Very interested in your thoughts on the netbook experience as opposed to a pocketable Internet Tablet. Pros and cons to each of course... Welcome to the "Netbook Club"! :)
Jonathan
· 11 months ago
Great to be in the club finally! Loving it actually ...
I am still very interested in the pocketable experience though frankly have yet to see anything with the balance of power and features that the N810 offers for it's size. I would love to have a cellular data connection internally and hope we'll see that when the Maemo 5 release happens later in the year. The smaller size of the netbook is killer for more productive use, but I don't really want to make much of a sacrifice when I'm out with an even lighter option.
ntf
· 11 months ago
Great minds...
By the way, basic business use should be fine. I'm running Office (including Project), Wordperfect, Groupwise, Acrobat, etc. No sweat.
Jonathan
· 11 months ago
Indeed - thanks for opening my eyes and mind to this system which had completely slipped by my research. I'm very glad I ended up with the Samsung over the Wind. I'll probably install office at some point though we'll have to see about which OS gets it ... might go on the Mac side when I get the networking configured properly.
Hugh
· 11 months ago
Aye, they're a great format. So much more convenient when travelling.
However the OS choice is a challenge. XP is a bit old and clunky. Linux still lacking ease of use in some areas and application compatibility. OS X which would be my choice, is a bit of a non starter as it's not officially supported and some things on hacked netbooks still appear not to work. Be interested to see how you get on if you go down this route. At the moment I am sticking with XP.
You're also right on the storage media too. SSD (due to the fact they are quieter, generate less heat and consume less power) is the way to go. It's amazing when you finally conclude that your iPod / media player / ext hard drive is the best thing to carry audio and video around on, that your demand for not a huge amount of hard disk space becomes apparent.
Key question though Jonathan is whether having a new Netbook gadget is going to enable you to reduce the total number you appear to cart around with you on a regular basis?!?
Jonathan
· 11 months ago
XP is clunky but the battery optimizations seem primed there for the moment. I'm giving Windows 7 a good run this weekend and will have to compare there too. Once I add the 2GB RAM module I'm hoping for a nice boost as well across the board. I could definitely see upgrading to an SSD though I want to narrow down the OS options before going that way. Prices are coming down nicely as capacities are increasing.
I am most definitely NOT carrying less gear. As the netbook is my personal machine, I was also toting my work lappy on my recent trip and based on the relative ease in slipping it into my roller bag, I will probably do that again. The work machine has VPN access and all the little things I need for my job. I can't put that at risk to tinker around on my personal machine though I think I can probably get pretty close. I'm still carrying at least half a dozen phones at any time as well along with cables and a travel router. ;)
pauljacobson
· 11 months ago
Multiple devices for personal and work use?
Jonathan
· 11 months ago
Paul - First of all - thanks for the video comment - my first!
I carry multiple devices because ... ;) Actually though I would love to get my personal machine on the work VPN but I can't get a certificate from IT so it's webmail only which has limits. There are things on our intranet which I can access via the browser, but for browsing to shared drives it can be painful. That said my trip with the NC10 recently certainly proved that it's an awesome meeting machine. I was online and taking notes all day (over 7 hours on site) and had plenty of battery left to spare!
The practical part depends on how you travel. I've decided this week, my second with the NC10, that I'll leave my work laptop at the office and carry the NC10 back and forth. When I was going through the airports I put the work laptop in my suitcase rather than my briefcase to lighten the shoulder load ...
I'm planning on doing a video for sure. Will have the wireless card swapped out and looking to show off my functional triple boot! Earliest by the end of the week though more than likely over the weekend when I'll have time to deal with the video editing.
NC10 is a very solid machine ...
brklynsurfer
· 11 months ago
a review of Powerpoint performance and its ability to export video to a projector would make this device killer.
Jonathan
· 11 months ago
I"m not sure what the video out capabilities are just yet, but it definitely has a VGA port for external displays. I'll see what I can do for you
All Comments
I am still very interested in the pocketable experience though frankly have yet to see anything with the balance of power and features that the N810 offers for it's size. I would love to have a cellular data connection internally and hope we'll see that when the Maemo 5 release happens later in the year. The smaller size of the netbook is killer for more productive use, but I don't really want to make much of a sacrifice when I'm out with an even lighter option.
By the way, basic business use should be fine. I'm running Office (including Project), Wordperfect, Groupwise, Acrobat, etc. No sweat.
However the OS choice is a challenge. XP is a bit old and clunky. Linux still lacking ease of use in some areas and application compatibility. OS X which would be my choice, is a bit of a non starter as it's not officially supported and some things on hacked netbooks still appear not to work. Be interested to see how you get on if you go down this route. At the moment I am sticking with XP.
You're also right on the storage media too. SSD (due to the fact they are quieter, generate less heat and consume less power) is the way to go. It's amazing when you finally conclude that your iPod / media player / ext hard drive is the best thing to carry audio and video around on, that your demand for not a huge amount of hard disk space becomes apparent.
Key question though Jonathan is whether having a new Netbook gadget is going to enable you to reduce the total number you appear to cart around with you on a regular basis?!?
I am most definitely NOT carrying less gear. As the netbook is my personal machine, I was also toting my work lappy on my recent trip and based on the relative ease in slipping it into my roller bag, I will probably do that again. The work machine has VPN access and all the little things I need for my job. I can't put that at risk to tinker around on my personal machine though I think I can probably get pretty close. I'm still carrying at least half a dozen phones at any time as well along with cables and a travel router. ;)
I carry multiple devices because ... ;) Actually though I would love to get my personal machine on the work VPN but I can't get a certificate from IT so it's webmail only which has limits. There are things on our intranet which I can access via the browser, but for browsing to shared drives it can be painful. That said my trip with the NC10 recently certainly proved that it's an awesome meeting machine. I was online and taking notes all day (over 7 hours on site) and had plenty of battery left to spare!
The practical part depends on how you travel. I've decided this week, my second with the NC10, that I'll leave my work laptop at the office and carry the NC10 back and forth. When I was going through the airports I put the work laptop in my suitcase rather than my briefcase to lighten the shoulder load ...
I'm planning on doing a video for sure. Will have the wireless card swapped out and looking to show off my functional triple boot! Earliest by the end of the week though more than likely over the weekend when I'll have time to deal with the video editing.
NC10 is a very solid machine ...