Tablet or Netbook

theGrinch

I pretty much need a minimum 12" display for vision reasons

Miss_Havisham

I've had a Samsung NC10 netbook for 4 years and I love it. Use it mainly for internet and e-mail and some simple excel and word docs. No cd/dvd drive but I use usb sticks and external discdrive on the rare occasion I need it.

It's made me lazy - I sit in the armchair in front of the telly and tap on my netbook all evening. I rarely use my desktop nowadays unless for a large doc or when I need to print something. Small screen size doesn't bother me and speed is reasonable.

Bonus is the weight & size when travelling with it.

Miss H

01001011

Miss_Havisham wrote: »

I've had a Samsung NC10 netbook for 4 years and I love it. Use it mainly for internet and e-mail and some simple excel and word docs. No cd/dvd drive but I use usb sticks and external discdrive on the rare occasion I need it.

It's made me lazy - I sit in the armchair in front of the telly and tap on my netbook all evening. I rarely use my desktop nowadays unless for a large doc or when I need to print something. Small screen size doesn't bother me and speed is reasonable.

Bonus is the weight & size when travelling with it.

Miss H

Me too. I don't understand the complaints about netbooks being slow. Maybe I have a better optimized Win XP and software suit?

NiftyDigits

theGrinch wrote: »

I pretty much need a minimum 12" display for vision reasons

Take a look here. Lots available within your budget. They will go quickly, so don't take too long.

theGrinch

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Take a look here. Lots available within your budget. They will go quickly, so don't take too long.

thanks!

can anyone define "refurbished"? what does it range from to?

NiftyDigits

theGrinch wrote: »

thanks!

can anyone define "refurbished"? what does it range from to?

Depends on the retailer and other factors. Many from this retailer will be 'as new', but with damaged or not the original packing. Just post a link here for the one you like and I will advise as best I can.

GetRealBabe

Miss_Havisham wrote: »

I've had a Samsung NC10 netbook for 4 years and I love it. Use it mainly for internet and e-mail and some simple excel and word docs. No cd/dvd drive but I use usb sticks and external discdrive on the rare occasion I need it.

It's made me lazy - I sit in the armchair in front of the telly and tap on my netbook all evening. I rarely use my desktop nowadays unless for a large doc or when I need to print something. Small screen size doesn't bother me and speed is reasonable.

Bonus is the weight & size when travelling with it.

Miss H

Hi

I also have a Samsung NC10. I added 2GB of ram plus it runs Windows 7 and isn't slow. I only use it for when I'm out and about. For general use, I prefer my laptop.

olly300

01001011 wrote: »

Me too. I don't understand the complaints about netbooks being slow. Maybe I have a better optimized Win XP and software suit?

Netbook when they were conceived where only ever suppose to have 1GB of RAM though some have more.*

This means lots of netbooks that come with 1GB of RAM running Windows 7 Starter are very slow, as Windows 7 is a resource hungry OS.

To increase the response you need to either:
1. Put a different OS on it like a favour of linux that can cope with those specs unless you have an old copy of XP lying around, or,
2. Increase the RAM to 2GB - which is easier to do on some netbooks than others - and remove the bloatware i.e. change the anti-virus program.

I do have a netbook -Acer Aspire One - but I mostly use it now with ubuntu as it crashes with Windows 7 Starter.

For what I initially brought and used the netbook for it works fine i.e doing stuff via the web such as my accounts. If I want a bigger screen I use to connect it to a TV with a HDMI cable. This does mean if I'm working away I have to carry another cable with me plus an external DVD drive.

However as the OP wants to do word processing and spreadsheets locally on it I would buy a small laptop.

Oh and one of my mates has an Asus netbook and again complains it's too slow running Windows 7 Starter however she doesn't complain that it crashes.

*Source guy who writes OS and optimises them for different hardware.

prowla

theGrinch wrote: »

thanks!

can anyone define "refurbished"? what does it range from to?

You remember Furbies - they came out in the 90s?
They spoke a language called "Furbish".
They were re-released this year, making them reFurbies, and the language they speak reFurbish.

(OK - it's rubbish, but so is the term "refurbished" in the context of a computer, because the components cannot be rejuvinated, so all it can amount to is a dust & polish.)

prowla

olly300 wrote: »

Netbook when they were conceived where only ever suppose to have 1GB of RAM though some have more.*

This means lots of netbooks that come with 1GB of RAM running Windows 7 Starter are very slow, as Windows 7 is a resource hungry OS.

My Netbook is a Compaq 110c, it has 1 GB memory, and it is running XP.