They serve no actual purpose whatsoever.
Which is why most (again myself included) are hesitant to fork out five hundred quid for one. My cousin's got one, they're class for pissing about with on the sofa whilst watching tele. Also good when on train journeys or whatever. If half a grand wasn't a lot of money to you you'd get one without thinking.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Thu 8 Mar 2012, 22:54, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

I was looking at net books the other day for that very reason.
At less than £250 they looked quite useful, if not as pretty.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 8 Mar 2012, 22:55, Reply)

At that price you'd be lucky if they're still in one piece by the time you get them home.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 8 Mar 2012, 23:30, Reply)

Really?
Netbooks seem piss cheap.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 8 Mar 2012, 23:31, Reply)

In my experience of cheap laptops, they work OK for a few months, then they basically become crippled and struggle to run any software more demanding than Notepad without crashing, turning themselves off or being subject to massive hardware failures.
In the worst cases, they literally fall to bits.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 8 Mar 2012, 23:33, Reply)

To be honest, I don't need one.
It was just ticking the 'nice to have' list.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 8 Mar 2012, 23:48, Reply)