Do you own a NETBOOK?

**Negus** · October 22nd, 2009 01:16 PM

Nokia Booklet 3g

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHpiZwpedro"]YouTube - Nokia Booklet 3G (not an Apple Netbook clone)[/ame]

It seems like it runs on the ION platform (hdmi).

**Lucius** · October 22nd, 2009 01:34 PM

Looks good! E ano naman OS nyan? I hope it could run Windows.

What most laptops/netbooks are lacking right now is in the aesthetic division. That's why I've never been a fan off Dell, MSI, Neo - no matter how cheap they are.

**Negus** · October 22nd, 2009 01:39 PM

Windows 7.

**Jun aka Pekto** · October 22nd, 2009 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by Lucius

What most laptops/netbooks are lacking right now is in the aesthetic division. That's why I've never been a fan off Dell, MSI, Neo - no matter how cheap they are.

That's because most people are more interested in functionality than looks. Me? I'm ok with so-so looks so long as it's contemporary. I'm quite happy with my Toshiba. But, it's probably the last Toshiba I'll own because it's not upgrade friendly. I can't replace the hard drive without tearing the laptop apart. My next laptop will be an ASUS. If I do buy a netbook today, it'll be an ASUS as well.

**n5110** · November 1st, 2009 07:26 PM

anyone have experience with Neo netbooks?

**woohoo** · November 1st, 2009 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by Jun aka Pekto

That's because most people are more interested in functionality than looks. Me? I'm ok with so-so looks so long as it's contemporary. I'm quite happy with my Toshiba. But, it's probably the last Toshiba I'll own because it's not upgrade friendly. I can't replace the hard drive without tearing the laptop apart. My next laptop will be an ASUS. If I do buy a netbook today, it'll be an ASUS as well.

Agree! I go for functionality first, too. If it's got good looks, that'd be a bonus. But no need for that. Or am I just jaded because I just know of too many people who show off (buffed bodies, nice cars, clothes, etc.) to compensate for their low IQ's.

**Negus** · November 1st, 2009 10:56 PM

Originally Posted by woohoo

Agree! I go for functionality first, too. If it's got good looks, that'd be a bonus. But no need for that. Or am I just jaded because I just know of too many people who show off (buffed bodies, nice cars, clothes, etc.) to compensate for their low IQ's.

but those "show offs" probably live a more exciting life in a week than an average joe do in a year.

whatever rocks their boat and It's their money anyway.

Me, I prefer functionality and style.

**ghosthunter** · November 2nd, 2009 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by n5110

anyone have experience with Neo netbooks?

For nearly the same price, you can get an MSi Wind netbook which offers many advantages of mods that can be done to it like bigger battery, easy access to internals for upgrades in memory, harddisk, wifi, touchscreen, etc.

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 2nd, 2009 12:15 AM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

For nearly the same price, you can get an MSi Wind netbook which offers many advantages of mods that can be done to it like bigger battery, easy access to internals for upgrades in memory, harddisk, wifi, touchscreen, etc.

MSI would be my 2nd choice after ASUS. Since you own an MSI, what is it about the Wind that swayed you to it over like say the ASUS? Just curious because MSI products are a bit harder to find here unlike the ASUS which is everywhere.

**ghosthunter** · November 2nd, 2009 12:29 AM

Originally Posted by Jun aka Pekto

MSI would be my 2nd choice after ASUS. Since you own an MSI, what is it about the Wind that swayed you to it over like say the ASUS? Just curious because MSI products are a bit harder to find here unlike the ASUS which is everywhere.

Easier to mod I think (remove nine screws and the entire bottom can be removed revealing all the guts of the netbook). I got the MSi U100+ which was one of the first netbooks to have the N280 processor that can be overclocked and underclocked. Also the extended battery style of the MSi netbooks goes under the netbook as compared to rearward in the Asus units. Also the price of P21,000 (then) was much cheaper than the other netbooks of the same specification (10inch screen, 2gb ram, 250gb hdd, six cell battery, original WinXPH).

It also helped that there is a big community (online forums) of owners and modders of the MSi Wind netbooks.