Netbook Processor

A netbook is a tiny, perky, low-priced and extremely portable laptop with a processing power of less than a full-sized laptop. Nevertheless, it is proper enough for all-purpose computing, word processing, running a web browser and connecting to the Internet wirelessly. Most netbooks at present use an entirely different kind of processor, designed by Intel, fairly known as the ‘Atom’. Being exceptionally small, the Atom is designed to necessitate less power than a conventional processor, and also to give off less heat. This means that a mini netbook can provide good battery life using comparatively compact and lightweight batteries, more willingly than the bulky batteries used by most of the laptop computers.

The newest Atom processor on a mini netbook for 2010 is Intel Atom N450 Processor (1.66 GHz). Most netbooks launched in the markets last year were Intel Atom N270 or N280 that runs at a speed of 1.6GHz, which sounds practically impressive, but is less powerful than a proper laptop computer equipped with a Core 2 Duo processor running at the same speed. However, a netbook is still flawlessly adequate for browsing the web, and even doing a bit of office work using Microsoft Word or Excel, as long as you don't mind peering at your documents on such a small screen.

You will come across a good collection of netbooks of some of the leading brands at microsoftstore.co.in. Take a tour of the collection and buy the right mini netbook. You may get some discounts as well!