You only want to buy a good computer, but now that you are searching for your options, you are now including on your list great notebooks as well as netbooks. You are now more inclined with the latter after indulging on some reviews about the net book performance. Before you make the final decision, here are some essential things to note about what a net book is and how can you gauge the gadget based on performance and other factors that will make it a good buy.

A regular notebook that is also commonly called laptop includes the following features. The screen size can be from 12 inches and up. The processor that is used for such kind can be Intel Pentium Dual-Core, Core 2 Duo or the AMD Turion X2. This normally weight 1.9 kilos and up. For the graphics, this utilizes external or integrated graphic card, such as Intel GMA x3100 or AMD Mobility HD 3870X2.

The net book is smaller than the first kind. The screen size is smaller than 12 inches or 12 inches max. The pioneer when it comes to this technology is Asus when they released the Asus Eee PC 700. Nowadays, almost all good laptop brands have their own versions of these net books. This usually utilizes processors such as the VIA C7 1.2GHz, AMD Geode 800MHz and Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz. This has the Integrated Graphic Card that can be Intel GMA 900 or 950 and the weight is 1.1 kilos and below.

With the smaller screen size of the netbooks, you must not expect that you can use this to pleasurably watch a movie for an hour or so duration. It also takes some time of getting used to before you become accustomed in typing and reading documents from this gadget. You may likely use the product to browse the web, so you have to be very particular with the processor. The latter dictates the speed of how fast or slow the website’s page will load up. You cannot open too much tabs if you are using a slow processor because this may cause the system to hang and you may need to restart it when this happens. The CPU of this gadget is not suited to handle 1080p movie.

The graphics of the gadget is lame as compared with the standard laptops. This is not created for gamers so you must not expect to enjoy games with heavy graphics at its small screen. If you are a gamer, you better choose to avail even the cheapest notebook than opting for the most expensive netbook.

The gadget is greatly favored when it comes to mobility because this is really portable and will fit on most types of carry bags. If you will bring it along with the power adapter, the maximum weight that this may result to is about 1.5 kilos.

You may want to avail a net book as your travel companion, but most of your files and your work computer must be the notebook type. This way, you can enjoy the best of everything without worrying if the system can handle the bulk of your workload.