Does anyone have any experience with the small footprint NetBooks that are out now? They are about as big as a sheet of paper and maybe a couple of inches thick...weighs around 3lbs. They have the Intel Atom chip. They come with either a physical harddrive or a solid state drive (ie, huge thumb drive). They also have built in wireless.
I was thinking about getting one....they're small enough that I could easily pack in a saddlebag or tank bag. I figured the SSD would be better than a spinning harddrive due to vibrations all day long. Maybe that's not a big deal with a HDD that's parked and not on. Plus the SSD doesn't use as much battery power.
They're running from $350 to $500. Variations in OS (Linux, Windows), memory, etc., change the prices. For me, I'd require at least some kind of small MS Office, like Excel and Word.
Any thoughts? I'm jonesin' for some kind of good sale...
Thanks...
I was thinking about getting one....they're small enough that I could easily pack in a saddlebag or tank bag. I figured the SSD would be better than a spinning harddrive due to vibrations all day long. Maybe that's not a big deal with a HDD that's parked and not on. Plus the SSD doesn't use as much battery power.
They're running from $350 to $500. Variations in OS (Linux, Windows), memory, etc., change the prices. For me, I'd require at least some kind of small MS Office, like Excel and Word.
Any thoughts? I'm jonesin' for some kind of good sale...
Thanks...