Completely disagree. My netbook is my only PC. I do everything on it. It is as functional as my now deceased 15.4" laptop for my needs and, really, if I want to I can set up a USB hub with full sized keyboard and mouse plus plug in a monitor.
Sure I can't amuse myself at a whim with endless $5 apps like on an iPhone but to me that is a good thing. I don't particularly like phones of any stripe with Smart Phones being the least liked.
screw you joeymiss_bontempsMay 26 2009, 14:16:24 UTC
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copypasta from my lj: Now, I'm no techie, but he's wrong, wrong so very wrong, at least from a user stand point.
It's true that netbooks awkwardly fill a void. But the awkwardness comes from the void, not the machine. Most of the critisms he touts prove that he's missing the point of a netbook.
Too big to fit in a pocket. Well, uh, if I wanted that, I'd buy a stupid smart phone.
Slightly more capable than a smart phone. Wrong. I can copy and paste on a netbook for one (yes, I know, the iphone can do that. Now. Also, I don't have to lock myself into some ridiculous data package either. Netbooks go where there is net. Not the other way around. And I bet it won't crash all the god damn time either. And it will work like a laptop would, which means I won't have to jail break it to do completely reasonable things
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Re: screw you joeymiss_bontempsMay 26 2009, 14:16:32 UTC
And as for this 'buying their primary phone' business . . . yeah, I can see why folks would be interested in getting as much out of their cell as humanly possible. The selection and buying power for the consumer here in Canada BLOWS GOAT BALLS. We pay ass amount of money for services others laugh at
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Sure I can't amuse myself at a whim with endless $5 apps like on an iPhone but to me that is a good thing. I don't particularly like phones of any stripe with Smart Phones being the least liked.
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but that apple pie marketing analogy is way overused.
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copypasta from my lj:
Now, I'm no techie, but he's wrong, wrong so very wrong, at least from a user stand point.
It's true that netbooks awkwardly fill a void. But the awkwardness comes from the void, not the machine. Most of the critisms he touts prove that he's missing the point of a netbook.
Too big to fit in a pocket. Well, uh, if I wanted that, I'd buy a stupid smart phone.
Slightly more capable than a smart phone. Wrong. I can copy and paste on a netbook for one (yes, I know, the iphone can do that. Now. Also, I don't have to lock myself into some ridiculous data package either. Netbooks go where there is net. Not the other way around. And I bet it won't crash all the god damn time either. And it will work like a laptop would, which means I won't have to jail break it to do completely reasonable things ( ... )
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