New Blog 1: Used Netbook

Thursday 18 October 2012

Used Netbook

Netbooks are all about compromise, which means they have small screens, small keyboards, and less powerful processors. And yet, they remain perfectly adequate computers for anyone willing to work past those limitations. Netbooks can work just as well, if not better, at home at night as they do on the road during the day. Here are five ways to give your netbook a second life in the evening.

You probably won't sync your entire music collection to your netbook, particularly if you own one with limited disk space. With their WiFi functionality, netbooks can be a great client for shared music libraries. You can stream through software like iTunes or listen to online music services like Pandora. When you're in your family room or working out on the treadmill, a netbook simplifies bringing your music with you. Plug in the netbook, connect it to your stereo or headphones, and you instantly have access to your entire networked music library.As long as you remain in WiFi range, think beyond the family room. You can take that music to your bathroom or hot tub. Think about using your netbook as a sound system to enjoy while soaking in your Jacuzzi, for example. Of course, it would be best if your bathroom or deck were big (and if you own a Jacuzzi, that's probably a given), with good ventilation and a stable, dry area with easy access to external speakers. The built-in netbook speakers are usually pretty tinny (although they can be more powerful than you expect), but you can always keep an inexpensive pair of speakers around.