Friday, March 13, 2009
What's the difference??
Recently I've been getting a surge of IT-related questions on what-the-hell-is-the-difference on netbooks and stuff... After exasperatedly explaining to many people, I found this really idiot-proof flowchart and it's rather interesting.So, what's the f**king difference between a Netbook and an ultrathin??
Alright, so you wanna get a small, cheap computer, but you don't know what to get. Darn near every computer maker has a very special model of miniature computer nowadays, be it ultra-portable, Netbookⓒ, sub-notebook, handheld, mini-notebook, ultrathin notebook, ULCPC - and the list goes on.
It's sort of confusing at first - but the important thing to remember is that each of these categories are completely different and you should feel extremely bad if you don't know the terminology.
Most Frequently Asked Miniature Computer Questions. Actually, it's just one question.
Q: WTF is the difference between an ultra-portable and an ultra-thin notebook?
The biggest hurdle to the layman is that most of these categories are new and sometimes not well defined. How big can a subnotebook be before it's considered an ultra-portable? Does an optical disk make a Netbookⓒ an ultrathin?
Knowing a computer's specs is nice — but that's job #2 next to categorization. Categorization separates us from the animals. And keep in mind: each computer maker insists on coming up with a new term for their machine for every minute change they make.
PC vendors certainly know the category is important. Witness Psion Teklogix and Intel suing each other over the name "netbook." Do you know one out of five people mislabel their small, cheap computer?
This simple flowchart will help.
And that settles it. No more arguments.
Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/13/miniature_computer_field_guide/
