computer brain needed

[myaeger18]

Re: computer brain needed

For so many reasons, GET A MAC!

Don't get a MAC, it's waste of money for what you are going to be using it for.

[Chop]

Re: computer brain needed

This is thread is so cool!

2 years ago I worked on the:

Intel GMA 500 (chipset)
Intel Atom Processor (cpu)

both are on the Mini 10

So whatever you do make sure you buy a netbook with the above cpu chipset combo as both have been optimized for lower power thus maximizing battery life.

It appears that for your usage model a netbook should be what you need as opposed to a notebook. You'll get affordability and portability.

Just a few things to add:

1.While I agree with the above poster that more memory is better, for your usage model 1GB is enough. My corporate notebook has just 1GB and I have survived on it for about 3 years now.

2.Have you considered the ASUS Eee PC 1000HE.

3.About the Mac, well Apple does not have anything comparable at that price. The cheapest thing would be the entry level Mac Book for 999 dls and probably overkill for you.


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[b00g2003]

Re: computer brain needed

This is thread is so cool!

2 years ago I worked on the:

Intel GMA 500 (chipset)
Intel Atom Processor (cpu)

Another Intel Guy!!!! I'm in great company here!!!

I own and computer store/internet service provider in Ohio and I'm 100% Intel Products! Can't beat them!

Good points that you make. I've had some customers order netbooks and use them for a couple of months, then the next thing you know, they are trying to running Photoshop apps and render hi definiton vidieo. So I always try to make people look a little bit down the road to see if their needs will grow.

Awesome advice and thanks for being a geek!!

I always wanted to put in my signate

"Live on the edge, try the Intel Quad Core Series"

[xantonin]

Re: computer brain needed

CONS:
- SSD hard drive is a very slow drive when writing. It reads fine, but writing is slow.
- SSD drives are expensive to replace, they have higher than normal failure rates because the drives writes to the same sectors over and over, they eventually wear out.

I just read this, and had to comment on it.

If I'm not mistaken, I believe the SSD drive is only slow on large sequential reading/writing. It's much quicker than a normal HDD for random access of smaller data, however.

Also, I've never heard of a case with anyone having their SSD die out. The flash memory controller on the SSD uses wear leveling, so that data is not constantly written to the same sector, and is balanced instead. This makes the the possibility of a failure for a flash drive, in terms of wearing the sectors, really insignificant. We're talking that if you were to write to your hard drive constantly, in the worst case scenario 25 years before it fails. http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ssd_write_limit

By then, your normal hard disk would die from failure of the heads to move or disk spin anyway. So SSD is really astronomically more reliable than a normal HDD. Another pro is that any sudden movement, such as dropped the laptop, will not pose as a risk for allowing the heads to collide into the disk platters (although some laptop HDDs include Free-Fall Sensor technology)