Netbook for kid's games and dvd? I plan to purchase this pc for my son's 5th birthday. He likes to play games on my laptop and it is his way of learning away from school and we travel a lot and hoping this is a good pc too to watch his dvds while waiting in the airport. Is this a netbook worth giving for kids for games and dvds or this is just good for websurfing? Netbook for kid's games and dvd? I plan to purchase this pc for my son's 5th birthday. He likes to play games on my laptop and it is his way of learning away from school and we travel a lot... » Read More Netbook for kid's games and dvd? I plan to purchase this pc for my son's 5th birthday. He likes to play games on my laptop and it is his way of learning away from school and we travel a lot and hoping this is a good pc too to watch his dvds while waiting in the airport. Is this a netbook worth giving for kids for games and dvds or this is just good for websurfing? « Show Less
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Thanks a lot for the reply, now I don't have to waste money for something not good. Apprecaite a lot.
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Netbooks aren't made for gaming, most games nowadays take at least 2-3gigs of ram to run, and I've never seen a netbook with a disc drive so dvds are out of the question.
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This is a very early version of netbooks and is not capable of much of anything. It is not powerful enough to handle most of today's software or internet pages. Go for a comparable android tablet, same money. Make sure you get android 4.0 or higher. I bought this and threw it away.
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It is a nice laptop to be sure, but it is not a gaming rig. In my experience running games on laptops works best if they have dedicated graphics memory such as NVIDIA's GeForce series processors. The laptop you mentioned utilizes the Intel Haswell HD 5000 Series on-board graphics memory, which is good enough for almost any everyday task such as email, web videos and so on. If you are a serious gamer, then buying a laptop with dedicated (or separate) graphics card is a must.
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If by "real laptop" you mean to ask if it has the capabilities to game or to use MS Office, etc - the answer is NO. It would be a good toy or perhaps a learning machine for a grade schooler.The first one I received would not work at all, returned it and the second one they sent me in exchange worked OK. However when I found it useless for anything except email, I gave it to charity.
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This netbook is good only for low-power games - the more popular games require more computing power and better video capabilities than this netbook has. Ubuntu is the operating system (similar to but not the same as Android or Windows), and it has specific drawbacks (e.g. you cannot run the Kindle app on this, there are many popular apps that will not run on it). You can download and install Firefox. The sole intention for this netbook is to enable the user to access the internet. Response is very slow. There are frequent times when the internet connect will fail and have to be reset.
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If the children will be wanting to play music CDs, DVDs, or Games on CD-ROM, this won't work for that because it has no optical disc drive (aka cd/dvd drive). I would recommend something with a more common operating system like Windows or Apple. I also know many children who enjoy using machines running Ubuntu Linux. If you want something durable, I would look into getting a Thinkpad. They have spill-proof laptops with reinforced frames and lids, etc.
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You can use it out of the box. You can also go on line and get more activities. It's a great introduction to learning on computers. Very child friendly.
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I bought this because it is small and novel and because I wanted it. I've been building PC's as a hobby since about 1997. I'll be putting this on my bedroom chest of drawers as a means to watch my Blu-Ray movie collection over the network. It's replacing a small, but still too big, PC that's there now. I have a laptop with HDMI and Blu-Ray drive that I use on trips to watch movies and TV shows on the motel TV set. This isn't cheap, by any means, but it is much smaller than a laptop, and stays hooked up to my TV set. I have a total of $500 in it including the OS and wireless keyboard/mouse. The laptop I purchased was $700 and I had to buy an SSD to put in it for another $100. I bought this because it is small and novel and because I wanted it. I've been building PC's as a hobby since about 1997. I'll be putting this on my bedroom chest of drawers as a means to watch my Blu-Ray movie collection over the network. It's replacing a small, but still too big, PC that's there now. I have a laptop with HDMI and Blu-Ray drive that I use on trips to watch movies and TV shows on the motel TV set. This isn't cheap, by any means, but it is much smaller than a laptop, and stays hooked up to my TV set. I have a total of $500 in it including the OS and wireless keyboard/mouse.... » Read More I bought this because it is small and novel and because I wanted it. I've been building PC's as a hobby since about 1997. I'll be putting this on my bedroom chest of drawers as a means to watch my Blu-Ray movie collection over the network. It's replacing a small, but still too big, PC that's there now. I have a laptop with HDMI and Blu-Ray drive that I use on trips to watch movies and TV shows on the motel TV set. This isn't cheap, by any means, but it is much smaller than a laptop, and stays hooked up to my TV set. I have a total of $500 in it including the OS and wireless keyboard/mouse. The laptop I purchased was $700 and I had to buy an SSD to put in it for another $100. « Show Less
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Not Good as it, because there are limits other than the video, this proccesor is a dual core but it is slow for multitasking, and for gaming you could play some games but in low level resolution!! For a Gaming Laptop not recomendable!! For "KIDS" gaming laptop (Age from 3 to 8) good as it!!
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If he has been around any type of video games i.e. DS etc... It is just like an android phone without the phone feature. If he has played games on a cell phone then he should be fine. I wanted to keep all of electronics on the same platform is why I choose this for my son. It is a little slow on the boot up. But you have access to both Google Play and Amazon apps which gives you a lot more choices. The other thing is is that I get a weekly report of usage and downloads via email. Hope this helps.
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The portable DVD player you're looking at here is not a computer laptop. All it does is play DVDs and audio and video files from the iPod. If you're looking for DVDs that include interactive games I think the Walt Disney company or some other educational company might sell some DVDs like that. Otherwise it's just a player. Not a computer. What you're looking for is a laptop. And the Eee PC might be what you're looking for. It's $400, small and light.
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I bought it for a 6 year old. Her mom had just started University courses and was on the computer a lot, so I thought this might be fun for her "to work" with mommy. Since real computers have now entered many classrooms, I'd say for kids no older than 7 or 8 years old.
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I have a netbook (not this one in particular) but one with like styled specs...I bought the CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2009...that I got from "FeeBAY" for $5.00 including shipping. So far no problems...but I did have to get an external drive so not sure how much of a savings it really was...........since the external drive was $65.00.
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Hi Wendy, Apologies for the slowness in response. The laptop is a good, inexpensive laptop for using basic services but not really a gaming laptop.
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Sounds like the HE is the one to get. Have any of you had any experience taking one to Europe? If so, were there any issues I should know about? I'll be going to France in May and would like to take this netbook with me.Thanks.
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It comes with games already installed, and you can download games as well, and even track your child's learning progress online. But you can and will probably want to buy some cartridges as well :-)
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Because this is a high end netbook it probably doesn't have sufficient cpu resources to play most of the higher end games. Because it does have a good video adapter setup it will stream videos nicely. If you are buying it mostly for game playing you probably have the wrong type of laptop.