Today I gave using a netbook for designing and drawing a shot. I’ve never really had a laptop or anything to do stuff on the road like this, so it was something kinda new to me.
For the folks out of the circle, netbooks are really just shrink-rayed laptops. The one I got my grubby mits on is the Aspire One from that company called Acer. Not a bad device considering its price, just a bit of a problem getting it configured with Ubuntu, but apart from that, it’s all sweet.
In all honesty, I feel pretty comfortable with the whole thing. I’ve got a Bluetooth mouse attached so it doesn’t give the strain of having to fiddle with the touchpad. There’s not much typing to be done, but writing this post wasn’t too much of a pain. The speakers were pretty fine to listen to as you work along. As for the screen, its pretty decent to work with. The colours vibrant, but the only issue here is the screen size. But what do you expect, it’s only a baby!
I’m working on this illustration of Bowes Museum which is near where us lot are, for my photography scrapbook, so I’ll upload that for folks to rip apart as soon as I’ve got it done.
Peace out!
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January 9, 2009 at 01:02
Netbooks are interesting, but as such, I personally much prefer a good-old regular laptop. As far as Ubuntu goes, it’s a better choice, I think, for surfing the net than XP – after all, I don’t think too many people will be playing games such as Cryssis on any of them, anytime soon! But who knows, the way technology moves along these days, it wouldn’t surprised some day.
The nicest thing about netbooks, besides being truly portable, is of course the price! Sweet! Now if only I could purchase a new MacBook Pro for what some of the baby laptops go for, I’d be in heaven!
Unfortunately, there’s probably a better chance of me playing Cryssis on a netbook than Apple ever lowering their prices! That’s for sure.
January 9, 2009 at 07:35
@Don – That’s the kind of thing at attracted me to having a netbook instead of a conventional laptop. Plus the form factor comes in useful to take about with you. I picked up my parents laptop last night, and I finally realised the weight difference was extreme.
PS. I fixed the link to your blog..