Comments on: Netbooks

By: Michel Marques

Michel Marques — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 06:27:58 +0000

“Trados do not allow the installation of the license from your desktop computer in your netbook)”

Old post, I know, but this isn’t true.
You can have 2 extra activations with Trados.

By: Why netbooks are better than smartphones « Thoughts On Translation

Why netbooks are better than smartphones « Thoughts On Translation — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:21:43 +0000

[...] 24, 2010 by Corinne McKay Back in the summer of 2009, I wrote about my decision to purchase a netbook. Over a year later, my Asus Eee is still going strong and I still love it. I paid around $300 via [...]

By: Switching to a nettop « Thoughts On Translation

Switching to a nettop « Thoughts On Translation — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:31:52 +0000

[...] used to be a little skeptical about tiny computers until I bought an Asus Eee netbook and fell in love with it. So when my husband in-house tech support suggested a nettop [...]

By: Lucina Rodero

Lucina Rodero — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:53:46 +0000

[..] A little unrelated, but I rather liked this webpage post [..]

By: Ok

Ok — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:33:53 +0000

Hello. I am glad I found this post, because among the many reviews available on the net, there are hardly none about actually working with text, for a long time, on such a small device. I am thinking of getting a 10″ notebook. I do know from reviews, and from a quick look in a store, that the keyboard looks reasonably spaced, but I do not what looking at such a small screen for hours is like. I re-sized an Openoffice Writer window on my desktop computer to approximately the size of a 10″ netbook screen, and I it seems as thought the text is readable and that, especially if fullscreen mode is used, even vertically, enough text is visible. But I still have doubts, and would be glad to know whether you think a 10″ display is really suitable for long sessions of work with text.

By: tricia

tricia — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:07:49 +0000

I purchased a 10″ ASUS AspireOne a couple of months ago when my IBM ThinkPad crashed due to MB failure. After waiting for a few days for calls from the computer shop that promised to fix my ThinkPad but did not manage to fix it as quickly as I would like, I went to buy a netbook so that I would still be able to meet my deadlines.

It turned out that were it not for the netbook (now my back-up computer), I would have been calling my clients asking to move the deadlines, so I’m quite happy with the purchase. Nevertheless, the fact that netbooks are usually smaller in size does wear your eyes out a lot more easily. They do not fit in long working hours unless you can hook it up to another bigger monitor.

By: Tom Ellett

Tom Ellett — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:30:42 +0000

Sorry, the link in my first paragraph should read:
http://tomellett.blogspot.com/2009/02/freelancers-new-best-friend.html

By: Tom Ellett

Tom Ellett — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:28:32 +0000

I’m still very happy with the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 I bought at the beginning of this year (see http://tomellett.blogspot.com/2009/02/freelancers-new-best-friend.html).

Like Loreto and Adriana, I opted for Windows XP. This allows me to run MS Word, which most of my clients prefer. Since I don’t use CAT or TM, the 16-GB solid-state drive (plus an extra 16 GB on an SD card) is ample.

I haven’t yet used my netbook to work away from home, but now that summer is here, I’m enjoying being able to take my work out into the garden or to a cooler part of the house.

By: learningbytranslating

learningbytranslating — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:46:14 +0000

I have an EEE PC, but I don’t use it as much as my other laptop or my desktop computer, because my eyes get strained very easily after a while, it has no CD-ROM drive and only 12 GB of disk space, so I didn’t install many programs on it.

On the other hand, it is very easy to carry with you. I used it like twice or three times when I was on holiday last year and had to work on my thesis.

By: Adriana Morgan

Adriana Morgan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:37:49 +0000

I forgot to say that mine came with the Linux, but I took it to a shop and they installed Windows XP for me (I own a license for 3 computers).

I use a CAT tool to translate, Deja-Vu X, and it works great with it.

The only problem is due to its small HD, as I have to install everything else in an SD card, and it’s still complaining about “lack of space”.