Netbook!

I have been eyeing a new laptop for roughly a year and a half. My old Pentium 2 processor laptop just wasn't cutting it anymore. Yes, I was still in the dark ages as far as laptops are concerned in the current fast-paced technological world we live in, so I eyed a cheap upgrade. As I hope to be out and about as a print journalist after I graduate soon, I was immediately attracted to the new phenomenon that is the netbook.

Essentially, it is a laptop that is truly portable in the sense that it is small, light, and Wi-Fi enabled. They are often cheap as well, coming in at under $600 typically. Some run customized versions of various Linux distros while others even use Vista (blah!) and I eyed the XP variants. After researching online, and being initially attracted to the Asus Eee PC which happened to be one of the few popular netbooks at the time, I broadened my horizon thanks to Newegg and its reviews.

You see, I have small fingers to go along with my small stature (5'3" at best) but I did not want a cramped keyboard, which I heard the Eee PC had. So my search for hands-on time began. As time went on I began to realize the netbook market was popular online but hadn't quite caught on at major retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City at the time. So my search was delayed as time elapsed. Soon, my birthday was upon me (Oct. 16th for those concerned) and I decided enough was enough; I was going to get some hands on time with one of these portable machines and I was going to stop at nothing.