Netbooks are supposedly better at websurfing although I haven't noticed that in my case. I have both and the netbook is way more convenient than lugging around my notebook. I got an Asus netbook that gives a whopping 10 hours of battery time! My notebook only gets about 2 hours. I also got an external USB powered DVD drive/burner to use with the netbook but quite honestly have not even opened up the package yet after six months.