re: question about netbooks

[MadcatwomanEnterprises]

The old laptop is too crap to connect to my new printer and too ancient to try to upgrade it, so I was thinking of getting a netbook with mobile broadband for the shop (monthly price would work out much less than buying a laptop and getting a BT line in and getting broadband in too). I've seen a few that are XP (I didn't want Linux or Vista) that seem okay, 160gig HDD, 1gb RAM etc, but the blurb says they recommend choosing a laptop if using one for anything more than the Net, because netbooks are no good for documents. I have a "thin" version of Office 2007 that I installed on the old laptop so I could run Word, Publisher, Excel etc, would this thinned down version run on a netbook? If not, what are the technical reasons for that? I have asked at Currys, Maplin and PC World and they all look at me as though I am asking them the meaning of life and all they can tell me is what is on the display. Does it mean I would have to go the laptop route? The reason for wanting the netbooks is because they are more portable, lighter in weight so I can take work home with me and take it back into work again the next morning, and they would take up a lot less space in my teeny-tiny shop.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

[FairMaiden]

All I know is a bought one with windows from currys (advent 4490) and its brilliant.

[PATRIOT73]

from wat ive heard netbooks use cheap parts n heat up rather qikly

[MadcatwomanEnterprises]

from wat ive heard netbooks use cheap parts n heat up rather qikly

You've just described my crappy old laptop :-)

[shezz]

Think there a bit to small for me to use, they are the tiny wee little one's lol

dont know enough about them to advise anything really

[playtowin]

my sons is advent 4489 from pc world - he has office 2007 running on that no problems- the only issue was installing it without a cd drive- he put the programme onto memory stick and installed from there.

[canuckbid]

As a seller of thousands of computers and parts (not here) I don't think my advice and straight pointer to what you need would be greeted warmly. Different problems have different solutions.
Yours has a solution. You are very welcome for nothing. lol

(One more post closer to not being a "Diehard")

[harold69]

As a seller of thousands of computers and parts (not here) I don't think my advice and straight pointer to what you need would be greeted warmly. Different problems have different solutions.
Yours has a solution. You are very welcome for nothing. lol

(One more post closer to not being a "Diehard")

I don't understand the meaning of this post

[astral276]

My view is that you should buy a machine to suit your intended use.

If you are always going to be using it in the same place then buy a 'desktop' system. That gives you the power and expandability plus the keyboard and screen are of good quality and of a decent size for a reasonable price.

If you need to move your system around then a 'notebook' is the sensible, but compromise, solution.

If you really need something that you can shove in your handbag and do little more than surf the net then a 'netbook' will suffice.

[canuckbid]

Harold I don't like to plug in the forums. I listed a few computers here and had looks but no buyers. As you probally know I sell else where also. I just relisted exactly what is needed. It even has a trial office program you can upgrade. XP OS Brandnew powerfull netbook and with 160HD it can run lots of programs and still have good storage. If you need massive amounts of storage simple buy an external hard drive. They plug into a usb port and presto you have storage galore. Depends on how big you want to go. I would not want to pack a heavy one around either. My prices here reflect prepaid GST for Canadian customers. Seller fees and my 5% cash back and world wide free shipping. Hope you are not confused anymore friend.

Oh and also the "diehard" was in reference to my profile status. I need more posts to move up and lose the "dirty vest" as moonwitch puts it. What's after diehard status. Master? Then I can be a master of nothing.

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