Posted on 07/08/2009 4:56:31 AM PDT by comps4spice
No problem, it was all on-topic. I would take issue with your characterization of the netbook as it has been named (on the internet). It is clearly a general-purpose computer with no more relationship to, or dependence on the internet as any other PC. On my netbook I easily run all of MS office including visio plus some large java applications. It doesn't break a sweat. I don't play videos on it, the screen is too small anyway.
On the other hand I have never run any Google applications, not their toolbar or any network applications. I prefer to have all my data right here on my 8GB SDHC card which I can pop out for safekeeping or transfer. I have about 10k documents taking up 1.5GB. I certainly would not trust google to hold onto them for me, nor would I want their networked apps on windows. OTOH, I also run linux on the netbook mostly for casual surfing like this message. I have better control over power, faster and more flexible tools (e.g. PDF converters and text manipulation, etc). I can certainly see a value in what Google is proposing because I do it myself, but with one caveat, my linux netbook is still completely useful without being on the internet.
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