1. Netbooks are a lot smaller. A netbook screen goes from 7 to 10 inches – a notebook screen starts at 12.1 inches and can go as high as 21 inches.
2. Netbooks have less storage space, generally 4GB or up to 64GB – notebooks go from 80GB to 320 GB
3. Netbooks are not portable computers you can use for watching movies or videos or for playing games or using photoshop, Word or Excel – netbooks are designed for netcentric computing – i.e. stuff you do on the net that doesn’t require much power, surfing, reading and checking your email
4. The processor in a netbook is generally an Intel Atom that runs at 1.6 GHz, it is not fast but it does the basics
5. Netbooks do not have DVD drives or CD drives, notebooks do.
6. Price, netbooks cost around $300 – $500, laptops start at around $600
7. Batteries, netbook batteries last longer i.e. 6 – 10 hours on 1 charge due to their ultralow voltage processors and everything being efficient, a netbook runs cool so it doesn’t need large fans. Batteries on notebooks only last on average between 2 and 4 hours
So it is upto you now to decide. if you want a proper computer go for a notebook, but if you want something small, light and highly portable to let you check your email, twitter and chat while you are on the move, without the need for a recharger in your pocket, then go for a netbook !
