Do you own a NETBOOK?

[ghosthunter]

My Mom was thinking of a netbook because it is way cheaper than a notebook. She saw a netbook on sale for $200 daw. Desktop is not a consideration because she needs something that she could bring abroad.

I've never used a netbook and since I will be the one to teach my Mom, does it function like a notebook? (windows xp, ms office and internet) because I don't want to have to learn and teach at the same time. hehe.

Cathy, I suggest you bring your mom to a shop that have a lot of netbooks and notebook PCs on display and running.

Frankly netbooks and notebooks are just the same except that netbooks are meant to be cheap and low cost at expensive of performance and some conveniences like a DVD or CDROM drive.

Notebooks are fine but they weigh more and have shorter battery life.

Ask your mom to try out the netbooks and notebooks and explain to her the pro and con of either type. It would be good if your mom has no eye-sight issues.

Personally, I love my 10 inch netbook. It's small and lightweight. Battery life is over five hours. The smallish screen doesn't really give me a problem. But I do have a full desktop computer at the office and at home for my usual tasks. My netbook's primary task is connectivity and entertainment when I am out of the office or traveling local or abroad.