The Wait and 3 Things I love About You (Netbook)

No update on the LINUX Netbook. Well, that is not entirely true, there is an update, only it's "no update". Hopefully before the end of the week.

I also wanted to give an update on my quest for a Power Point replacement. I Tweet every week when this blog entry is made. Last week was no exception. Well, hats off to SlideRocket. They were listening and offered to fix my import issues. Great customer service always deserves mention. I will let you know the outcome as soon as I get it. Thanks again @SlideRocket.

Finally because of the lack of progress on either of the two fronts above, I want to take a moment to list three things I love about my Netbook.

1. It is small enough. Small and weighs very little. At the end of the day it does not feel like a chore to grab it to take home with me. I used to loath carrying the full size laptop. It is heavy, it is big, and I often just left it where it was. My Netbook has become as automatic as the keys to my car. On the airplane it is a dream, room for it and the warm nuts when I am luck to get an upgrade!

2. It is large enough. Once I get it home I can accomplish real work. It has now become my go to computer. Before I simply put off whatever it was I thought of, or tried to accomplish it with my mobile phone, but the Netbook has changed all that. When a thought hits me, I pop it open, hit the on button and in just a few seconds I am online working with close to full size keyboard and a real life browser that parses AJAX and runs FLEX!

3. The battery life is more than sufficient to have meaningful work sessions. I have about 4 hours worth. Dell calls it three, but if I stay away from videos, (harder to do than you think), I can work for 3 hours and 25 minutes before I start getting battery warnings. The new model will have a 6 hour battery, I can't imagine working that long without a break. But more importantly I have yet to run out on a plane trip.