The 12.1in display has a 1,366×768 resolution – a great improvement over regular netbook screens. It’s wide enough to have two documents open side-by-side, and long enough for Windows’ dialog boxes. The screen doesn’t tilt very far back, but horizontal and vertical viewing angles are wider than the average netbook. Image quality is excellent, with high contrast levels and rich colour reproduction. Brightness is even and black levels are deep. Audio quality from the front speaker pair can’t match the impressive screen, but sound quality was still above average, with solid mid-range and even a small amount of bass.

The relatively thin construction of the base unit turns out to be surprisingly sturdy. Surfaces on the top and bottom of the base unit, including the keyboard area, do not flex, with the understandable exception of the lid, which does flex in the middle when you apply some serious pressure. The hinges hold the lid firmly in position; we needed both hands to open the netbook.

A desktop version of Intel’s Atom processor gives a welcome power boost over other netbooks. The dual-core Atom D525 runs at 1.8GHz and is sensibly matched with 2GB of memory. Asus has installed Windows 7 Home Premium to avoid the 1GB memory limit imposed by the Starter edition of Microsoft’s operating system. The extra memory makes everyday programs run far smoother than we’re used to on most netbooks, but it still can’t compete with full-size laptops. In our multimedia benchmarks, the VX6 managed an overall score of 29, which is roughly twice as fast as a single-core netbook.

An Nvidia Ion chipset is a step above Intel’s integrated HD graphics, as it can comfortably play 720p video on the VX6 itself, or Full HD content on an external display via HDMI. Unfortunately playing modern games is asking too much, as Call of Duty 4 crawled along at 5fps. You should be able to play older titles by lowering detail levels. To extend battery life, Optimus power-saving disables the graphics chip when it isn’t needed, but the VX6 still only managed just over five hours in our light-use test – below average for a netbook.

The VX6 has one of the best keyboards we’ve seen on a netbook; the keys are all a good size and have excellent tactile feedback. Unlike many Chiclet-style keyboards we’ve tried, each key didn’t wobble and made little noise as we typed. The touchpad is small but responsive. We weren’t so keen on the rocker-style touchpad button. The large dead spot in the middle isn’t always noticeable, but we would prefer a two-button layout.

The VGA port is positioned immediately next to the HDMI on the left-hand side. Since these ports are towards the back of the netbook, there should be no awkward cables getting in the way of your mouse (for both right and left-handers). The selection is rounded off with a USB 2.0 port and a card reader (SD, SDHC, MMC, RJ45). As with all its netbooks, Asus uses a tiny mobile phone-style power socket. Looking at the right-hand side it becomes apparent why the VX6 can call itself a ‘performance’ netbook. Asus has splashed out on two USB 3.0 ports for the netbook. This new standard is theoretically ten times faster than USB 2.0, as it can reach transfer speeds of up to 625 MB/s in Super Speed mode.

Battery life is very important for a netbook, and generally the best argument for getting an Intel-based system. Run times of from 6 hours (Asus Eee PC 1001P, Samsung NP-NB30, WLAN test) to 10 hours (Acer Aspire One 532, Asus Eee PC 1008P, WLAN test) are the norm. The first Nvidia Ion netbooks of 2009 (e.g. Samsung N510) were also in the same ballpark with almost 5 hours of battery life.

The VX6 is fast, well-built and a joy to use, but regular laptops have much better performance and cost only slightly more. Easily the best-looking and most graphically powerful netbook we’ve seen in the last year, and indeed since Asus conceived the first ever Eee PC. We’d happily take an Eee PC VX6 on the road with us any time, although that price tag might put off many potential buyers.

The NF310-A01′s dark silver lid is dubbed “Titan Silver,” which is basically a spruced up marketing lingo to describe its reflective plastic. The laptop’s glossy plastic lid is a magnet for fingerprints and smudges. Though its choice of plastic doesn’t work in its favor, the NF310-A01 does have some design distinctions. The frame itself is carved with contours running down the sides, leaving what looks like guardrails next to the keyboard.

It has three USB ports, VGA, Ethernet, a webcam, and an SD slot. The NF310-A01 ships with a 250GB (5,400-rpm) hard drive, which is par for the course with the other netbooks. Most of these systems use a dual-core Atom processor. It has one more core than the Atom processor found in the NB305-N410. If you’re the type that surfs with multiple tabs, edits the occasional photo, or transcodes a video from time to time, a dual-core processor will deliver a smoother experience. The 1GB of DDR3 memory is stingy, but the memory panel is held by a single screw so upgrading it to 2GB yourself to is pretty easy.

