Genealogy- iPad or Netbook?
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Feb 23, 2011 @ 12:41:48
After using a netbook for over a year I replaced it with a full size notebook computer. I found the netbook acceptable for checking e-mail and writing reports in a word processor. It was completely unacceptable when using online databases and images. On Ancestry.com I could see a very small portion of a census page even when I closed or minimized as many toolbars as possible. Maybe the small screen works for some, but it left me frustrated and unhappy. The extra three pounds for a 15.6″ notebook will now be happily carted about on trips. I’m more into function than the cool factor any day.
Feb 24, 2011 @ 09:23:49
I prefer to use an 8″ netbook for repository researching. Some advantages I preferred a netbook instead of a laptop were 7 to 8 hours of netbook battery life, it weighs about 2 pounds, and tucks easily into a tote. And I did prefer it to the iPad due to the price difference. Nice article!
Feb 24, 2011 @ 10:37:41
I use Reunion on my iPhone when I’m researching at a repository and I use my Macbook for everything else when traveling. So far I’ve resisted the iPad but my resolve is weakening.
Feb 24, 2011 @ 15:54:12
I have the netbook bought when I was going to SLC on the way back from a business trip with my work laptop. I went with the cost factor. Lately I have wondered about the iPad. This article was great and confirms what I thought that for me the Netbook was the way to go. Thanks.
Feb 24, 2011 @ 18:02:17
I’ve had my iPad for 6 months now…I really, really want to love it, but just can’t. For surfing the web, checking email it’s good. For research…no way, that’s not what an iPad is for. My biggest hang up is the lack of Flash support, surely the new versions will address this? The one positive thing I can say is the battery life on the iPad is great!!
May 03, 2011 @ 22:04:48
1. I’ve got a HP Mini 110: the HP’s have a slightly larger keyboard that solves the “fat finger” syndrome that many experienced with the EePC or Acer Aspire.
2. Windows 7 Starter is a basic 32-bit OS that has no issues with using the older software I have installed on my XP desktop system.
3. F11 in any browser gives you full screen browsing, giving you that little bit extra screen real estate for viewing images.
4. The RAM upgrade (from the stock 1GB to 2GB) puts my netbook at par with multiple-simulataneous-apps running on my desktop system.
I hardly use the desktop system any more.
Jul 10, 2011 @ 06:59:00
Tim, thank you for answering the questions I discovered when “shopping” for a netbook earlier this week – specifically the “Windows 7 Starter” matter and the use of older (XP) computer programs.
My laptop is an HP, and I’ve been so happy with it that I’m predisposed to go with an HP netbook.