I wanted to do a video comparing these 2. I understand I am comparing apples and oranges in a way. For my use I had originally gotten my Ipad as a netbook/sketchpad replacement. The sketching capabilities were OK but without wacom and a blunt pogo stylus it made it a bit hard to use all the time. I did a bit of research online to find a slate pc that was small like the Ipad and easy to carry with full windows (came with XP and I changed it to windows 7). With all the rage of slates coming out this year I was not sure if I wanted to dish out more money I do not have. Plus with the all the slate hype I have been seeing that the trend is to drop the stylus all together to copy the Ipad which does not work for me. I needed something that I could sketch but not have to take my larger tablet pc. I love my toshiba tablet pc, but it is heavier, takes a little while to turn on and it is a much bigger device that would not fit in my purse. When I found the Ls800 it filled the perfect niche I was after plus the price was right. If you look for motion computing ls800′s on ebay you can find them for about $200+. You can also buy 12 inch models for a bit more, but I wanted small and portable. The ls800 has worked out great in combination with the Ipad. The ipad is great to surf the net, check email, do pretty much everything I did on my netbook. But I can keep both on but draw on a wacom accurate screen and save it. Art programs I suggest that work great on the ls800: -SAI -Open Canvas …

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Ive been playing a little with the latest Moblin release this afternoon and Im actually thinking of trying to run it full-time on a netbook. Theres a few holes yet, but it does offers me much of what Im looking for in a smartbook — a lightweight operating system and good browsing experience. My wireless broadband modem isnt working, nor is my sound or my Bluetooth, so theres a few gotchas just yet. The Bluetooth might be easily fixable in my netbook BIOS, but no sound on the Toshiba NB205 is a reported known bug. In this 11 minute video, I think youll see why Im walking away impressed. The user interface is intuitive, although it will take some getting used to, and the overall environment is fluid and snappy. Bear in mind that Im running a live image from a USB drive, so an actual installation should perform even better. Maybe its time to turn the Toshiba into a triple-booter: Windows XP, Windows 7 and Moblin!

An unboxing of the awesome new Toshiba NB200 mini notebook. Apparently we can’t call ‘em ‘netbooks’ anymore. Perfect size for travelling, I really like the USB ‘sleep and charge’ . Also a useable keyboard, a fantastic bit of kit. The exact model is the NB200-11L £289 ex VAT. Some of the specs: CPU – 1.60 GHz Intel® Atom® Processor Technology N270 – Front side bus: 533MHz – Intel® GMA 950 graphics chipset – 512K L2 cache OPERATING SYSTEMS AVAILABLE – Genuine Windows XP Home Edition. HARD DISK DRIVE – 160 GB HDD with 3D sensor for HDD protection RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY – MEMORY (RAM) 1GB DDR2 800MHz SCREEN – 10.1 WSVGA TruBrite with LED backlight (1024×600) COMMUNICATION AND CONNECTIVITY – VGA web camera with embedded microphone – Wireless LAN 802.11 (b/g) with diversity antenna – Fast Ethernet LAN SECURITY & MANAGEABILITY – PC synchronisation via SyncToy 2.0 – Computrace embedded in Bios – Kensington Lock BATTERY LIFE – 6 cell: up to 9 hours PORTS – 3x USB 2.0 (USB Sleep-and-Charge) – RGB, RJ45, DC-in – Headphone, microphone Royalty free music provided by www.partnersinrhyme.com