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Over the past few years, there has been much debate over Netbooks. These are mini laptops used primarily for internet access in public places. The phenomenon is that some of these laptops get 7-9 hours or battery life on one charge and are much smaller and lighter than their laptop counterparts.

Which is right for you?
Netbooks are very portable due to the fact that they are very small and light. They allow for quick internet activity in any location that has a WiFi connection. An issue with these devices is that they generally come with a very small hard drive. These hard drives are Solid State Drives (SSD) which are basically glorified flash drives. They have rapid access times but slow writing times. They also come with a slow processor. The processor is definitely very efficient in the sense that it consumes very little power compared to normal laptop processors but it is a single-core processor in the era of dual and quad-core processors with much higher speeds and onboard memory.

Traditional Laptops
These are definitely a little less portable due to their size compared to the netbooks, but they offer a lot more storage space, screen real estate, and considerably more processing power. You’ll notice it when you turn on your laptop, launch a program, transfer files… pretty much anything you do on your computer. You’ll get more productivity as well since you’re doing things faster and more efficiently.

It all boils down to whether or not you’re willing to sacrifice speed and productivity for a little bit more portability. If you are, netbooks will definitely get the job done, it might just take a little while longer to get the same task done.

If you’re looking for an email service provider, you might be overwhelmed by all of the choices you have to sort through. They might all seem the same and have similar features, but some are better than others.

Let’s start with # 3:
Microsoft Live Hotmail

Microsoft has been providing e-mail for many, many years. It has evolved a bit into a 5 GB storage powerhouse. It provides you with good amount of security, but doesn’t have the best spam filtering service. In my experience, a good amount of spam gets through the filter and into your inbox. On the plus side, you can chat with your MSN messenger friends directly from Hotmail, making live conversations that much faster.

# 2:
Yahoo! Mail

Yahoo! has a reputation for keeping the status quo on e-mail although in the past few years they’ve been trying to reverse that thinking. You can now chat with your Yahoo! contacts as well as attach files as large as 100MB with the built in application for drop.io. Its spam filtering is as good as you could hope for coming from a free service.

#1:
Gmail

Google is the reigning king of webapps. Gmail has everything built right into it. Unlimited storage, the ability to create, edit, find, publish, and save documents all within your Google account. It’s spam filtering is the best I’ve seen of any service, paid or free. You can even have shared calendars, get your e-mail on your phone, and a whole host of other options. This service will not leave you wanting anything else as it is all there for you, waiting for you to launch it.