SoulBrother
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The cheaper one. Both will do your job fine.
Thank you for the straight forward answer!
The cheaper one. Both will do your job fine.
I would be more focused around getting the features you need to get the pictures on your computer. Do you need USB 3.0? Meida slots? if so, how fast are the built-in ports, etc.Thank you for the straight forward answer!
I haven't seen a ultra portable or netbook with USB 3 yet and I imagine if one has it's a more expensive model. USB2 will do fine and take them straight from the camera. I think i'm good that way. It was a question of whether extra money for the "better" unit was going to net me any more function. Just bought the i3 HP dm1 for $525 + tax. 4GB RAM, 500GB HD, and external DVD burner. It seemed at this point it was <$100 more for the i3 versus E-450 and the savings wouldn't warrant a potential disappointment if I got it and wished I had gone with the better processor.I would be more focused around getting the features you need to get the pictures on your computer. Do you need USB 3.0? Meida slots? if so, how fast are the built-in ports, etc.
Why bother with one at all?The only reason I'm looking at this netbook/laptop is that I'm a photographer and I'm going on a month long holiday. I plan on taking gigabytes worth of photos and I need some place to drop them. A netbook seemed like a smart solution
Ah, the timeless "you must be stupid if you want to do this with that" reply.How many of you can say with a straight face that you do anything on an 11.6 inch netbook that would choke an e-450? Of course the i3 is faster in CPU bound tasks, but its also what? at least 40% more expensive right? You don't use a netbook when you need to get CPU intensive tasks done. Choose the right tool for the job.
I've been making that point on other sites for a while now. I never use a laptop for anything more than "general light usage," and my main laptop is a Pentium M-based machine from 2006. I've never bothered to upgrade because I haven't needed to; the old 2 GHz Dothan handles anything I throw at it. Unless you do something CPU-intensive, it doesn't really matter what your CPU is.All I see here is i3 is faster at processing than the E450. Well of course it is. However, has anyone wondered that you don't need lots of processing power for surfing the web and general light usuage?