Are Netbooks All That?

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I work on computers all day and need to check my email and do some light business when I am away from the office. I just purchased a small Sony netbook and it really is amazing. I was certainly able to run email, and do several other functions that I imagine other business would want to do as well. The beauty is that it is small and very lightweight.
Overall the overriding question I had before purchasing it was "Is it worth the $500?" My answer after 2 months is absolutely.
The keyboard is a little tight and the screen smaller but with scrolling and careful typing it really works out well. Am I sorry that I did not opt to spent $300 more for its bigger brother. Absolutely not. I am very pleased.

Gary E. Haffer of MA 12:11PM May 11, 2009

In the order of full disclosure - I own a Lenovo S10. My family recently took it along on vacation. Yes I could have had a regular laptop, but it is much heavier and larger. The netbook was used for remote sessions into the home machine to check email and other documents. In addition, we used it to watch movies on Netflix. I agree that some of these things can be done on a smartphone, but this solution provided another laptop to the family with the every familiar Windows setup without a commitment to monthly data charges.
Yes you can not edit movies and I would imagine there are business products that cannot be run on the netbook effectively. But as those who were interviewed in the article indicated each found there reason for why the unit worked for them.
Can't that be reason enough??????

Brian Dawson of IL 3:36PM April 28, 2009