Some Reasons Why You Should Buy A Netbook

By Matthew Kerridge

Netbooks are becoming increasingly popular and everyone from office workers to sales people to even parents and grandparents are getting one. There are a lot of great reasons why you should buy a netbook. Here are some of the best reasons:

The cost is reasonable and the size is just right. Spending a few hundred dollars for a netbook gets you a nice, fully-portable computer that is a great addition to the computing setup you already have. It will cost a lot less to replace too, if the need should arise. It can so easily be tucked right into a handbag, briefcase or backpack and, thus, is good for someone who is out and about a lot. Concerns about power are not there because you can use it on and off during the day, as well as get through a meeting, on one full charge.

Netbooks are pretty much bought to be secondary computers and not to be used as the main one. They are great as portable computers and to augment laptops. The applications that are new and current just require you to be authenticated; thus, it makes no difference whether you are at the office on a personal computer, on a netbook, or on the go with your primary laptop.

The docking capabilities of netbooks are an added bonus. They can, by standard USB and Ethernet connectivity, be connected to peripherals quickly and easily. At your home, you can achieve a secondary system by docking. Bringing your netbook to the office means you are able to transform it into as good a system as it is on the go. When and if you should need them, an external drive, mouse and keyboard are all ready and waiting. Another thing you could do is to share printers, scanners and disk resources by networking to your main computer.

Considering what they are used for, they are not underpowered. Netbooks are mainly used for browsing the net, sending e-mails, chatting on the go and enjoying multimedia; they are not used for serious work, so they do not need to have full power like a main computer.

The potential for netbook built-in connectivity space is there. If it is promoted and priced correctly, it will become huge. It is only a matter of time before this happens. When built-in connectivity gets going, it won't matter if you are at a cafe hotspot that is WiFi-enabled or riding in a car, the network-based applications on netbooks will be useable. This will definitely become a very big deal.

Owning a netbook is such a good choice for someone that doesn't want to be burdened with carrying a heavy laptop all over the place. The common tasks of word processing, video, Internet, excel and e-mail can be handled most efficiently by a netbook. So, if these are the only tasks you use a computer for, spending $1,000 or more on a laptop rather than $400 or less on a netbook just wouldn't make any sense. - 31403

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