IT DOESN'T MATTER if you have already shed an optical drive from your ultra-portable you still need to lose weight. When you've on the go, you normally perform only a handful of tasks, and you shouldn't have to lug an armful of extra gear.
Cue the mini-notebook. This new breed of pint-size portable continues to gain momentum and acceptance. Superslim, lightweight (2 to 3 pounds), and affordable (starting at under $400), these units go by a few other names: netbooks, mobile Internet devices, and my new favorite "laptots." But their goal, to provide serious mobile computing to the masses, remains the same.
These micro machines aren't designed to compete with more-powerful ultra-portables. Mini-notebooks are good for Web browsing, e-mail, and document creation, but little else (editing a 10GB image file on one will try your patience). Consider a mimi-notebook as a complement to your primary PC and a modest road companion. Asus released its first Eee PC in late 2007; today the choices are numerous, with bigger players, including Acer, Dell, and Lenovo, on the field.
Cue the mini-notebook. This new breed of pint-size portable continues to gain momentum and acceptance. Superslim, lightweight (2 to 3 pounds), and affordable (starting at under $400), these units go by a few other names: netbooks, mobile Internet devices, and my new favorite "laptots." But their goal, to provide serious mobile computing to the masses, remains the same.
These micro machines aren't designed to compete with more-powerful ultra-portables. Mini-notebooks are good for Web browsing, e-mail, and document creation, but little else (editing a 10GB image file on one will try your patience). Consider a mimi-notebook as a complement to your primary PC and a modest road companion. Asus released its first Eee PC in late 2007; today the choices are numerous, with bigger players, including Acer, Dell, and Lenovo, on the field.
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