How well does this thing compare to a notebook, alarm clock, and the internet?
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It's not a notebook - look at it! I've used it for the power nap and it's buzzed and woken me at the right time. And obviously its not the internet but uses wireless technology to communicate with my phone.
1525621
I guess I don't understand your question. It's a band you wear around your wrist that tracks movement. Need to have the ap on a smart phone or something to check it. But that being said, I love it and find myself way more active now. It vibrates on my wrist when I have been idle for 15 minutes.
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http://reviews.cnet.com/best-netbooks/?tag=rb_content;contentNavAsus Eee PC 1005HA has an excellent rating
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Depends on what you want, of course. It's more useful and functional than a keypad-only phone. Calendar is fine, I had no trouble with alarms etc. I used it as my mp3 player for a while, so that works well too. But it is NOT a smart/android phone -- just looks like one. Ultimately, it works fine for calling, keeping appts, playing music and maybe texting -- though I didn't like the virtual keyboard very much.
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I multitask on this machine a lot. It has been responsive with many apps open, nothing too intensive, but many of them. Multitasking while hd videos are playing is no problem either. I wouldn't use it for video editing, encoding, heavy photoshop, 3d modeling, or the like. I think of it as a netbook on steriods, it is small and easy to travel with decent battery life and a much better processor than an atom but it is by no means a competitor for an intel i3-5-7. I have thought about the adding an SSD to this machine, I think it would be a great benefit but i don't think not adding one would be a deal breaker either. ie; onenote loads in about 4 sec, putty 1 sec, editors in about 3 sec. If you add one, be sure to get 7mm drive rather than 9mm. I dont believe the 9mm will fit.
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I am happy with mine. It is not a high power laptop, but it runs Office and accesses the internet just fine.
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Yes. We live in the country and it's not quite as easy to get things done, computer wise or cell phone wise. Took it to a computer guy, he downloaded what was needed, came home & Boom. I am a happy notebook user.
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Thank you for the helpful information. I guess I will see about getting a cheaper netbook. I looked at a lot of reviews for different ones and they all seem about the same. Do you know which one is the best one to buy? I would like one that has a long battery life.
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I haven't been using mine so much as a crazy full time user... and mine is a bit slow, to be honest, which is probably the reason. I bought it because it was inexpensive, and I guess you get what you pay for. I just in the past few days started downloading music on it and am more using it as a music player to listen to at work, for which it holds its charge well... but it's truly not what I bought it for. Eventually, I will be saving up for a higher end model so I can truly use it for the processor I intended it to be, to help me write a book, etc...
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I also read somewhere 3 hours; I've never timed it. I just returned from a month in Australia where I mainly used it for email, facebook (new to me!) and loading photos and playing videos (attended a bunch of concerts!). It worked well for those purposes ... I was able to use the pc on battery and when finished, plug it in and it was ready for the next time I wanted to use it.
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I played around with one in Best Buy the other day and you can just about do anything with it that you can with a mouse. You can click on links, move the page, etc. It seemed pretty cool.
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i use it for a combination of web and non web use and would say that it averages about 5 hours....it is really an awsome computer!
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I have a Archos 101, very happy with it.No sure what is your usage. I mainly check email, browse web, read news, check weather and let my kids play games.good battery life, power up very quick.It is not for you to write paper or edit ppt presentation for sure.
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Absolutely. The screen quality is great, and I've spent many a time watching Netflix and using the Internet. And I used it mainly for school so it's great for taking notes in whatever way is most comfortable for you (keyboard, touch screen.) it runs on windows which uses the market place but you can just download iTunes.
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I haven't noticed noise coming from the processor, though the keyboard is a bit noisy. Randomly, I will say that the battery life is not great, but I don't mind too much since it does charge quickly. Maybe 3 hours battery life, longer if you're just using loaded applications instead of Internet.
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Very much so. In fact, from the overall feature and rang performance perspective, it still compares well. The user interface is well organized. But could use an upgrade. It is a notch better than the residential routers from the reliability perspective.
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it depends on the network. N networks are so far the fastest, but in all reality, i HIGHLY doubt anybody can tell which is faster considering we are limited on our bandwidth anyways. im in the netbook market now as well and after my research i would go with the toshiba nb205 due to the keyboard. BUT i am now leaning towards the 11.6 to 12.1 inchers. not only bigger keyboards but also bigger screens and STILL extremely portable with long battery life.
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For me it personally does. I really dig it, it doesn't cause me anxiety when I get up. I really like it. I know you didn't ask but, the sleep tracking function is also very nice as well.