On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 11:34 -0700, William "Chops" Westfield wrote:
> On Aug 11, 2009, at 7:03 AM, Russell McMahon wrote:
> 
> > Is there any inobvious reason why a netbook seems a bad choice
> 
> The system you mention sounds OK for your tasks to me, but also  
> appears relatively atypical for the "netbook" class of machine.   Many  
> of the netbooks have a very small "disk" drive (frequently solid state  
> disk) barely capable of holding the OS and utilities, in an odd and  
> perhaps not-upgradable form factor, making them unsuitable for the  
> usual photo backup application...

I think your view of the "netbook" space is a little outdated.

Most machines now come with 80GB+ drives. SSDs are still options, but
most opt for regular hard drives.

Pretty much all machines now have "standard" hard drive connections
(since standard hard drives are options on most machines).

As for expansion, pretty much all netbooks have SD card slots (some have
two) machine expansion a breeze considering how cheap 16 and 32GB SD
cards have become.

TTYL

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