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Netbooks

Posts tagged with "netbooks"

12 February 2012 in Technology

Tablet PCs – where do you use yours?

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It’s a long time since our computing was confined to using a desktop PC in the corner of the living room. Portable devices and wireless internet have made it an anywhere, anytime activity. Where do you do your computing?

(more about where you compute…)

9 February 2012 in Technology

Windows 8 could revive the ‘netbook’

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Woman typing on a netbook

No matter what stats you look at, netbooks – once the model of ‘everyman’ computing – are stagnating at an alarming rate. But could Windows 8 breathe new life into a dying breed?

(more about the netbook revival…)

27 January 2012 in Technology

Ultrabooks – I’ll have a skinny laptop please

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If you haven’t heard of ‘ultrabooks’ yet, you won’t be able to avoid them for much longer. The word wasn’t far from the lips of most tech journalists at CES this year. But are ultrabooks more than just clever marketing?

(more about ultrabooks…)

25 July 2011 in Technology

Ask Which? – Windows 7 Starter won’t work on my netbook

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Angry netbook user

Mike asked: Some time ago I bought a netbook. I was told it ran Windows 7. I asked about compatibility as I use Microsoft 1997-2003 and was assured by the assistant at Curry’s that there was no problem.

(Q&A about netbooks and Windows…)

9 June 2011 in Technology

Do you want matte screens to return?

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Baby looking at reflection in laptop

There was one obvious omission in our latest laptop and netbook batch – only one had a matte screen. The rest were glossy. Why is it so difficult to avoid glossy screens and why can’t matte monitors return?

(more about bringing back matte screens…)

20 May 2011 in Technology

Are Google’s Chromebooks too much, too soon?

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Google's Chrome logo cropped

Google’s new Chromebooks – netbook-style laptops based on its Chrome operating system – will go on sale soon. The idea of an online-only netbook is a great idea, but has it all come a bit too soon?

(more about Google’s Chromebooks…)

3 May 2011 in Technology

Forget tablets, netbooks are here to stay

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Man using a netbook outside

I’ve recently enjoyed using Apple’s wonderful tablet – surfing the web on an iPad 2 has been fun! But if I wanted a portable, internet-enabled computer, I’d take a £250 netbook over a £400 iPad every time.

(more about the advantage of netbooks…)

22 April 2011 in Technology

Netbooks belong in the technology junkyard

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Laptop over netbook

OK, netbooks are cheap and portable and the all-day battery life is nice, but that’s all they have going for them. They’re slow, have rubbish screens and there are better and cheaper alternatives to be had.

(more about the demise of netbooks…)

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