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    Best Net Top/Book For Server

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by osomphane, Mar 17, 2009.

  1. osomphane

    osomphane Notebook Evangelist

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    Just wondering, would a netbook or a nettop be better for a file server/media center. They both seem to have the same specs, but the laptops come with a screen and mouse/keyboard. I will basically leave this thing always on and use windows live mesh to sync files across other computers. What do you guys think?
     
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  2. Persnickety

    Persnickety Notebook Evangelist

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    Personally, I'd use the one which used the least amount of energy.
     
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  3. ramgen

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    I think netbooks will do that job very well. You may replace their harddrives with a 7200RPM one (and perhaps with a larger capacity) and they will be perfect for file serving.


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