The Pros and Cons of Netbooks

The pros of owning a netbook is that they are small, inexpensive, light weight and portable, as well as providing the user a good battery life. This means when you are on a trip or you want to do your homework in the park your netbook is ready to go with you. The best thing is that in these tough economic times, the netbook allows financially challenged families the chance to own a computer.

The cons of having a tiny netbook is the size of the screen and the keyboard with the small 8.9 inch to the 10.1 inch screen, your eyes will have to adjust to the tiny words on the screen. If you are a typist who types by touch, you will quickly learn that because to the reduced size of the keyboard, many of the keys have been readjusted and may not be in the place that you are used to them being, which means typing speed is not an option. Another problem is the amount of storage you get, instead of the larger 120-160GB, you may find that some have the "solid state drive" which comes with 4-12GB of space. Additionally, the central processing power will be greatly reduced, which means that activities such as gaming, "hi def" video playback and editing video will not be ideal for your little netbook. You will also need to watch movies or download software off the web, as your netbook does not have DVD or CD Roms on the product.