I have decided to ditch my Sony Vaio laptop as it has given me grief almost since day 1. Although it was only intended for travel it has proved useful as a back up on the occasions when each of our hard drives died. Nonetheless the hard drive filled up with an amazing alacrity and the partitioned hard drive did not help. Partition Magic never really resolved it and the quote I got from a couple of techies for working on it is more or less the same as a Netbook.
For the past few years I have been tempted to get a Macbook and my regret is that I didn't do so instead of the Vaio. My excuse is that I didn't understand the concept of Apple resellers and thought I was getting a secondhand one [:I] I've decided to head for the city on Tuesday to do some research and would welcome some advice. My requirements seem to suggest that the netbook would be sufficient but can I write reports etc., or watch a DVD on it. Also with a small screen does this mean that one is constantly scrolling across a page when reading something like V-Flyer or is the print so small I would need a magnifying glass.
Or do I just say 'To h*ll with it! Life's too short to worry about petty things' and go for the Macbook? will the basic model meet my needs (as well as my pocket)
For the past few years I have been tempted to get a Macbook and my regret is that I didn't do so instead of the Vaio. My excuse is that I didn't understand the concept of Apple resellers and thought I was getting a secondhand one [:I] I've decided to head for the city on Tuesday to do some research and would welcome some advice. My requirements seem to suggest that the netbook would be sufficient but can I write reports etc., or watch a DVD on it. Also with a small screen does this mean that one is constantly scrolling across a page when reading something like V-Flyer or is the print so small I would need a magnifying glass.
Or do I just say 'To h*ll with it! Life's too short to worry about petty things' and go for the Macbook? will the basic model meet my needs (as well as my pocket)