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Written by Administrator, on 23-11-2008 15:14

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Simple question you might argue, but an important thing to cover given the variety of options on offer. Now, we've already offered our view on what a netbook should be in our The Ultimate Netbook piece, but what we'd like and what we get are two very different things. In fact, while we're still pining after the perfect 8.9in netbook, manufacturers and users seem keener on the 10in form factor.

And this, we would argue, should be the absolute maximum size of a netbook. Anything with a screen larger than this shouldn't really be considered a netbook, even if it does use an Atom processor or some other equivalent. Ironically this was a limit originally imposed by Microsoft for the use of Windows XP, other limitations including a low-power single-core processor, a maximum 80GB hard drive, 1GB RAM and limits on SSD sizes.

Earlier in the year some of these restrictions were relaxed, with the upper limit on hard drives increasing to 160GB and screen size to 14.1in, but the others remain. Thus, rightly or wrongly, it's Microsoft of all companies that's dictating the standards for netbooks. This obviously spells trouble for anyone wishing for a dual-core Atom netbook given that no manufacturer seems brave enough to abandon Windows altogether just yet. Nonetheless, in the context of netbooks most of these limitations are pretty sensible really, since one thing a netbook really ought to be is portable and cheap.

Here the the list of the netbook :

• Asus Eee PC 701
• Asus Eee PC 900
• Asus Eee PC 901
• Asus Eee PC 1000
• Asus Eee PC S101
• Asus Eee PC 904HD
• MSI Wind U100
• Acer Aspire One
• HP 2133 Mini-Note PC
• Dell Inspiron Mini 9
• Samsung NC10
• LG X110
• MSI Wind U90
• Apricot Picobook Pro
• Toshiba NB100
• MSI Wind U120
• Lenovo IdeaPad S10
• HP Mini 1000

See the guide at Trustedreview

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Keywords : Netbook Review, Netbook Comparison, Netbook Buyer Guide

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