With a greater number of people switching to netbooks, reports recently have been putting out reasons as to why exactly netbooks have been gaining ground in companies and organizations. For one, netbooks are typically much cheaper than laptops, which mean that firms can afford to provide netbooks to all users who do not have to do any spectacular things, and require only the very minimum. Secondly, netbooks with Windows OS can be used managed just like any other laptop using tools from Altiris and MS.
Netbooks usually have 10%-15% less power consumption when compared to typical laptops, and leave an overall smaller footprint on the environment. Netbooks are a good way to get the Linux OS’s foot in the door. Some netbooks even come with Novell SUSE or Ubuntu Remix preloaded. Intel has even released Moblin (a mobile Linux netbook), and google chrome’s OS is also supposed to be targeted at the netbook crowd.
However, with all the good things, there are bad. Netbooks severely lack multimedia utilities such as DVD players. It’s even been reported that a netbook takes up to 6 times longer to load iTunes than a normal laptop. While this may sound like nothing at all, it can be the end-all be-all for some people. With such a fast paced world where people want to watch their movies on the go without the hassle of trying to sign up for movie sites, it can be a dilemma. Possibly even more devastating is the fact that it struggles so to load music. I know I would hate not being able to listen to music while studying or taking notes.
But if you can overlook the utter lack of MM utilities, and enjoy it for what it is, it is pretty awesome. IT’ll get your work done, your notes taken, your tasks accomplished, and if movies and music mean that much to you, try a nifty site called Youtube. In the end you’ll end up saving money and if storage and multimedia is a huge deal, you can always buy plug ins.