Battery life is one of the few performance differentiators that sets one netbook apart from another. The NF310-A01 ships with a high-capacity 48WH battery, which is slightly smaller than the battery in the Toshiba NB305-N410 (61WH) and HP Mini 5103 (66WH). Still, it lasted 7 hours 5 minutes, which is a lot of battery life for a small laptop. The Toshiba NB305 (8:59) and HP 5103 (8:40), obviously, did better in this department.

The best netbook is rarely picked because it’s the fastest. It’s the overall package and how aggressively it’s priced. The Toshiba NB305-N410 is still a great netbook, but the NF310-A01 ships with a dual-core Atom processor and high-resolution screen for the same price. And you get a great user experience and battery life in the same package. This netbook is hard to pass up.

The embedded ATIRadeon HD 6250 graphics lets the Eee PC users to enjoy multimedia to the fullest. DirectX 11 supported gaming and multimedia experiences, make it a completely new world for the users. The netbook comes with an HDMI video output port to give a full 1080p HD picture quality and playback on an even bigger screen. This is a feature which is not part and parcel of most 10.1 inch netbooks. All you need to do is connect the netbook to a home theatre and enjoy full HD content. And of course it is coupled with HD sound for a complete viewing experience.

The Super Hybrid Engine Technology of ASUS gets coupled with AMD’s Fusion APU and it’s signature low energy consumption makes it possible for users to use the notebook anywhere they want for a longer time than a regular battery life allows. The ASUS Eee PC battery life is 8.5 hours, which makes sure that the user does not run out of netbook battery and that it keeps running through the day’s work and entertainment.

Prices start at $289.00 however for $373 (total) you can get a 1 year extended warranty. You can go over different price options on ExcaliberPC, remember like most netbooks there is no CD/DVD drive therefore you may want to check out the bundle which includes an external optical drive.

The Dell Latitude 2120 netbook comes with a standard 10 inch screen with a higher resolution screen 1366×768 compared to 1024×600 as is customary on a 10 inch netbook. What’s more, the widescreen display on the Latitude 2120 is matte in nature, so forget distracting reflections. The keyboard on the Dell Latitude 2120 netbook sports isolated, chiclet styled keys that are quick and snappy to type on, no problems whatsoever. The spill resistant keyboard deck is nice and firm and there’s no flex to hamper your typing. Frequently used keys like Space, Enter, Control and Shift are big and evenly spaced. If anything, we found the Latitude 2120’s touchpad a tad too tiny to work with, even by netbook standards. But its response and haptic feedback is nice and good.

Netbook performance has improved considerably since they arrived on the scene four years ago. The 2120 has a newer Intel dual core processor, which improves multitasking capabilities. 2GB of RAM is more than enough for general usage; typically, netbooks have only included 1GB. Lastly, the 250GB 5400RPM drive is light on power consumption yet provides enough on the performance front to not hold the machine back. Dell offers the 2120 with even faster 7200RPM drives.

Apart from the basic hardware, the Dell Latitude 2120 comes with three USB ports, VGA, Gigabit Ethernet, multicard reader, and headphone and microphone jacks. Wireless connectivity includes Bluetooth and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with a SIM Card slot to accommodate a wireless 3G broadband connection. We were surprised not to see a fingerprint reader, seeing as this is a business netbook.

The Dell Latitude 2120 netbook’s six-cell battery lasted just under 4 hours or 3 hours 52 minutes on high performance mode. That’s slightly less compared to most 10-inch netbooks that last well over 4 hours on a single charge. But having said that, Dell doesn’t boast of all-day computing on the Latitude 2120′s battery and expect to hit around 7 hours of browsing the Web over Wi-Fi on a conservative battery plan.

Clearly, the Latitude 2120 netbook isn’t for everyone, and its high price could be the only dampener in an otherwise desirable netbook (range starts at Rs. 34,900). For business users interested in improvised security, management and connectivity features within a rugged, portable netbook, definitely consider the Dell Latitude 2120.

Blackberry are :

• They can use blackberry for browsing internet without bring netbook and modem
• It is more practice
• It is a life style especially at downtown. Most of people in big city usually use pdanet blackberry. Although they no need but
• They have it because it like a duty to have it.
• We no need modem to connect internet, because pdanet is a modem for blackberry, special modem, good modem.
• We just only download pdanet to our blackberry and we can enjoy with pdanet blackberry
• Having good acces and browsing

In the past we have difficulty when we want to connect with internet. We must bring netbook or notebook and modem. Two tools make us be little busy. Its way is not practical if we are going to far away. But now, with high technology there are new system that can be used by all people. They are pdanet blackberry. Pdanet blackberry can be used by all.

