12-inch Netbooks to Go Mainstream in 2010

[exfileme]

Netbooks with discrete graphics and 12-inch screens are expected in 2010.

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[08nwsula]

instead of getting the best netbook, you can just get an average laptop and have something that is better and cheaper. what's wrong with people?

 

[duckmanx88]

its mind boggling. a netbook IS JUST THAT! surf the web. write a document. now you're just giving us an expensive low range laptop not high end netbook. all these companies just fail big time.

 

[cadder]

How about this- a netbook is a relatively small machine, single core processor, and no optical drive.

 

[doomtomb]

I'm only interested in tablets besides your average laptop or desktop. Netbooks don't bring anything new to the table.

 

[pepperman]

^Agreed. You can get a $400 laptop with a 14" screen with a ~2GHz pentium dual core cpu which offers 3 to 4 times more performance on single-threaded apps, plus it has an additional core which blows any virtual core away. On top of that, you get enough ram and graphics power to run a modern OS.

 

[trinix]

It's just another way to force us to spend more money. If oems want to make bigger netbooks, let them. If they want to use real cpus, let them pay for real ones. And if the atom is going so fast that it's enough, then maybe their is no need for budget notebooks and they should focus on performance more.

This is only of course if it's enough and no one wants to buy them. Forcing atoms to 10-inch is just stupid, let the computer draw all the power out of the cpu it has.

 

[falchard]

Whats the point of a discrete graphics card if you are coupling it with a weakling Atom Processor?

 

[cruiseoveride]

pricetags between $500 and $600

Netbook? Good Luck!

 

[LORD_ORION]

WTF is wrong with people... there is a reason 14" was the minimum size. Damn marketing can convince people to buy any crap.

I mean holy crap, could you see yourself using a 14" monitor? You think the mainstream is going to have a 12" laptop and a desktop? Hell no, they are going to use the 12" as their 1PC.

Freaking morons.

 

[eddieseven]

Note/netbook What about battery life?
And where exactly will these fit in?

 

[tayb]

I'm sorry but 12" is where I draw the line. 12" is a notebook, not a netbook. This whole netbook/notebook thing has gotten completely out of hand.

 

[fletchoid]

It seems that the "portable" computer industry is taking a page from the cell phone industry, where you need a Cray supercomputer working 24/7 to figure out whether you are getting screwed or not. The "packages" offer you long battery life in place of computing power, or computing power in place of monitor size, or monitor/package size in place of battery life and computing power, etc. etc. So, the average consumer is probably getting ripped off, or maybe not, well, or maybe, depending on the day of the week and who is selling what. As "netbooks" get more expensive, people should be judging them as if they were laptops. As laptops get cheaper, people should be judging them as to how light, portable, and energy efficient they are. The whole netbook phenomenom has just created a confusing mess for the average consumer. All the more reason to have decent, impartial websites that analyse the performance, cost effectiveness and reliability of various hardware options. Just like Tom's Hardware used to be. Before the corporate bean counters eliminated all independent thinkers like Rob Wright and Ben Meyer from the payroll.

 

[General M00n]

How about they cut the marketing BS and go back to calling them all laptops like they use to.

I don't konw where this huge "division" between notebook, netbook & laptop sprung up from.
But back when I was using a laptop in early 00's you bought your laptop computer depending on wheather you wanted a more compact model or something more powerfull but bigger.

Do they actually expect you to have 3 different sized laptops that you use depending on the situation?
Most people just buy what they can afford and are happy with it, I don't see why everyone is so worried over such trivial marketing shenanigans.

 

[Guest]

"Beefier graphics"

Why on earth would you think Pinetrail was offering "Beefier Graphics"? I thought it was the same shit-tastic IGP moved to the processors packaging.

 

[randomizer]

I've just returned with my TARDIS from 2020 and I saw people with 30" netbooks.

 

[ukgooey]

[citation][nom]cadder[/nom]How about this- a netbook is a relatively small machine, single core processor, and no optical drive.[/citation]
Yeah, why can't anyone else see this. Net. Book. It's not a Gamebook or a VideoEditingbook or anything similar.

By my reasoning it could have a 52" screen and an Atom CPU and it would still be a netbook. I have a netbook. I use it primarily for the net. I work away from home and it fits in the same bag as my clothes and toiletries and weighs sweet F.A. For anything that requires more power I use a desktop PC. To me, a 'netbook' has a value. If I needed something bigger and with more power that's what I would have bought.

However, I must concede that it'd make life a lot easier if it was referred to as a 'small, low powered portable notebook suitable for surfing the net on the move'.

 

[ukgooey]

[citation][nom]ukgooey[/nom]By my reasoning it could have a 52" screen and an Atom CPU and it would still be a netbook.[/citation]
Actually this is bullshit, but if it's portable and low powered it's a netbook. A 52" screen isn't portable unless you are The Rock.

 

[fatkid35]

seems the o.e.m.s lost the point. they were supposed to be cheaper versions of laptops. they are supposed to get cheaper and smaller. it's all going the wrong way!

 

[doomsdaydave11]

Actually this is exactly what I want.

I want a $500 laptop/netbook that is very thin and 12 inches. 4GB of RAM, 160GB or so of space, and a 2.0Ghz or more dual core.

Really, it's nearly 2010. This isn't far-fetched at all. Especially when my ZuneHD probably has a better graphics chip then all the netbooks out there.