Ultra Portable Notebooks
In the last few years, the ultra portable notebook market has really taken off. The ultra portable notebooks rest firmly somewhere between a PDA and a full size (full power) notebook we all know and love. Until very recently, the Ultra portable notebooks have been little more than glorified PDAs with a computing power on par with high end cellphones. Combined with small screens, low power and micro storage , the ultra portable 'sub notebook' wasn't ready for the mainstream and was the realm of the micro Linux tech communities and people who built their own computers. Thanks to some recent additions to the sub notebook market, the new ultra portables are ready for the masses.
One of the greatest features of these ultra portable notebooks (sub notebooks) is the SSD (Solid State Drive). Not only are SSDs much lighter than their spinning cousins, SSD drives aren't prone to failure from shock like standard platter hard drives. There are no moving parts in a SSD, so those little bumps aren't going to scratch and damage the solid state drive like the standard hard drive. Solid state drives also use about 5% of the power of the standard HDD and this means a big boost in battery life. The problem with the SSD is the cost, these things are expensive and because of the limitations, most ultraportables have store capacities as low as 2GB.
The real attraction to the ultra portable notebook market is the ultra portability. You've seen pictures on the net, but until you have one in your hands, you won't believe how small they really are. I mean small! These are smaller than most books and will fit easily into a purse. How's that for portability!