How is the way to use pdanet blackberry ??

We need to install the pdanet to blackberry. We can find that application easily, so we can install it soon. We can look for on the internet about how to install pdanet blackberry. On the internet we can find many ways and many articles about pdanet blackberry.

If we don’t know about the knowledge of pdanet blackberry we can ask to the internet or blackberry shop. We also can ask to the people who have pdanet blackberry about the advantages of having pdanet blackberry. We just enjoy with our pdanet blackberry because we know what for we have it.

So, if we have much money to buy it? Why we don’t buy pdanet blackberry soon?

Let’s try!!

What is the difference of them?

Computer could not bring and heavy, but netbook and notebook could be brought wherever we go. It is more practical and easier.

Now, what is between netbook and note book. What is the difference of them?

1. Netbook is smaller than notebook. So, we can say netbook can be brought everywhere easily. However, we can also bring notebook.
2. Notebook is more complicated than netbook. In other words we can say that netbook is more practical than notebook.

So, whether we will choose netbook? It is depend on situation and condition. Everyone has different opinion. For person who has high mobilization, maybe they will choose netbook, because netbook is more practical and smaller also can bring easily.

But, for person who don’t have many activities outside, maybe they will choose notebook, because notebook is bigger than netbook, and for using as partner in their jobs, actually notebook is easier, because is bigger.

Between notebook and netbook actually there is no principal difference. The difference is only about shape and size. But about function is same.

Between notebook and netbook compliment each other. Notebook has cd room place but netbook no has. Netbook has more places for usb, but notebook no.

So, which one we will choose? If we can, we choose both of them.  When we are home we use notebook to help our job, but when we are outside we bring netbook. It is good combination. But if we have there is no money to buy both of them, so before we choose which one, some consideration that must we think are:

1. Our activities. If our activities are at home, maybe we choose notebook, vice versa.
2. Our money

So, all of that is depend of our consideration. Two choices is good. Up to us which one we will choose.

There are many people use flat monitor/ display on their gadget. They choose the flat monitor because they care about their health. How is about price? Off course, the price is more expensive than normal. However, if we think about the function, and we love our health, we will choose flat monitor/ display. Actually, using flat monitor/ display in our gadget, computer, netbook, and notebook, is not only for lifestyle but also for our long life.

All we know that radiation of computer, notebook, netbook, etc. can make our body illness. In the long period, radiation can make our health is disturbed. Because of that, to decrease the risk of radiation of computer, notebook, netbook, etc. that we used, now we must use flat monitor/ display. So, let’s use flat monitor/ display for our life.

The NF310 is a sleek, attractive, professional-looking unit whose low body weight (2.9 pounds) won’t weigh down your travel bag much. The NF310’s slim body measures 1.2×10.8×7.4 inches and is rimmed in mock chrome. The curves of the NF310 add visual interest to the netbook and will definitely make it stand out. The lid is wrapped in glossy charcoal-gray plastic, which tends to show off smudges readily. Matte-silver plastic covers the keyboard-deck area and complements the glossy black screen bezel and matte-black keys.

Heat

the NF310 stayed relatively cool, even when sitting on our lap. After playing a Hulu video at full screen for 15 seconds, we measured the temperature between the G and H keys, on the touchpad, and in the center of the bottom. The keyboard only reached 82 degrees,

Keyboard

The Samsung NF310 keyboard is spill-resistant, and we were also pleased that the letter keys were designed with adult fingers in mind. Thanks to the netbook’s wider chassis, the keyboard is slightly roomier than the Asus Eee PC 1015PEM’s.

Touchpad

The Samsung NF310 touchpad 2.9 x 1.5-inch is a comfortable size and very nice texture and feels great under your fingertip. While there’s only one touchpad button, there’s a clear marker in the center and it’s almost as easyto register right and left clicks as it would have been with two distinct buttons.

Display

The 10.1-inch display is backlit by LEDs and sports a matte, nonreflective finish. The native resolution is 1,366×768 pixels (for 720p HD playback) and makes for a decent multimedia viewing experience.

Audio

The NF310’s speakers are powerful enough to fill a small room, and the sound quality from the Samsung’s True2Sound SRS sound system is better than what we’ve heard from other netbooks we’ve tested.

