Netbooks are lightweight
and inexpensive computers. They are small and legacy free. They are not
necessarily like laptops. They have taken away the market space of notebooks. A
netbook weighs just about two and a half pounds or even below than that. They
have lesser features when compared to a laptop. Netbooks are increasingly used
for educational purposes. In the growing geek world, it is necessary that
children are aware of the use of computers on a day to day basis.
Netbooks are power friendly and very easy to use for internet
purposes.
Mini
Netbooks size also varies. It
may range between 9 inch, 10 inch and 12 inches. They generally contain 1 or 2
GB RAM. The internal storage generally ranges between 160 GB and 250 GB. Mini
computers and netbooks
also offer Wi-Fi facilities. Netbooks offer great advantage of price, ease of
use and easy portability for children. Netbooks though may not be a
full-fledged computer but they can perform all activities required in
educational purposes. A netbook has no internal disc drive. Many schools are
providing netbooks for children at subsidized prices.
Netbook have operating
systems like Windows and Linux. But the best netbook is the Netbook Android. A netbook
androidis powered by android operating system. Android was basically created to
be used in mobile phones. But they have become so popular that their usage is
increasing to a number of other gadgets. Some of the netbook android ones are
found with an older version; nevertheless they are still very useful in certain
cases. When you compare an ordinary netbook and a netbook android there are
surely certain advantages for a netbook android. As they have a better battery
life when compared to Windows netbooks. They resume faster from a stand by
position.
Many brands have tried to put the netbooks in
the low end market. This is because they do not fetch much profit for the
companied who manufacture personal computers. But as the times have gone, many
new manufacturers have brought netbooks to the market with smarter look and
useful features as result of which their popularity has risen to new levels. Many
foreign countries are providing free netbooks to students and teachers. Most of
the netbooks have parental control, wireless networking and antivirus
protection. The use of netbooks is not only limited in education but they are
also preferred by business travelers. Many of the professionals use netbooks
instead of laptops. Thus netbooks are still emerging.