Rob Keeble
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Calling all IT Admin guys and techies.
I need some advice. I have an idea to use one of these "new" at least to me Notebooks ( I think they are now called netbooks) instead of a laptop. I want to be able to run a program that contains a database (somewhat processor intensive) as well as say access the web, use wi fi and run a few powerpoint slide shows.
I have no experience of these units and now that they have been out a while I was wondering what the consensus is of the guys here that deal with these things daily.
What apeals to me is the light weight small footprint, pretty much solid state format (getting back to my roots).
The last time I was excited like this was the release of windows CE on a small HP handheld that was over sold on its promises and underperformed.
So once bitten twice shy but that was a long time ago.
If the machine is a go would you get one with or without hard drive. This is not intended to be a machine I work on to create anything. More of a decent communication platform for when I am on the move and a tool to hook up to a projector and do a presentation and capture some information into a package with a database at its core.
Opinions please. Any even the non techies please have a say. I value the opinions of people here.
Thanks
I need some advice. I have an idea to use one of these "new" at least to me Notebooks ( I think they are now called netbooks) instead of a laptop. I want to be able to run a program that contains a database (somewhat processor intensive) as well as say access the web, use wi fi and run a few powerpoint slide shows.
I have no experience of these units and now that they have been out a while I was wondering what the consensus is of the guys here that deal with these things daily.
What apeals to me is the light weight small footprint, pretty much solid state format (getting back to my roots).
The last time I was excited like this was the release of windows CE on a small HP handheld that was over sold on its promises and underperformed.
So once bitten twice shy but that was a long time ago.
If the machine is a go would you get one with or without hard drive. This is not intended to be a machine I work on to create anything. More of a decent communication platform for when I am on the move and a tool to hook up to a projector and do a presentation and capture some information into a package with a database at its core.
Opinions please. Any even the non techies please have a say. I value the opinions of people here.
Thanks
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