Ports

The NF310 have a three USB ports also features VGA, Ethernet, headphone and mic connections. Unfortunately, the 4-in-1 memory card slot still has no spring lock, which means SD cards hang off the side of the netbook.

Webcam

The Samsung NF310 webcam 0.3-megapixel (VGA), which is embedded into the upper portion of the display bezel. (You activate the Webcam by launching the pre-installed CyberLink YouCam utility.) We snapped a few still photos with the Webcam and noted decent clarity, though skin tones were a little pale.

Performance

The 1.5-GHz dual-core Intel Atom N550 CPU and 1GB of RAM inside the NF310 delivered a score of 1,646 in PCMark05. Though well above the 1,425 average, that showing is a little below the ASUS Eee PC 1015PEM (1,729) and the Acer Aspire One D255 (1,696), which both have the same processor. However, it’s a big improvement over single-core netbooks such as the Samsung N150 Plus (1,300).The NF310 was able to boot into Windows 7 Starter Edition in just 45 seconds, way under the netbook average (63) and the Mini 5103 (53).The system also proved speedy in the video transcoding department, taking just 3 minutes and 50 seconds to convert a 114MB MPEG file to AVI using Oxelon Media Converter.

Battery Life

The Samsung NF310 delivers mobility and freedom with its power efficient performance and extensive battery life of up to 9.4 hours.

Wireless

the NF310 managed throughput of 21.8 Mbps 15 feet from the router and 17.5 Mbps 50 feet away. Though stronger than the Aspire One D255 (18.0/15.5 Mbps) and comparable to the HP Mini 5103 (21.8/19.4 Mbps), this score is below the average netbook average (24.7/18.3 Mbps).

Graphics

Intel’s integrated GMA 3150 graphics delivered a middling score of 147 on 3DMark06. While not stunning, this is average for dual-core Atom netbooks. The Mini 5103 earned the same score, while the Aspire One D255 and Eee PC 1015PEM were just a few marks higher (151 and 149). If you’re looking for better performance from a 10-incher, the ASUS Eee PC 1015PN with Nvidia Ion 2 graphics (1,497) might satisfy.

Acer Aspire One D250 resembles the D150: It has the same keyboard, the same glossy black bezel surrounding a glossy 10.1-inch screen, and it’s even a similar shade of blue on the lid and the keyboard deck. It doesn’t have the metallic flecks of the D150, and the blue is more purple in tone, just enough for a noticeable difference. This netbook will also be available in black, white, and red.

At 10.2 x 7.2 x 1 inches and 2.2 pounds, it’s 0.8 inches narrower, 0.3 inches thinner, and more than half a pound lighter than the D150. In fact, with its charger, the AOD250 weighs just 2.8 pounds, the same as the D150 alone. Remarkably, it’s almost identical in thickness and weight to the ASUS Eee PC 1008HA, but, because it doesn’t have tapered sides, it looks larger at first glance.

Keyboard and Touchpad

The D250’s keyboard, unchanged from the D150, is firm and easy to type on; we had no problems typing this review in Microsoft Word. But there’s still a quarter inch of chassis on either side of the keyboard; a missed opportunity for Acer to install a larger, edge-to-edge keyboard, along the lines of the HP Mini 110 or Eee PC 1008HA.

The touchpad is comfortable to use, and offers very little friction, but at 2.0 x 1.5 inches, could be a little wider. The mouse button below is a single bar, lacking a divot to separate the two sides.

Performance

Like every other netbook with a 1.6-GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, the D250 provided fairly decent performance. Its PCMark05 score of 1,492 is about 100 points higher than the netbook average, but not quite as robust as the ASUS Eee PC 1008HA (1,584), which has the slightly zippier 1.66-GHz Intel Atom N280 processor. Similarly, when we transcoded a 114MB video file from MPG4 to AVI using Handbrake, the D250 took 28:51 to complete the task, which is about 30 seconds faster than the netbook average and on a par with the HP Mini 110, but about 90 seconds slower than the Eee PC 1008HA.

The 160GB, 5,400-rpm hard drive booted Windows XP Home in a decent 49 seconds, almost the same time as the D150. On the LAPTOP Transfer Test (duplicating a 4.97GB folder of mixed media), however, the drive was marginally slower, taking 5 minutes 9 seconds to complete, at a rate of 16.5 MBps. That’s about 2 MBps faster than the netbook average, but about 1 MBps slower than the AOD150.

