how does the netbooks compare to traditional notebooks?

Question

first, to what other "older" micro does the intel atom compares to (e.g. PIV, PIII, Celeron or Pentium M, and at what speed e.g. 800MHZ - 3 GHZ)
Its the DDR2 of netbooks is the same as notebooks? e.g. i am planning in buying a netbook but i already have 1GB sticks of DDR2 that i took from a mac book pro (DDR2 5300) so i was thinking in upgrading myself, also how many slots netbooks have.
Also can i put regular 2.5HHD laptop hardrives in netbooks? for instance can i go buy a 320gb or so HDD to put in the netbook?
what about the graphics? if i connect an external monitor what is the max resolution i'll be able to get there (e.g can i get 1280X1024)?
can i reproduce video in netbooks? i read somewhere that I cant but it seams so weird since a cell phone, ipod etc can reproduce video (and they are supposedly less powerful.)
thanks

Answer 1

You don't sound like a good candidate for a netbook, since you want to upgrade everything. Why not just get a notebook?



The main draws the netbook has are:

1. Small size

2. Lightweight

3. Good battery life

4. Cheaper price

5. No moving parts in the hard drive



The main drawbacks are:

1. Small keyboard

2. Slower processor

3. Low screen resolution

4. No optical drive

5. Smaller capacity hard drive



If you want high screen resolution and a huge hard drive, then you don't want a netbook.

Answer 2

the atom processor is about the speed of early Pentium 4s but with better power saving features. the memory should work assuming it has more than one memory slot.yeah it looks like you can exchange the hard drive with a 2.5HHD The external would really be determined by the video card and since they are still pretty new I'm sure you won't be getting a really good one.

Answer 3

hmmm, what's your need is a full-size laptop in my opinion, mini laptops are not suitbale u



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