I just picked up a new Netbook for school/play. I love this thing! It's a Toshiba NB505.

It's small, light, whisper quiet, and does not get hot. The exact opposite of my regular laptop (17" HP, it's HUGE). This thing is great for sitting around in the living room or having something really portable to bring with you on the go. Also the battery life is great, 7+ hours easily, and that's even with using wifi the whole time.

So if anyone is thinking about getting something portable, check these things out. At $250-300, they sure beat the **** out of the iPad and similar devices.

BTW, this thing would be perfect for guys wanting to have something in their truck for tuning.

 

I've been wanting one of those for a while. Too many other needs lately though. But if I happen across a Smokin deal, I'll ****** it up!

 

They're really awesome for internet browsing and light work. They're not similar to modern laptops in terms of speed, but that's to be expected out of something this small. You also give up processing speed for much increased battery life. But with a RAM upgrade, which I plan on doing soon, it should speed things up a bit. I've got Windows 7 Professional installed, as well as MS Office 2007, so it's very capable of performing many tasks. The cheapest iPad you can buy is $499 and that's basically for an oversized iPhone with only 16gb of space. My netbook has 250gb of hard drive space

 

Kinda like driving a Honda then, eh? Lol

 

Meh, not the best comparison, but close. When only using one or two applications, the performance is close to a low end laptop. It's only when you've got multiple applications open that you really start to notice it struggling, but that might be because it only comes with 1GB of RAM. I'll try and post again about the speed after I upgrade the RAM to 2GB.

It's a 10.1" screen, 1.66 GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB of ram, and 250GB hard drive. So it's not a bad machine for basic functions like web browsing, or taking notes, or similar activities.

 

Yeah, I totally understand. I was just giving you some ****, that's all. A lil Honda love. Lol

 

I almost bought two of them a couple years ago cuz they're so cheap and not so bad for the price.