Netbooks Are Underpowered Paperweights?

I just thought I'd give my take on an article I saw from Techno Buffalo (a site set up by a fellow YouTuber). This dude clearly is linkbaiting, and its worked for me, but I'd like to hear your point of view on netbooks.

The post:
http://www.technobuffalo.com/blog/laptops-and-netbooks/why-im-passing-on-netb...

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[TRQSFORCES]

Buying a netbook is invested in an underpowered paperweight. I have a mid-entry laptop and even I think it's underpowered.

People who purchase netbooks clearly have not tried products available that cost 100-200 more and offer acceptable performance. I wouldn't buy a netbook if my life depended on it.

[mobilephone2003]

100-200 more = another netbook, so 2 netbooks = low end laptop.

[rwtfalexis]

this guy really likes to start a lot of beef with people!!!!!!

[mobilephone2003]

merely correcting people with facts.

[JamieI1]

Netbooks are pretty capable, just not as much as a desktop PC or a full size Laptop.

[mynameism0e]

I have a HP netbook, running win7 ultimate, office 2010 etc etc it does all of that very well. Youtube is fine, itunes is fine anyone who has a problem with a netbook probably bought a crappy netbook.

[rockerboy12doglover]

I use a Toshiba NB250 with the Intel Atom N455 at 1.6Ghz 2GB of ram, 320GB Hd, with XP, can edit Hd videos fine,run firefox, and can play youtube video in 720p. Amd released the AMD C-50, which is a Dual core processor, and has the HD6250, sounds like a great little netbook, and would obviously blow away the N455, but still netbooks are great for lots of things. Windows 7 Starter how ever is not so good, I changed mine to 7 Home Basic which is better then 7 Starter

[davidfordapple]

despite the video I uploaded saying netbooks suck, he has a point. The purpose of the video I made was to show people that laptops are used for gaming, and video editing and things that take a lot of processing power. Everyone who says that netbooks are great are only saying that because they are on a budget. Do you really think that people would buy netbooks if they could easily afford full scale laptops? NO. Netbooks are good if you are on a budget. Other wise theres no point.

[jjovereats]

Ubuntu for your netbook. Just use desktop edition. Then, if you install GIMP, you can push pixels out of place.

[jjovereats]

@mobilephone2003 Just get something small that has the Core i3.

[kdavis0660]

what about for school? i have a 17'' laptop and its almost impossible to take around places. would a netbook be good for like school work, since its small and portable and can perform MS Office, excel, ect?

[troymellor]

iv got an nc10, things which i did on it, confused me, as it was said that i wouldnt be able to do more than half of the things iv done on it. Halo, was said that it shouldnt run, runs fine, VPC runs brilliantly, comes in handy when i want to use a VHD for extra storage space

as you said you can already run HD in it, well, it runs HD MPEG4 files litrally fine

the battery life, 6-7 hours, my new laptop iv got now, 2 hours at most

@mobilephones2003

i agree with you in eveery aspect

[airsoftandlegos123]

u are right i think that netbooks arent the best but the the new windows 7 is definietly better than the mac i think but netbooks are third macs are 2nd and 1st is windows 7 laptops and desktops

[fakemanoan]

There are not underpowered there OVERPOWERED.

One exploded on me