this isn't television. Life isn't television. Don't sit back like a passive viewer pissing and moaning about the programming. Jump in, get involved. In this case, that means, yeah, you may need to work a tiny bit, challenging yourself, to not only find but to actually create the humor or entertainment in a post. In fact, some of the best threads come from talented commenters finding those off-the-wall viewpoints in otherwise lackluster products/storylines. Just look at the commenting of any of these Giz favorites:
92BuickLeSabre
OMG! Ponies!
Kaiser-Machead
Curves
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Monty
Purple Dave
Geisrud
nutbastard
Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®
Shamoononon
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N@tedog
BeautifulAgony
qbrad
strider_mt2k
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I mean, that list of commenters* is pure gold. Print it. Paste it next to your computer. Study how these folks work the comments. They are our own little Second City TV comedy troupe, and are quite good at it. You may be a thoughtful person, schmere, otherwise I would not have bothered to keep this verbal tennis match going.
So, you ready? Here comes the volley! Now, with the ball in your court, what will you do with it?
See you in another thread.
*list created by LindsayJoy, herself a well-regarded star commenter (and, oh yeah, she had me on her list as well, but modesty and all that...)
*oh, frak modesity, I'm a star commenter too
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* sighs *
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Good ol' beige Packard Bell. Was a 286sx(or 386sx can't remember) 1MB of ram with an 86MB Hard drive, no math coprocessor so I couldn't run CAD but I could run "Hero's Quest" just fine. That's how I learned to type.
BTW, we were top notch with our color monitor and 3.5" floppy.
04/11/09
Then again, does the computer you're using right now have a Turbo button? No. And that is why it is inferior to every 286 ever made.