Yep, agreed. I have used a few of these as Windows desktops. No issues
doing basic office work (email, office and a few other average apps). They
are supposed to be good for getting media to a TV too but I haven't tried
that. Lots of horsepower compared to a PC from a couple of years ago, as
you said.
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Techmaster <techmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
> Honestly, the average person would have no clue that they are on a low
> power PC, and that's with it running Windows. Put something lighter
> like Ubuntu on it, and I bet they would be pretty impressive. These
> days, half of our clients are still using Pentium 4 PCs from 8 years
> ago, and I assure you, a $200 net-top is faster than one of those.
> The only downside to them is that they come with a consumer version of
> Windows, so in a typical business environment, you have to account for
> replacing the OS. They're definitely a huge step up from a thin
> client. To me, the biggest drawback to a netbook is the screen, and
> with a net-top you can use a full sized monitor, so that becomes less
> of a problem.
>
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Joey Kelly <joey@joeykelly.net> wrote:
> > On Tue October 26 2010 2:19 pm, Techmaster wrote:
> >> We were playing with an Acer nettop at work, those things are pretty
> >> cool, and they're like $200.
> >
> > Realistically, how usable are they for desktop usage?
> >
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