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Laptop, Netbook or Tablet?

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Saras:
Personally, I'm against netbooks. They are simply too small to actually work on and unnecessarilly large to be just a portable entertainment system. Kind of a jack of all trades that can't do shit.

I would either get a small laptop (think 12-14 inches), they are light and plenty mobile. If you get one with a built in GPU instead of a stand alone unit, they tend to have a 4-5 hour battery life to boot.

If you only want to watch a film, surf the web for a bit, read something or other miscellaneous shit like that, just get a tablet.

Freedom Kira:
Speaking of which, my buddy recently took a trip to Hong Kong and picked up a Fujitsu S-761 for $1700 CAD (that's on sale). The specs are pretty damn solid for such a small (13.3") laptop. It's not at the top of the top-of-the-line but it's enough to last a good 10 years. Cool thing is that it supports a second battery, which extends the maximum battery life to 16.5 hours or something. With a single battery it's over 12 hours IIRC.

MTR:
Thanks for all the input :)

As far as usage goes, I typically would only be using it for entertainment purposes. Any office productivity work that I need to do (such as word processing) I use a desktop computer for. In fact, I waited until I got home to write this message on my desktop because the idea of trying to type it all out on my phone didn't really appeal to me :p. Music, movies/YouTube, general web surfing, e-mail and remote access to my desktop pretty much covers what I would be using it for. If I am seeing/thinking correctly, a tablet would be fine then?

Someone asked about the OS, and I'm not too sure about that either. I'm not a huge idea of having Windows 7 on a tablet because of the interface. I think it's pretty clear that Windows was made for a desktop/laptop than a portable solution (and the same opinion goes with Windows Phone 7, which from what I understand, in it's current version is missing necessary features such as multitasking and copy/paste), so I guess that leaves Android and iOS? Or is Windows 7 not as bad as I think on a tablet setup?

Saras:
Yes, a tablet would be your best bet in that case.

As for the OS, it doesn't really matter. If you use an iPhone, get and iPad. If you're using android, get a android tablet.

fohfoh:
Android tablets are a bit cheaper than the apple counter part. The iPad isn't bad per se. It's smooth and easy to use.

I hear honeycomb or whatever android is currently having a little issue. But nothing a new update won't fix soon.

(Missed the hybrid note from OP in my last post)

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