> 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. /> FWIW - the Sony Vaio netbook, which does an excellen job i\of being small and compact, has the ?1GB? of RAM soldered in :-(. Not expandable I think. Their screen resolution is also AFAIK boom or bust - either massively wide hd or ?640 x 480? with nothing in between. 160 GB is getting common. 250 GB on 1 or 2. 320 GB on the HP is the first I've seen that large. What I want is a CF slot, but none seem to do that. Russell 2009/8/11 Herbert Graf > 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 I think your view of the "netbook" space is a little outdated.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 > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist