However, buying one is a complex process. For one, there is a wide variety of options, from netbooks and notebooks to the newest device in tech town—tablet. What are you likely to do most often on your computer? Stay on top of technology and startup news that matters. Subscribe to our daily newsletter for the latest and must-read tech news, delivered straight to your inbox. Subscribe to ETPrime. Browse Companies:. Find this comment offensive?
This will alert our moderators to take action Name Reason for reporting: Foul language Slanderous Inciting hatred against a certain community Others.
Your Reason has been Reported to the admin. Fill in your details: Will be displayed Will not be displayed Will be displayed. Share this Comment: Post to Twitter. Already an ET Prime Member? This is also one of the few laptops offering Office for one year and for free. The processor is on par with the entry level Intel Core i5 series. It is not as heavy as the Acer Aspire, 4.
If you are a looking for a laptop for word processing only with some excel this is definitely your best choice. Core iU 3. This one has the latest CPU as of today and the fastest among utlrabooks as well. The SSD also comes in handy when loading up all the modules and graphics for office in power point or excel in a flash. The display is full HD , crisp , readeable without taking a toll on its battery life whch is nearly 11 hours with web browsing and office work.
The matte anti-glare screen making in fact will make it easier to work on bright areas at work or hiome. This one also has a top notch chiclet keyboard which is backlit. Unlike most laptops out there, this one has the entire body made of aluminum except the bottom cover which makes more sturdy than the laptops shown above. The specs, the build quality, the speed and the high quality keyboard make it a great alternative to the MacBook Air but it is in fact a bit ligther at 2.
If you have the budget, I would invest on this laptop especially if you plan to take it everywhere witih you for classes or as a writer. Intel Celeron N 2. However Most office users will happily use this one for simple web browsing along with the entire office suit for simple documents. Even cheaper than most chromebooks out there. The display is also not full HD. It only has p resolution but has an anti-glare screen. These are the two chapest specs a manufacturer can accomodate on a laptop to make the price go as low as possible, so nothing to complain about here.
On the other hand this laptop has an excellent build quality , as expected from Lenovo, and should be able to take a lot of beating despite its performance. Core i Even though a quad core processor would be more ideal to make calculations with Excel Faster, this one has one of the highest clock speeds today 3. You also get a medium sized SSD which should make working with and loading databases in Excel or Outlook many times faster.
The only downsize about the storage is the size, only GB. Still, having to choose which is better, having a physical keyboard at a lower price and able to run any word processor you want, I would give the netbook the edge over the tablet as a portable word processor. Web browsing, Multimedia, Storage and Connectivity. Labels: Netbooks , Tablets. Anonymous December 5, at AM.
Unknown December 5, at PM. Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom. This makes it impractical to replace the 1GB with the maximum 2GB memory chip that has been the salvation of many an old netbook.
The netbook's lower screen resolution means that you could lose roughly nine or 10 lines of text on screen, and each line will be about six words shorter, compared to the usual low-end Windows screen resolution of x pixels. This is based on running Microsoft Word full screen with text in 11pt New Times Roman in web layout with the ribbon minimised, which I simulated by changing the size of Word's window on my own much bigger x screen.
That is, I could see 39 lines of text with Word in a x pixel window and 29 lines in a x pixel window. I usually write in a Word window that's roughly x , so I find the netbook screen cramped. Tastes vary, so this may not bother you, but you should be aware of it.
Instead of a netbook, you should consider a new-style mini-laptop that doesn't use an Intel processor, and is therefore free of Intel's netbook requirements. The blue However, NotebookCheck says "the processor speed is somewhere between a single core 1.
0コメント