http://listics.com/200812034565 The Internet has a great future behind it... --Jon Crowcroft Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:31:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://listics.com/200812034565/comment-page-1#comment-60877 tom matrullo Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:13:13 +0000 http://listics.com/?p=4565#comment-60877 I really liked the light notebooks I saw people using everywhere in airports etc., so when my klunky Dell died, I looked into netbooks. The early ones were 7 or 8" - way too small. Then 9" - still a bit undersized. Then 10 - bingo. I can type on it. I am typing on it. A bit tight but doable. Affordable. Not a gaming machine, thank Zoose. I got the msi wind because it kept having good reviews, including from Winer, until it did something to his Jobsian router. It does nothing to my Gatesian network. It's like a large phone. It can come everywhere and connects all over the place. I've not tweaked it at all, and it simultaneously does a bunch of real time things like friendfeed, markets, etc. 160 gig hard drive. Only thing is, their sense of what you might like to know is a bit weak. They need to work on that relationship with the people who really like their stuff but could use a bit of help, like with the webcam or the bios updates. Some people think they need both a mega-laptop and a netbook. I hope I don't ever feel that way. Also: Thinkfree - good office substitute that syncs your stuff. I really liked the light notebooks I saw people using everywhere in airports etc., so when my klunky Dell died, I looked into netbooks. The early ones were 7 or 8″ – way too small. Then 9″ – still a bit undersized. Then 10 – bingo. I can type on it. I am typing on it. A bit tight but doable. Affordable. Not a gaming machine, thank Zoose. I got the msi wind because it kept having good reviews, including from Winer, until it did something to his Jobsian router. It does nothing to my Gatesian network. It’s like a large phone. It can come everywhere and connects all over the place. I’ve not tweaked it at all, and it simultaneously does a bunch of real time things like friendfeed, markets, etc. 160 gig hard drive. Only thing is, their sense of what you might like to know is a bit weak. They need to work on that relationship with the people who really like their stuff but could use a bit of help, like with the webcam or the bios updates. Some people think they need both a mega-laptop and a netbook. I hope I don’t ever feel that way. Also: Thinkfree – good office substitute that syncs your stuff.

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