http://notebooks.com/2009/01/27/mini-1000-tv-commercial-do-people-understand-netbooks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mini-1000-tv-commercial-do-people-understand-netbooks Notebooks and Laptops News, Deals and Reviews Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:31:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://notebooks.com/2009/01/27/mini-1000-tv-commercial-do-people-understand-netbooks/#comment-11841 Xavier Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:14:47 +0000 http://www.notebooks.com/?p=3129#comment-11841 Yes, primarily HD video, but also video games. The fact of the matter is they struggle with fullscreen video. You can play back video from Youtube, Vimeo, Hulu, etc., but many netbooks stutter and strain. Guys who like to play video games will be very disapointed with netbooks. Of course there's the issue of storage capacity and multitasking. If you're going to download movies you'll run out of storage capacity if you get a netbook w/8GB or 16GB SSDs. My advice for troops? Get the most expensive netbook/notebook they can afford and to put a premium on durability. If they do go with netbooks, tell them to get something with a decent sized hard drive and to max out the RAM. Yes, primarily HD video, but also video games. The fact of the matter is they struggle with fullscreen video. You can play back video from Youtube, Vimeo, Hulu, etc., but many netbooks stutter and strain. Guys who like to play video games will be very disapointed with netbooks.
Of course there’s the issue of storage capacity and multitasking. If you’re going to download movies you’ll run out of storage capacity if you get a netbook w/8GB or 16GB SSDs.
My advice for troops? Get the most expensive netbook/notebook they can afford and to put a premium on durability.
If they do go with netbooks, tell them to get something with a decent sized hard drive and to max out the RAM.

]]> http://notebooks.com/2009/01/27/mini-1000-tv-commercial-do-people-understand-netbooks/#comment-11844 Xavier Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:14:00 +0000 http://www.notebooks.com/?p=3129#comment-11844 Yes, primarily HD video, but also video games. The fact of the matter is they struggle with fullscreen video. You can play back video from Youtube, Vimeo, Hulu, etc., but many netbooks stutter and strain. Guys who like to play video games will be very disapointed with netbooks. Of course there's the issue of storage capacity and multitasking. If you're going to download movies you'll run out of storage capacity if you get a netbook w/8GB or 16GB SSDs. My advice for troops? Get the most expensive netbook/notebook they can afford and to put a premium on durability. If they do go with netbooks, tell them to get something with a decent sized hard drive and to max out the RAM. Yes, primarily HD video, but also video games. The fact of the matter is they struggle with fullscreen video. You can play back video from Youtube, Vimeo, Hulu, etc., but many netbooks stutter and strain. Guys who like to play video games will be very disapointed with netbooks.
Of course there’s the issue of storage capacity and multitasking. If you’re going to download movies you’ll run out of storage capacity if you get a netbook w/8GB or 16GB SSDs.
My advice for troops? Get the most expensive netbook/notebook they can afford and to put a premium on durability.
If they do go with netbooks, tell them to get something with a decent sized hard drive and to max out the RAM.

]]> http://notebooks.com/2009/01/27/mini-1000-tv-commercial-do-people-understand-netbooks/#comment-11845 Xavier Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:14:00 +0000 http://www.notebooks.com/?p=3129#comment-11845 Yes, primarily HD video, but also video games. The fact of the matter is they struggle with fullscreen video. You can play back video from Youtube, Vimeo, Hulu, etc., but many netbooks stutter and strain. Guys who like to play video games will be very disapointed with netbooks. Of course there's the issue of storage capacity and multitasking. If you're going to download movies you'll run out of storage capacity if you get a netbook w/8GB or 16GB SSDs. My advice for troops? Get the most expensive netbook/notebook they can afford and to put a premium on durability. If they do go with netbooks, tell them to get something with a decent sized hard drive and to max out the RAM. Yes, primarily HD video, but also video games. The fact of the matter is they struggle with fullscreen video. You can play back video from Youtube, Vimeo, Hulu, etc., but many netbooks stutter and strain. Guys who like to play video games will be very disapointed with netbooks.
Of course there’s the issue of storage capacity and multitasking. If you’re going to download movies you’ll run out of storage capacity if you get a netbook w/8GB or 16GB SSDs.
My advice for troops? Get the most expensive netbook/notebook they can afford and to put a premium on durability.
If they do go with netbooks, tell them to get something with a decent sized hard drive and to max out the RAM.

]]> http://notebooks.com/2009/01/27/mini-1000-tv-commercial-do-people-understand-netbooks/#comment-11840 Glen Burchers Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:45:45 +0000 http://www.notebooks.com/?p=3129#comment-11840 Is your comment about poor streaming video and multimedia mostly aimed at HD video? I assume youtube streams fine, but which sites do you think are handled poorly by the mini. I want to make sure that future netbooks are fixed so you can recommend them to our troops overseas! (By the way, I'm glad HP is promoting netbooks.) Is your comment about poor streaming video and multimedia mostly aimed at HD video? I assume youtube streams fine, but which sites do you think are handled poorly by the mini. I want to make sure that future netbooks are fixed so you can recommend them to our troops overseas! (By the way, I’m glad HP is promoting netbooks.)

]]> http://notebooks.com/2009/01/27/mini-1000-tv-commercial-do-people-understand-netbooks/#comment-11842 Glen Burchers Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:45:00 +0000 http://www.notebooks.com/?p=3129#comment-11842 Is your comment about poor streaming video and multimedia mostly aimed at HD video? I assume youtube streams fine, but which sites do you think are handled poorly by the mini. I want to make sure that future netbooks are fixed so you can recommend them to our troops overseas! (By the way, I'm glad HP is promoting netbooks.) Is your comment about poor streaming video and multimedia mostly aimed at HD video? I assume youtube streams fine, but which sites do you think are handled poorly by the mini. I want to make sure that future netbooks are fixed so you can recommend them to our troops overseas! (By the way, I’m glad HP is promoting netbooks.)

]]> http://notebooks.com/2009/01/27/mini-1000-tv-commercial-do-people-understand-netbooks/#comment-11843 Glen Burchers Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:45:00 +0000 http://www.notebooks.com/?p=3129#comment-11843 Is your comment about poor streaming video and multimedia mostly aimed at HD video? I assume youtube streams fine, but which sites do you think are handled poorly by the mini. I want to make sure that future netbooks are fixed so you can recommend them to our troops overseas! (By the way, I'm glad HP is promoting netbooks.) Is your comment about poor streaming video and multimedia mostly aimed at HD video? I assume youtube streams fine, but which sites do you think are handled poorly by the mini. I want to make sure that future netbooks are fixed so you can recommend them to our troops overseas! (By the way, I’m glad HP is promoting netbooks.)

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