Word Processing Ultrabook

[Atzilut]

Hey everyone, 1st time poster, I'm trying to determine if its feasible to build a tiny superthin laptop style machine used SOLELY for word processing. Basically screen, keyboard and storage. Is this possible hardware wise? Comments, suggestions. Thanks!

-Shawn

 

[jaguarskx]

Unlike a desktop, you cannot build your own laptop or netbook. You need to buy one that has already been pre-built.

Here's an Acer netbook for $250 which you can use for word processing. It is very basic.

http/www.amazon.com/Acer-AOD270-1375-Netbook-Processor-Espresso/dp/B007582KGM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1368240195&sr=8-2&keywords=netbook

Slightly more expensive is the Asus Atom.

http/www.amazon.com/Asus-N2600-R11CX-EU17-BK-10-1-Inch-Netbook/dp/B009P7LL2A/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1368240545&sr=8-20&keywords=netbook

For something different you can look into a Chromebook which uses Google's Chrome OS. Naturally, it is not compatible with any Windows programs.

http/www.amazon.com/Samsung-XE303C12-A01US-Chromebook-Wi-Fi-11-6-Inch/dp/B009LL9VDG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368240804&sr=8-1&keywords=netbook

 

[assasin32]

I have the chromebook that was linked, it works quite well in my opinion and I frequently find it being used on a daily basis. I can tell you this though, you can get the stated battery life that part is not a gimmick. For typing things up your using google docs (limited function offline, if you want to access it your files offline you have to go to google drive as a shortcut or website and not use the file system which says google drive, stupid setup which causes confusion). Or your using whatever online word processor you can find. And they have a online version of MS Office but it's subscription based and more expensive (honestly don't find a use of it over one installed on the PC, but thought I throw it out there, I don't actually recommend it for personal use)

What I typically do if I want the document to come out perfect is I type it up on google docs first, and have the spelling check enabled in chrome. Than I download it and load it up into word on a different PC and use their grammar check to pick up anything, or any of the more advance formating things which google docs doesn't support. This usually takes all of a couple minutes and thats because I am not familiar with word.

Personally I find typing on the chromebook the easy with it's full size keyboard and I prefer typing on it over almost every laptop keyboard I have used, as well as my desktop keyboard sometimes. On several occasions my little chromebook have been confused as being a macbook air which I find funny considering it's so cheap in comparison.