Hi Cynthia: I've used a couple of netbook computers. I would look for one that has maximum battery life and as close to a full size keyboard as you can get. I use an HP Mini when I go on the road. It's light-weight and I can place my hands on the keyboard comfortably. On the downside, it runs Windows XP and it's a bit sluggish at times and the battery life is not nearly what I would hope it would be (only around 2 hours or so), but it's really convenient to have a small computer with me. I got mine at eCost for well under $300. Ron Ron Miller Contributing Editor, EContent Magazine Staff Writer, Daniweb.com Editor, FierceContentManagement Newsletter Co-founder: www.socmedia101.com my blog: http://byronmiller.typepad.com Daniweb Blog: http://tinyurl.com/5hozlr Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ron_miller Winner of the Apex Award for Publication Excellence/Feature Writing 2006-2008 On Jun 28, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Cynthia Roderick wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > I’ll be traveling in a third-world country and don’t want to bring my MacBookPro.. I was thinking I’d buy one of those $400 deals for Internet, email, and word processing... Does anyone have experience with one of these devices.... Any recommendations? > Thanks in advance, > Cynthia Roderick > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20100628/df7cc03b/attachment-0001.html