Stepping in the world of Netbooks and PDA’s

The first netbook - The Pison netBook - Released in early 1999 - Much more expensive than other mainstream laptops in that time - Failed to gain popularity and discontinued in 2009 - The Pison netBook Gen – 1 bought in December, 1999. Now you can get one on eBay for less than $5!!

Netbooks Today Grown in size and appearance Light, portable and cheap so mostly popular between students Has a higher battery life than laptops (8 to 10 hours) Mostly come with Intel atom or AMD neo processors (1.66 GHz) Are not underpowered as most of them come with a GPU

The most popular GPU on netbooks today is the NVidia Ion chip The GPU helps the laptop in doing extensive tasks like watching HD movies and playing games and other complex algorithms which the CPU cant solve alone The most popular GPU on netbooks today is the NVidia Ion chip - The Acer aspire one 532G, first to have a NVidia ion chip, just priced over $400

Disadvantages Really small screen size – Not good for sitting on for long hours Despite the GPU installed, netbooks are not an everyday solution for extensive graphical work like video editing and playing games Small keyboard and touchpad, making it uncomfortable to use Not easy to customize and repair

Top 3 netbooks (As recommended by Cnet) Acer aspire one 532G - - ASUS Eee PC 1015PX Dell Inspiron Mini iM1018 -

Tablet PC’s Tablet sized computers which have the key features of a normal computer Made popular by the tablet pc concept presented by Microsoft in 2001 Usually equipped with a touch screen

The First tablet The Apple Newton Early PDA and first tablet platform by apple Launched in 1996 Series discontinued in 2006 - The Apple Newton MP-100 in 1998

Tablet PC’s now Have a multi-touch HD display Improved appearance since their launch Low weight and a high battery life Usually have a dual core processor for a seamless interface Come with an attractive and easy to use OS - The apple Ipad 2, one of the most popular tablets in the world

Disadvantages Fragile and easy to break Difficult to customize and repair Still expensive thus not used by students Some users are uncomfortable by typing and looking at the same screen so makes it difficult to work Not a solution if perusing development

Apple Ipad 2 All aluminum structure and just 0.34” thin Comes with the latest iOS 4 Has a HD multi-touch screen Comes with a dual-core 1 GHz A5 chip for faster processing Up to 10 hours of battery life Equipped with wifi and 3G HD 720p camera with upto 30 fps Price starts from $499

World’s cheapest PC Prototype designed by IIT students in India JUST $35!!!!!! Has 2gb memory, a 4gb SD card slot and runs on Linux Has a resistive 8.5” touch screen Can get charged on solar power Cheap and easy computing for rural India - The Gov. of India unveils the pc in Feb, 2010

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