Good (non-Mac) Laptop recommendation

[robrecht]

Originally posted by andyschneider

HP the competition, eh? That's all that's in my house for both work and personal - HP Employee discounts are a great thing! But working for HP and using their equipment, it's interesting to see that my oldest son is a Mac-addict - and loves everything about it. But he did have a HD and motherboard crash on his macbook 3 days before the warranty expired - so even the "good" stuff can go awry....

Sorry HP's off your list - good, reliable stuff!

andy (29+ yr employee of DEC/CPQ/HPQ)

I wish Compaq had been able to survive as a high-end laptop company rather than being sold to HP in the general commoditization of laptops. They had some very innovative designs on the drawing board with fully detachable keyboards that probably never got close to production, but still. I had their SLT-286 with the wired-detachable keyboard. Also loved their Concerto, that beautiful table-top laptop with pen-input and wired detachable keyboard. VGA monochrome, 486, but perfect ergonomics for a laptop, especially for those of us who like to work with our feet up on a desk. It's been said that I wrote my whole thesis typing in my sleep. I saw a couple of big SONY and/or HP table tops the other day and they reminded me of the Concerto but, of course, they're not meant to be portable like laptops.

So, Andy, anything in the works you can share?

[tangotango99]

I am planning to buy a netbook and recommedations?...... I have look at the Asus Eee PC 1000HE at $374 plus change how good is the netbook?.

[macphanatic]

You might want to find a store that has the netbooks in stock to try them out. Many people find the keyboards to be cramped.

The Dell Mini 9 has gotten good reviews. It's also pretty easy to load OS X onto the Mini 9 if you so desire.

[tangotango99]

Originally posted by macphanatic
You might want to find a store that has the netbooks in stock to try them out. Many people find the keyboards to be cramped.

The Dell Mini 9 has gotten good reviews. It's also pretty easy to load OS X onto the Mini 9 if you so desire.

I just checked Dell's website screen is too small 8.9,HD 16gb..Asus 10 screen size HD 10.I will go to Best Buy for a tryout .

[tangotango99]

How secure are netbbooks compared to laptops?

[macphanatic]

Originally posted by tangotango99
How secure are netbbooks compared to laptops?

Define "secure." It's the operating system and software that determine how secure a computer is.

[tangotango99]

Originally posted by macphanatic


Define "secure." It's the operating system and software that determine how secure a computer is.

I came across this online+++According to experts from Accenture, Gartner and the Daiwa Institute of Research, netbooks may be particularly vulnerable to crackers. Cutting costs on netbooks often means doing without optional proprietary applications like firewalls and anti-virus, that would otherwise slow down the processor.

[robrecht]

Originally posted by tangotango99
I came across this online+++According to experts from Accenture, Gartner and the Daiwa Institute of Research, netbooks may be particularly vulnerable to crackers. Cutting costs on netbooks often means doing without optional proprietary applications like firewalls and anti-virus, that would otherwise slow down the processor.

No reason for you to not install a good anti-virus program and firewall on a netbook. The operating system even comes with a firewall.

[bigdadi]

Samsung NC10
Price: $500

What we like: Samsung already had us with the sleek design (a choice of three metallic colors and a chrome-y border on the sides), but the Windows-XP-enabled NC10's main claim to fame is its full-size keyboard that makes writing anything a typo-free dream.

What we don't: It's a bit bulkier than other netbooks but has no built-in mobile broadband modem, so you'll have to rely on Wi-Fi right out of the box. Also, we wish it would come in more colors to appease our fashion needs.

Bottom line: Sexy looking without compromising the ability to do actual work, the Samsung NC10 is the only netbook that is equally good for business and pleasure.

[Scoobs]

Originally posted by tangotango99
I came across this online+++According to experts from Accenture, Gartner and the Daiwa Institute of Research, netbooks may be particularly vulnerable to crackers. Cutting costs on netbooks often means doing without optional proprietary applications like firewalls and anti-virus, that would otherwise slow down the processor.

There are lots of extremely effective, FREE, anti-virus, anti-malware, and firewall programs available. Why pay for such software OEM installed when you can get it for free. They are also light programs that will not slow down the processor on netbooks.

[switch]

Here (in Vancouver) you can get an HP 2133 netbook for $300 CDN (or about $240 USD). It comes with Linux, a keyboard/touchpad that is far better than the Acer and Asus, 2GB RAM, 120GB hard drive, WiFi, Gigabit LAN, Bluetooth, and a webcam.

This might be available in your locale, and if so, it's worth checking out.