So I finally bought my first netbook, Toshiba NB205

[o-BacklasH-o]

I was instantly in love with the Toshiba NB205 when I went to Best Buy last night looking for a netbook, especially when I got it for $295 out the door (List price is $439 after tax). I believe it is one of the first netbooks to have a real hard drive and for such a small computer it has a TON of space (160 GB HDD) and 1 GB of RAM. Also it has a 9 hour battery life, which REALLY intrigues me. When closed it isn't even an inch and a half thick, so it's very sleek and the appearance is stunning (I have frost white). The keyboard is a huge feature for me. I have big hands and with most other netbooks I couldn't accurately type worth a crap, but with this one the unique keyboard design is much easier to type on.

 

The only knocks I have seen thus far would be it runs on XP out of the box, which for me isn't a knock because I hate Vista. Also to set up the wireless was a tad tricky because there isn't a simple "on/off switch." After searching for some time you need to hit function and f8 to turn the wireless card on/off. For anyone looking to get into a netbook, I think this is far and away the best option (I believe it is Toshiba's first and just came out last month).

[Outlaw__Rebel]

Can those do everything a larger computer can do? Or are they really just meant do things like with the internet?

I always thought those were more for someone that all they did was like email etc. Thus the size and price...

[o-BacklasH-o]

Well I already have all my essentials installed (MS office, Adobe Suite, etc). I don't see what it can't do that a laptop/notbook or Desktop can do, besides burn DVD's (since it lacks an optical drive).