Netbooks

What Are They? Small Highly portable Internet *NOT* main machine

Small

Highly portable

Internet

*NOT* main machine

History Jan 2005 All Open Source Non-profit ASUS Eee late 2007 Linux commercial Fully commercial Sept 2008 Dell Mini

Next Due out this summer TOUCHBOOK

Netbooks VS Notebooks Atom Dual Core SSD or HD Up to 160 GB (some very small) HD & CD/DVD 320GB + Processor Storage

Atom

Dual Core

SSD or HD

Up to 160 GB

(some very small)

HD & CD/DVD

320GB +

Netbooks VS Notebooks $300-$600 $600-$4,000 3-10 Hr 2-6 Hr Price Battery Life

$300-$600

$600-$4,000

3-10 Hr

2-6 Hr

Netbooks VS Notebooks ‘Peripherals’ Small screen Small keyboard Camera Mic. Speakers Med – large screen Speakers Options: Touch screen Fingerprint reader ‘ flip-screen’ Camera

Small screen

Small keyboard

Camera

Mic.

Speakers

Med – large screen

Speakers

Options:

Touch screen

Fingerprint reader

‘ flip-screen’

Camera

Netbooks VS Notebooks Software XP; Linux Bloatware OpenOffice Open Source XP; Linux; Vista;... ‘ Full Compliment’ MSOffice Photoshop Premier

XP; Linux

Bloatware

OpenOffice

Open Source

XP; Linux; Vista;...

‘ Full Compliment’

MSOffice

Photoshop

Premier

Comparisons SMALL MEDIUM LARGE VERY LARGE

Credits Thanks Wikipedia!

Thanks Wikipedia!