I have been dying to pick up a Netbook from the first moment I put my hands on one. I love the size of the platforms and the promise of ultra mobile computing that comes along with systems that were designed to be taken anywhere. I find myself very hesitant to pull out my Lenovo T61 in cramped places like airplanes and would much rather use my iPod Touch when I am around the house. Even if I am just watching a little TV, I find that I do not pull my laptop out because I find it uncomfortable to work with it on my lap.
My typical computing day consists of a lot of email, web surfing, and note taking followed by a decent amount of spreadsheet work and data analysis (not really data crunching as my datasets are typically quite small). With the exception of some occasional multimedia work (or some even more rare gaming) on my home system, I very rarely do anything that completely taxes my computers. The reality is that I could almost live with the performance my Samsung Q1 and its Celeron processor delivers for almost everything I do.
Put all this together, and yesterday I spent some money on a new computer that should deliver the portability I want with the everyday processing I need. It is a netbook that will be arriving some time next week. A couple of you know which one already, but I am going to wait to disclose the details until I have the device in hand. I will put together a post that chronicles my decision making process later.
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