Notebook vs Netbook

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Ecstasy

Ecstasy

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Hey,

I don't know if this topic has already been discussed or not but atleast I couldn't find this thread. Anyway, I will be doing my MBA this year so I will be needing a laptop. But in today's age one will surely think about whether to buy a notebook or a netbook. Right now I'm in such a dilemma.

So tell me guys what are the pros and cons about a netbook and notebook cause I need to decide and buy one ASAP.

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gforce23

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Pros -
Netbook:
Smaller and more portable, longer battery life for the same battery, (usually) cheaper

Notebook:
Better hardware specs & usually more feature-rich, comparatively rugged (better construction), the bigger screen does help when working with presentations and large excel sheets
 
gxsaurav

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Netbook is useful when you already have a PC at home like a Desktop so Netbook is your secondary PC & here you want to buy yourself a primary PC.

Using word, Excel or Powerpoint is indeed tough on a 10" Screen. However, you can do one good thing. Get yourself a good Netbook (I personally prefer Dell Inspiron mini) & a 15" widescreen LCD running at 1280X800 pixel resolution or 17" running at 1440X900 pixel resolution & a Wireless Keyboard & Mouse set. This way, you can use have your netbook's mobility & when you are in your room you can connect the netbook to the 17" Monitor & use that as a display for your netbook while using the wireless keyboard & Mouse to control the system. Netbook will act like a CPU.
 
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Ecstasy

Ecstasy

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^^Great idea, but I'm planning to go to Australia so I don't think I can carry a 17" monitor there or afford to buy one there.

Which is the most economical notebook to buy as in I'm looking at let's say around 20-25k?
 
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gforce23

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The Aspire 4520 is pretty bad in terms of specs: AMD Turion 64 X 2 (1.6GHz), 1GB RAM, 120GB Hard Drive and Vista Premium. Unless AMD has begun shipping ultra tweaked versions of its mobile processors, the Turion's battery life as I know it is quite appalling. My advice would be to stick with a netbook or an ultraportable 12" (assuming you can find one at that price) for that kind of budget. Either find a cheap C2D-based notebook or buy something like the LG X110 netbook, a virtual clone of the MSI Wind, which has the same 1GB RAM and a 160GB HDD to boot for circa Rs. 20k.
 
Pathik

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For an MBA, even a netbook will suffice. And will be much more portable. Get the Acer Aspire One. 15k.
 
Coool

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^ +1...get aspire one for 15k and save some bucks which may come pretty handy in australia:D
 
gxsaurav

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@ Pathik...

Netbook will not suffice as the primary PC for a MBA Student. He will soon get frustrated by it's small screen size.

^^Great idea, but I'm planning to go to Australia so I don't think I can carry a 17" monitor there or afford to buy one there.
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Don't worry, get a netbook here & buy a 15" LCD Monitor there. If not then increase your budget to get a proper Laptop. Dell inspiron is good
 
Pathik

Pathik

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1024 x 600 on a 10 inch display should be enough for basic stuff. You can still try it out before you buy it.
 
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Ecstasy

Ecstasy

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I have heard that while working for a project or making a PPT presentation in netbook it gets frustrating after some time since the screen is too small for it while notebook gets the upperhand in that matter.

Btw, whats the price of Acer Aspire 4520 and 4530 atm in Mumbai?
 
life31

life31

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I checked the aspire one but the screen size appears too small. Rest is ok. ont be able to do much on it. But enough for just some minor office work.
 
comp@ddict

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Both are unique and good in their own ways.

And BTW, VIA's Nano will come with nVidia's ION with 9400M GPU supporting DX10. This outclasses any netbook or notebook within the 35k budget in gaming performance.
 
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Ecstasy

Ecstasy

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^^Ohhh i see now that's interesting. Perhaps I might increase my budget and get that one instead..
 
comp@ddict

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It's coming real soon, and the GPU is more than 10x better than INTEL's * up IGP.

It'll come with a fan(cooling) so a 28k max budget can be expected.
 
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