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The Mini Notebook Is Prefect For A Child’s First Computer

Paul — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:10:39 +0000

A mini notebook can be the perfect first computer for a child. Kids are learning about computers at an extremely young age and that’s a great thing. The younger you get a child involved with something the more they excel and computers is no exception. Unfortunately up until now computers have, especially laptops have always been out of the price range for the average parent to purchase for them. The introduction of mini notebooks and netbooks has completely changed this. Not only are these laptops extremely affordable, but the small design is perfect for the kids. They also have the added option of the solid state hard drive that doesn’t have any moving parts in case the laptop gets dropped or bumped. The solid state drive also gives off less height so the child won’t burn themselves. The last thing to consider when picking out a netbook for your child is what operating system to get them. You’ve got the choice of Windows XP or a form of Linux.

Window XP – Higher cost and more susceptible to virus’s, but also more like what they’ll use when they get older.
Linux – A Linux laptop is cheaper, simple, and has almost no chance of getting a virus, but most likely not the operating system they’ll use when they get older.

Overall netbooks are a great choice for a child’s first laptop. Like any piece of electronics they do require a certain level of maturity to have and the exact age your child will be ready for one depends on several factors that are outside the scope of this article. I would suggest one of the Asus netbooks for your child’s first laptop. You can purchase them from many online retailers and even your local Target. Otherwise a few companies like Dell offer the mini notebook in a variety of colors which the kids will love.

Mini Notebook Pros and Cons

Paul — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:01:41 +0000

I’ve noticed a lot of people have been looking for a list of pros and cons for the mini notebook. When I first starting looking into purchasing one a few years ago I had to search all over to find all the positive and negatives. I’ve compiled a list that includes pros and cons from people all over the internet along with the ones I’ve discovered after years of using mine. If you’ve found some mini notebook pros or cons that I’ve missed definitely leave a comment below or use the contact page. I personally think the positives outweigh the negatives however.
Mini Notebook Pros

Very Portable – Their small size makes mini notebooks very easy to carry around with you.
Cost Effective – They are very cheap to purchase and the cost has been dropping even more with increased competition.
Great Battery Life – Mini laptops have great battery life, my Asus mini notebook battery lasts over 5 hours.

Mini Notebook Cons

No CD-ROM – I wrote a post talking about some solutions to this problem: Mini Notebooks Don’t Have CD-ROM’s.
Small Keyboard – The keyboards are very small which makes typing semi long documents a pain.
Multi-tasking – The processors in mini laptops aren’t as nice as what you’d find in a normal laptop so if you end up with to many windows open you’ll see an overall lag to the computer.
Video Playback – Most videos playback just fine on my mini notebook, but it struggles a bit to play back full HD video.

This is just a few of the mini notebook pros and cons. I personally think all of the cons can easily be overcome and the pros heavily outweigh any negatives. After personally owning several different mini laptop computers I can say they’ve all been amazing and after having one I can’t imagine living life without one.