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Samsung NC10

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  • #1412
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 19,205 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    smccarrick wrote: »
    No spat- I think we're all friends here......:)


    Personally I'd be inclined towards a 12" rather than the 10"- and a Core i3 (Lenovo have several on special at the moment).

    My issue (aside from the screensize- and resolution) is the keyboard is just too annoying for prolonged usage.

    S.

    see thinkpad edge on this page. bigger screen, keyboard, hdmi, not i3 but reasonable (non-netbook) processor and graphics. £270 with cashback (uk bank a/c access needed) or £299 without.

    http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/products/keywords/edge/ex/clearance%2cdummy%2ctradepack


  • #1413
    wampyrus77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭wampyrus77


    smccarrick wrote: »
    CAD? On a netbook? Much as I love my netbook (and I've a 10.1" android tablet too)- I'd shoot myself before I'd try to run CAD on either of them........ For anything thats not resource intensive they're fine- but CAD?

    They're both an android os that its means Linux Kernel OS not windows OS, so not all pc software will work on them. If you want use pc software on them going use download software called wine for linux, wine is a microsoft Emulator and use the wine option to open them.


  • #1414
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    wampyrus77 wrote: »
    They're both an android os that its means Linux Kernel OS not windows OS, so not all pc software will work on them. If you want use pc software on them going use download software called wine for linux, wine is a microsoft Emulator and use the wine option to open them.



    I know :)
    The operating system is not the issue for me (and there is a version of CAD for Linux that works just fine)- its the hardware that I'd have issues with.

    A netbook is perfect for fast internet access on the move.
    Anything other than that- and you really need something with a full keyboard, a decent screensize and depending on what you're rendering and how impatient you are- a reasonable processor......

    I'm more than happy with my slab- I have no intention of running CAD (or indeed Wine etc) on it though. It does what its designed to do- just fine...... If I could update it to 2.2- with flash support, I'd be sorted, but that can wait for another day....... sigh......

    I am a bit extreme with my hardware- my main laptop- is an 18.4" monster with a quadcore extreme processor and oodles of RAM and hard-drive space. I do quite a bit of video rendering- and it does get used (and abused). I guess thats where I was coming from with my CAD comment.

    Cheers,

    Shane


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