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There has been a quite dramatic advance in laptop design over the last few years; resulting in the arrival of netbooks. Lighter, cheaper and more portable than the traditional laptop, they are a long way removed from their humble beginnings as a solution to providing developing countries with affordable and accessible computers.
Whilst the aid to developing countries instigated the arrival of netbooks, it has been back in the western world that they have made their mark in equal measure. Through the recession, sales have soared; bucking the industry trend for other types of computer.
In part, this has been driven by the lower cost of course, as the world plunged into financial crisis. However, their diminutive size with great performance has been the real sales leader, and has appealed to on all fronts to the consumer market.
They will not appeal to business users of course; not to any great degree anyway, but for the consumer, they are more than adequate for emailing and surfing the web. Other such basic functions such as simple spreadsheets, and word processing can also be managed perfectly well.
This is because of their reduced capacity processors. However, this does not affect the basic functions, as the small battery requires less power, so the life of a charge is more than sufficient in most instances.
Despite the small size however, nothing has been lost in the quality of screen; with most having touch screen functionality. The keyboards too are near full size; and there are a large number of ports for connectivity of all popular peripherals.
It has not all been good news however; with many people claiming that the unfamiliarity of Operating Systems has prevented them from getting the best from netbooks. Windows Vista and XP often proved too powerful to run on such a machine, and the casual user was unfamiliar with the Linux OS, which was offered as standard.
Most of these problems have been resolved one way or another however, and earlier purchasers of netbooks have remained loyal to the tech. Windows fans that have stayed the course look set to be rewarded too. Windows 7 was released recently of course; and this new platform, (slimmed down in itself), is being re-released with a new version specifically for netbooks.
Matthew Kerridge is an expert in electronic consumables. If you would like further information about netbooks or are looking for a trusted laptop online retailer please visit http://www.ebuyer.com
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