When Buying A Netbook, Know What You’re About

Found this article via the SammyNetbook blog about a large percentage of netbook owners who find themselves unhappy with their purchase. Jez wonders if this is because people don’t understand that netbooks don’t make great laptop replacements. or, I should say, primary laptop replacements. I’m sure if we polled the dissatisfied we’d find that they were slightly to massively ignorant about what netbooks are for and can do.

When I bought my first netbook I wanted to use it for very specific tasks and it fulfilled its function perfectly. I sometimes tax my NC10 a bit more than I should, but that’s more because I end up doing too much at once instead of concentrating on my most important tasks. Still, I’ve never found myself unhappy.

One could say that I’m an over-informed consumer, so of course I’m not going to be disappointed. Still, every consumer should be informed. They should know how netbooks differ from notebooks, their limitations, and which netbook will give them the best experience. However, I know this is not often the way consumers approach buying electronics.

I wonder what the return rate is on laptops in general…?

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