I say NeTbook and you say NotEbook! Why so many choices? (Part 2)

Welcome back — if you made it to part 2 that means you really like whats being suggested here. I wish to make it easier on everyone to make quick decisions in these purchases. Like many of family baring folk out there i understand that there is the kids, work and other obligations. There is very little room for making and investigating your next laptop of family computer. Just relax and watch this for a few moments

Enough rambling and reminiscing — lets go out (or online and get us a PC!)

For The Masses

email, internet surfing, word precessing, light spreadsheets, home finances, light multimedia (playing NO High Definition content / music is fine) Any of the following should be good enough :

• ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1005HA-PU17-BK 10.1-Inch Black Netbook – 10.5 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Starter)
• Acer AOD250-1584 10.1-Inch Blue Netbook – Up to 9 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Starter)
• Toshiba Mini NB205-N230 10.1-Inch Black Onyx Netbook – 9 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Starter)

For the Semi Masses

email, internet surfing, word precessing, corporate spreadsheets, home finances, multimedia ( High Definition content / music / watching movies / some light games) Any of the following should be good enough :

• Sony VAIO VGN-FW510F/B 16.4-Inch Black Laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium)
• HP Pavilion DV6-1354US 15.6-Inch Black Laptop – Up to 4 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium)
• ASUS UL50Ag-A3B Thin and Light 15.6-Inch Black Laptop (Windows 7 Professional)

Advanced Gaming and Desktop Replacement Warrior!

This is all the way and becomes the complete home PC which works off road and in the home/home business+ high end gaming or designing!

• ASUS G51J-A1 15.6-Inch Blue Gaming Laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium)
• Apple MacBook Pro MC226LL/A 17-Inch Laptop

The Family PC (the myth that finally lives)

Now there really is no such thing as a family shared notebook, there are alternatives i do like.

Most recently i had a chance to play with the Dell Inspiron Zino HD Piano Black Desktop PC (Windows 7 Home Premium)

I really like this little tomato! its fast! its easy to use! and has an HDMI out (to connect to your existing HDTV) and 2 e-SATA ports (for super fast backup to your entire family) . Works very nicely with any standard LCD or Plasma.

For the family i highly suggest the following rig:

• Dell Inspiron Zino HD Piano Black Desktop PC (Windows 7 Home Premium)
• LG W2486L 24-Inch LED Backlit Monitor (Gloss Black)
• Western Digital My Book Studio II – 2 TB (2 x 1 TB) USB 2.0/FireWire 400/FireWire 800/eSATA Desktop External Hard Drive WDH2Q20000N

and finally a keyboard/mouse combo that actually would work in your living room

• IOGear Multimedia Keyboard with Laser Trackball and Scroll Wheel, 2.4GHz Wireless GKM561R (Black)

Your well under 1000USD (3750 SAR) with this setup and i think with the new Windows 7 all those 3 or 6 family members would be relatively happy. Oh and you will need some backup software to backup all the Windows user accounts on this machine. I would suggest reading my Backup article

Now for all you die hard Mac folk out there, i am a bit reserved on the whole new Apple iMac MB950LL/A 21.5-Inch Desktop
line from Apple. I would prefer a nicely loaded Apple Mac mini MC239LL/A Desktop + an  LG W2486L 24-Inch LED Backlit Monitor (Gloss Black) and a   PTC Mini-DVI to HDMI Adapter with 6ft HDMI Cable for Macintosh

Conclusions

So there you have it! a simple list of brands and names and of course my rants! if you have further questions, please drop me an email for more Q&A’s. These technology investments should not be complicated — i try to make it simple but even i get caught up in the mix of trends and glamour!

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