The D250 was capable when it came to our graphics benchmarks, however. The Intel GMA 945 GPU notched a score of 741 in 3DMark03, more than 100 points above average, and its score of 123 in 3DMark06 was about 30 points above average. We had no problems streaming videos and playing movies off the hard drive. While it took a few seconds to render the Grand Canyon in Google Earth, we were able to fly around the southwest U.S. fairly smoothly. Still, zooming in and out of lower Manhattan with 3D buildings enabled proved choppy.

Software

The Acer Aspire One D250 comes preloaded with a fair amount of software, including a 30-day trial of Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Works (which seems a bit redundant), Acer GameZone, Google Desktop, Carbonite Online Backup, and a 60-day trial of McAfee Security Center. It also comes with the Acer eRecovery Management application.

Battery Life

The 3-cell battery achieved a runtime of 3 hours and 4 minutes, which is about 15 minutes longer than the average 3-cell netbook battery. Acer will also offer a 6-cell battery which, if the battery on the D150’s past performance is any indication, should provide about 6 hours of battery life. Unlike the 6-cell battery on the D150 (4400 mAh), the 6-cell battery being offered with the AOD250 will be a 5200-mAh, which should provide even more runtime.

Design
With the exception of the little T-Mobile webConnect sticker below the keyboard, the 3-pound Mini 10 looks identical to the more recent models we’ve already reviewed. And that’s mostly a good thing. We like the sleek, wedge-shaped design and the glossy white border on the sides. The lid and bezel are glossy black, but thankfully the area around the keyboard has a textured finish that resists fingerprints.

The keyboard provided good tactile feedback and zero flex. We also like the direct access keys which let you adjust the volume and brightness without pressing Fn first. However, we pretty much despise the touchpad. It integrates the mousepad buttons, which are stiff, making an otherwise nice machine difficult to use. We also found it harder to select text and to scroll on this netbook than others we’ve tested. It gets worse. Because the touchpad is close to the front lip of the netbook, you have to be careful not to accidentally brush against it when typing so you don’t move the cursor. For us, the touchpad is almost a dealbreaker, but others may feel differently.

Keyboard and Touchpad
The new Dell Mini 10 has a new keyboard that’s not that different from the keyboard used in earlier netbooks from Dell. The new design features keys with raised areas. The result is that the keys almost touch each other, but there’s space between the typing surface of each key. It’s sort of like a cross between one of those island-style keyboards that are all the rage these days and the original Dell Mini 10 keyboard which featured flat keys with little distance between them.

While I really like the keyboard, I really dislike the touchpad. In order to increase the surface area of the touchpad, Dell integrated the left and right buttons directly into the touchpad itself. Instead of pushing a separate button to click, you press down on the bottom right or bottom left corner of the touchpad. This generally works well enough if you’re only using a single hand on the touchpad. You move the cursor around, lift your hand and move your finger to the bottom to click. But if you’re using two fingers to perform an action like dragging and dropping, you might run into some problems. I frequently had trouble clicking down on the touchpad with one finger while trying to drag a program or icon using the other finger. And if you have a tendency to hover your trigger finger over the mouse button while scrolling, you’d best be careful not to set your finger down lest the cursor should jump away just before you can click.

Display
The 10.1-inch wide-screen display is the systems’ most noteworthy feature, with a 1,366×768 native resolution. A standard 1,024×600 is also available on other configs of the Mini 10. We were worried that the higher resolution would make text too small to read, but we quickly got used to it. A handful of other Netbooks, including Sony’s Vaio W, also offer these higher-res screens, and we would love to see it become the new Netbook standard. The edge-to-edge glass over the display looks nice, but also adds to the glare–something to be aware of if you’re sensitive to that.

Performance
No big surprises here. The Inspiron’s run-of-the-mill 1.66-GHz Atom N450 processor and 1GB of RAM give you enough horsepower for surfing the web and light productivity chores, but it’s far from a speed demon. After resuming from sleep, it took 7 seconds just to open the Paint program, and we noticed a significant delay between typing items in the Start menu search box and results appearing. Nevertheless, the Mini 10 is fine for surfing the web. The netbook did a fair job juggling multiple tabs in Google Chrome when we visited our favorite news sites, updated our Facebook page, and streamed Pandora. Still, we noticed a pause in a Travis track while loading CNN.com. As with earlier Mini 10s, the twin speakers underneath the front side of the system pumped out fairly loud and clean audio.

