Netbooks

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Anybody have any experience using a netbook for exam-taking?

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Anybody have any experience using a netbook for exam-taking?

I tried it with an HP netbook.  There were more powerful netbook for the money, but the HP keyboard was the closest in size and feel to a normal/full-size keyboard.  I still found it too slow, especially in a test that was extremely time sensitive (spent far too much time correcting typos, etc because of the smaller keyboard.)  In short, even at 92% of the size of a full keyboard, I found it too inconvenient.  I'm not the world's best typer to begin with though, either.

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Netbooks don't have USB ports so that one could use a full-sized keyboard and mouse?  My concern would be reading the text on such a small screen when running through the exam.  I assume the netbooks meet the minimum resolution requirement for exam software, but that could be an issue.

[phreejazz]

Netbooks don't have USB ports so that one could use a full-sized keyboard and mouse?  My concern would be reading the text on such a small screen when running through the exam.  I assume the netbooks meet the minimum resolution requirement for exam software, but that could be an issue.

They do, the problem was that when i tried using a full keyboard, the tiny screen was just that much further away and the smaller screen then became an issue.

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I have no experience using them for exams, but I imagine it wouldn't work well for most people.  I have one and after using it for about an hour my eyes feel very strained, which doesn't happen to me when using a normal sized laptop. 

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I went ahead and got one anyway   I've been using it for a few days to get used to the size, and I love it so far.  I'll post an update after my first exam...hopefully it won't be a disaster.

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Oh ok.  I'm glad you like it.  If you're doing well with it so far, I'm sure it'll be fine.  What brand/model did you get?

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Oh ok.  I'm glad you like it.  If you're doing well with it so far, I'm sure it'll be fine.  What brand/model did you get?

The Acer Aspire One.  8.9" display, 1.6GHz processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB HD.

Deets: http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=AA150-1126

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Nice, I have the same one

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Nice, I have the same one

It's so cute!!