A netbook is a mini-laptop, although they have also been called pocket computers. Netbooks are light, usually weighing less than three pounds, they are thin, and super portable. The screen can be up to twelve inches long, but usually much less, and netbooks run on a low power processor. They usually have an Intel Atom chip and a three or four cell battery. Because of the size, some of the keyboards tend to be compressed. However, that issue continues to improve with the newer models, and many people are able to make the transition with few problems.
If you think that netbooks are perhaps a fad, you would be wrong. Not only is the lightweight size handy, but the size of the price tag is comparable to the physical size of the netbook. Because netbooks can do most of what a fifteen-hundred dollar laptop can do, but at half the price, their popularity grows on a daily basis. In fact, in recent holiday seasons, netbooks have been the sales topper for many of the most popular online stores. Probably the main complaint about most netbooks is that they do not have a dedicated graphics chipset button. In less complex terms that means that you cannot switch to a dedicated graphics card to give the netbook an increased graphics performance. Again, however, when mobility is the priority, stunning graphics are going to be something you will probably not miss. This is, after all, an easy to use and easy to carry device for email, files, text and internet; it is not a home theater. Consider that many of these devices have screens as small as five inches, and you will understand why brilliant graphics are not a priority. At any rate, most consumers have not been able to tell the difference in graphics between netbooks, and the laptops when they are asked to do so in retail shops.