Design
The S12 has similar design features common to other models in the IdeaPad line; not only does it share traits with the smaller S10-2, but its keyboard is also reminiscent of the larger IdeaPad Y450. While it has the same polarizing pattern on its lid (which is either a subliminal advertisement for Target or misplaced nostalgia for 70s-era wallpaper), we like the S12’s design a bit more than the S10-2, mainly owing to its larger size. While its edges are still beveled like the S10-2, they’re not as pronounced, making the S12 seem more like the original S10, whose boxier design we admired. Still, the chrome-wrapped edges of the Samsung NC20, and the fact that it better conceals its six-cell battery (the S12’s protrudes out the back) give the Samsung a slicker look. With an 11.5 x 9.0 inch footprint, and tapering from 1.4 to 1.0 inch with its six-cell battery, the IdeaPad S12 is nearly the same size as the NC20 and the Acer Aspire One AO751h. Weighing in at 3.4 pounds, the S12 is the same weight as the NC20, and about half a pound heavier than most other 10-inch netbooks. The bottom line is that this system is easy to carry.

Display
The IdeaPad S12 features a bright, glossy, 12.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel widescreen display. While larger than most netbook screens, the S12 display is also significantly sharper. I don’t feel the need to squint as much as I did with the HP 2133 Mini-Note, which had a 1280 x 720 pixel 8.9 inch display. But if your eyesight isn’t perfect, you might want to adjust the system fonts and page zoom settings in your web browser in order to make the display more comfortable. Of course, the best thing about a higher resolution display is that it lets you cram more material onto your screen.

Keyboard and Touchpad
The IdeaPad S12′s keyboard is, in a word, superb; it is full-size and requires no adjusting from a standard notebook keyboard. There is no flex and key travel is just right. The keyboard feels of high quality and allows for precision typing; each key is anchored securely and does not wobble at all. It has excellent tactile feedback and enough resistance that you can rest your hands on the keyboard in typing position without pressing keys accidentally. Lenovo designers made good use of the keyboard real estate – I am pleased to see the PrintScreen key is its own key and not mapped as a secondary function (as in, needing to press the [Fn] key in conjunction with the corresponding key to use it), and that the PgUp and PgDn keys are near the arrow keys. The Home and End keys are secondary function keys, but looking at the space the designers had to deal with, it was clearly not an option to make them separate as well.

Ports and Webcam
For a netbook, the S12 has pretty much the standard array of ports. On the left side of the system are two USB ports, a Wi-Fi on/off switch, and a 4-in-1 memory card slot. On the right side is a third USB port, VGA, Ethernet, an ExpressCard/34 slot, and headphone and mic ports. We especially like having an ExpressCard slot on board for adding a mobile broadband card; although you can easily use a USB device, we favor ExpressCard modems because they protrude a bit less and are less likely to snap off. The 1.3-megapixel webcam on the S12 delivered decent video, although colors appeared slightly more washed out than on the NC20. Still, in a Skype chat, our caller said that the visuals were more than acceptable, and that the S12’s mic picked up our voice clearly.

Performance
I used the S12 more or less as my primary computer for one week and I quickly found out what a netbook is good for and what it is not good for. Its Internet surfing performance is reasonable, as is its performance in most everyday activities such as playing music and reading email. OpenOffice.org ran without any hitches. I was able to use Firefox and listen to iTunes simultaneously without trouble.

That said, doing anything more strenuous than surfing the Internet can quickly overwhelm the Intel Atom processor. Despite its Hyper-Threading technology, which makes Windows think it has two cores, the Intel Atom is still a single-core processor and a very limited one at that, and therefore multitasking with several programs is not going to be smooth. Alt-tabbing between applications is not instant. In everyday performance, users coming from faster computers will notice programs take longer to open, web pages take longer to render, and in general performance is toned down a notch. Going through ten megapixel images and trying to watch high-res movies from my video camera were clearly too much for it to handle. Know the limits of a netbook before you buy one. Overall, the S12 is what a netbook is supposed to be – a more portable compliment to a user’s primary computer. I found the S12 to be a great companion at work – I used it to listen to music and keep a web browser with my email open. For everyday tasks, the performance is just fine.

Computer power-wise, the S10 is technically faster than the S7 with a 1.66GHz Atom rather than a 1.33GHz. But it doesn’t seem faster because it also uses Windows 7 instead of XP. Even with all of Windows 7’s fancy user enhancements turn off, there’s still some noticeable lag opening and closing programs. Things tend to stutter. But that’s a small price to pay for the goodies that come with Windows 7 Touch Pack.