Netbooks: biggest disadvantage - IMO: screen height

Even though you may love your netbook overall, from your experience so far, what do you dislike the most about it? What feature do you think needs to be most improved or added? Newer and future models have much bigger SSD and hard drives, more memory, faster performance, and better keyboards.

What is the most important missing features for a "net" book? For me: screen resolution.

IMO, 1024x600 is just not good enough for internet browsing. It is bad enough that many web sites have jumped to 1280 pixel width, but a netbook's 600 pixel (welcome to the 1990's) height is, for me, just unnecessarily annoying.

It may not be necessary to go all the way to standard 1280x1024 resolution, considering the small chassis dimensions of most netbooks, but, what is wrong with at least a 1152x768 pixel screen? 1152x768 is the same screen dimension used by some earlier Apple Powerbooks.

With reading glasses (I always use for computers) I have no difficulty viewing an 8.9 inch screen at 1024x600. At 1152x768 on a larger 10.2 inch screen, viewing should be just as easy, just more functional.




Opinion - fluff vs screen resolution: http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/2...ing-fluff-and-focus-on-the-screen-resolution/

 

Sony VAIO P.

 

The Vaio P is not a netbook, too big, too heavy, too expensive (especially since I don't like Windows Vista.)

 

I think netbooks overall are silly. I was looking at getting one for my girlfriend but after researching and playing with them, I just couldnt bring myself to buy one. They're too impractical - I don't understand the craze over taking such a big hit on performance and usability just to save yourself a couple pounds/inches.

 

I agree with you, netbooks are a stupid piece of hardware, the most annoying thing is as the OP stated, the low res LCD's used. Heck I'd put those 600 bucks (price of a high end netbook) in to a refurbished _Lenovo X61.

Nice avatar MrPresident. Honda is Honda...

 

Thank you sir, it's my first bike

And yeah I don't understand when people try to use price as a justification for a netbook. You can spend $300-400 on an older notebook with slightly outdated hardware but it will still be miles ahead of a netbook.

 

Sounds like some of you are still lugging around boom boxes instead of an iPod type devices.

If you don't get it by now, you likely never will.

35 millions netbooks to ship this year rising to 139 million by 2013