So that leaves the netbook squarely between two necessities. An Asus Eee PC isn’t quite as small or handy as a BlackBerry. And an Acer Aspire One isn’t as powerful as an HP laptop. And since the netbook is, by its very nature, a more portable computer, companies are hard-pressed to find reasons to buy it for employees. After all, if they have the small device for mobile business access and the powerful device for real work, how does the netbook fit into that equation? So far, that question hasn’t been answered.
Productivity
Those who support netbooks claim that the technology doesn’t cause users to sacrifice productivity. But given the fact that most netbooks have keyboards that are smaller than standard keyboards, that argument might not hold up. On numerous occasions, I’ve tried to type long documents on a netbook and found that my hands were cramped, I made far too many mistakes and the keyboard was simply too small for what I was trying to do. I never grew accustomed to it.
Realising that, it’s difficult to say that businesses could enjoy the same level of productivity by deploying netbooks instead of laptops. Employees would have trouble typing out documents and they simply wouldn’t be comfortable performing basic tasks. Not to mention the fact that the netbook’s underpowered specs could cause slow app performance, and therefore a slow work rate.
And perhaps that’s the mantra as we consider netbooks for companies. They might be useful to some, but when it comes to business, they’re a real hindrance.
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You, sir, are an idiot. Any competent IT Manager will first evaluate the hardware before recommending it for purchase en masse by the company. Your article contains no intelligent argument against a netbook being a viable corporate tool other than the fact that its "underpowered". The netbook would be a great tool for presentations since Powerpoint 2007 works perfectly under XP. And once Windows 7 becomes commercially available, netbooks' productivity will increase even more. Your argument brings nothing to the table that wasn't already there. You're a silly man, go away from my internet.
I'm sorry you didn't like the article, but I enjoyed your comment.
We'll certainly do our best to meet your expectations in future material - and would welcome any contributions from you.
Vista is a resource hog that hardware manufacturers would like because it forces people to upgrade their hardware.
That Aero nonsense just wasted power and drained the batteries of laptops. It looked pretty but didn't do much that was useful.
Most people don't understand how powerful netbooks are. We just really need to get rid of bloated inefficient software.