Yeah, I should indeed have been more clear, I meant those preloaded with Vista usually all can get a (almost) free upgrade these days. Those with XP usually don't...
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Originally posted by albert
A netbook is great as a secondary computer, but processing power (Intel atom, AMD neo, Nvidia tegra(i think it's tegra)) is pretty low, so usually multi-tasking slows it down. Most people think they only do one thing at a time, but think that if you are running WLM, internet explorer and word while playing music is actually a lot.
Even with the slowest processor out there those will run just fine.
Processing power is simply not that much important on netbooks. You will gain a lot more working speed when you invest in a bit more memory than in a faster processor. If you can have both, then that is even better of course, but you will also pay more.
A netbook, in the first place, is simply not meant to run process intensive tasks, it is meant to be extremely mobile and cheap. Of course that doesn't mean you shouldn't buy a fast and feature rich netbook if you are able to. But the times you would realy need all the extra processing power (over mobility, as that should be the mean reason why you want something so small) would be rare IMHO. Than you're better of buying a cheaper/smaller netbook and put the saved money into a bigger and better desktop or normal sized laptop. If processing power is the most important for you, then I think you shouldn't consider buying a netbook in the first place.
For everyday notetaking work or normal school tasks you don't need that much processing power (unless you're learning media or other course which requires some powerful programs, but then you would find the small screensize equally annoying and you would end up buying a normal laptop anyways).
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