Netbooks are popular these days because of their small size light weight, easy to use and reliable performance. They are used to handle daily tasks like typing, watching pictures, videos, education, games etc. Some of the very popular netbooks are, Sony Vaio Netbook, Acer Aspire One, Asus Eee PC and Dell Mini 10.
At their inception in late 2007, as smaller notebooks optimized for low weight and low cost Netbooks featuring smaller screens and keyboards was introduced, with offered reduced computing power when compared to a full-sized laptop. In the short period since their appearance, Netbooks have grown in size and features, now converging with new smaller, lighter notebooks and sub notebooks. Netbooks are little sensitive as compare to notebook or laptops and the resources of netbooks are also limited too. Therefore, one is advised to optimize its performance.
Tips for Using Netbook and Optimizing its Performance are:
1. Keep in mind it is a small Netbook. Use the Netbook with little care because it is more delicate than laptop or a computer and is in small size. More »
Written by Wayne Ernest on November 4th, 2011. 1 Comment »
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If you are looking for some excellent netbook system optimization applications and diagnostic tool, you are at the right place. In this piece of writing we have included many free netbook applications which will include some of the great optimization and diagnostic tools for the netbook users. Using netbook from last 2 years, I have tested each software showcased below and suggest you to give it a try and install which suits your system needs.
This software is used to defrag the files as well as the entire hard drive. Defraggler is an ultimate Windows application and supports both FAT32 and NTFS file systems. More »
Okay, so you might be happy with your Windows 7 installation on your spiffy new Asus Eee, but somehow you miss the Linux installation on your old netbook. You don’t have the patience to install a dual boot, but you really, really want to have Ubuntu running alongside your Windows insallation, you might want to check out Portable Ubuntu.
What does Portable Ubuntu do, exactly? Portable Ubuntu for Windows runs an entire Linux operating system as a Windows application. As if that weren’t cool enough, it’s portable, so you can carry it on your thumb drive.
Built from the same guts as the andLinux system that lets you seamlessly run Linux apps on your Windows desktop, Portable Ubuntu is a stand-alone package that runs a fairly standard (i.e. orange-colored, GNOME-based) version of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. It just doesn’t bother creating its own desktop, and puts all its windows inside your Windows, er, windows.
Know what? I am so stoked to use this alongside my Windows installation; in fact I am downloading this program right now so I can run Ubuntu. I’ll keep you guys posted. Meanwhile, here’s a screencast:
I remember the first time I used a netbook. You may do too. You may not remember a lot of details, but you and I can agree that the fact that nothing fits on the damn screen can be annoying.
Well, netbooks have come a long way and app makers have finally adopted interfaces that can be good for netbooks.
One upon a time, most applications were designed for 800 x 600 pixel or lower resolution displays, so of course you could always dig up old programs for your netbook. But a handful of developers are also updating existing applications to optimize them for small screens. Ars Technica has an article on a new version of the Banshee Media Player which has a custom “Cubano” interface designed specifically for netbooks. Banshee was originally designed for Linux, but it also runs on OS X.
Check this out netbook owners. We all are trying to save space on the cramped screen right? Well, if you’re not too fond of using Chrome, here’s the next best thing.
Meerkat optimizes your Firefox so it’ll take up less space on your Eee. It does the following:
Hides the status bar when there is no activity
Removes the menu bar, rebuilt into a drop down button placed on the navigation bar
Adds downloads and bookmarks buttons to the right of the location bar, followed by above mentioned menu bar button
Reduces the navigation bar icon size to the small setting
Believe me, this will help you out a lot. No more squinting!
Running Windows 7 on your Eee PC and confused at all the changes Microsoft put in the operating system? Yeah, I know the last operating system you used was Windows XP (and you actually tried out that Linux sorcery for a couple of days, but you couldn’t figure out what the heck a “terminal” meant) and you don’t like all this fancy eye candy Bill Gates put into your computer. You’d want your computer to be less confusing, thank you very much.
Maybe this might interest you then. It’s a little secret for Windows 7 users, called “GodMode” it’s basically a folder where all system configuration shortcuts are contained. Yes, it even beats Control Panel, believe it or not. It’s a bit overwhelming to figure out, and I’m using it now on my Windows 7 machine and I don’t understand half of what’s in that folder. But I like having one easy shortcut to control EVERYTHING on my computer. I don’t like hunting for solutions or Googling where to change this obscure setting when it’s all, you know, in one big easy to find shortcut on my Documents folder. More »
So let’s say you run into a bit of a problem with your beloved netbook and you can’t quite remember what are the specs of your Eee PC. You’d take a peek into your PC’s manual to find the specs, but the problem is that the manual’s nowhere to be found. What do you do?
Before you panic and/or rip out your computer’s guts just to figure out what exact model number your motherboard has, there’s actually an easier way to figure out your computer’s specs – both hardware and software. Just download and install LookInMyPC, a tool that generates a complete, comprehensive system profile that includes information on all installed hardware and software. More »
I’ve been using the Eee PC 701 for almost two years now, and it’s been pretty neat. It’s super portable, and the Windows XP installation has been pretty good to me.
Well, until recently. Sometime after Mozilla rolled out Firefox 3.5, I’ve been getting nothing but constant crashes out of my Eee PC. Switching to Chrome and later Opera helped a bit, but I’ve pretty much lost the ability to multitask. Imagine: I’m doing an article on my Eee PC and I have my IM programs running on my Nokia E63; sometimes I even torrent via my phone.
So I defragged, ran an antispyware and virus scan, and removed a lot of crap from the registry, and somehow XP seems to have stabilized. Still can’t get Firefox to work, though. I might downgrade to FF 2.5. I’m sticking with XP prolly for an extra week or two, but the moment I get another major crash as I write in My Asus Eee PC, I’m switching asap to Crunchbang Lite.
What do you guys think? Do you have any other OS recommendations?
Okay, I’ve said time and again that I am not impressed with Google’s Chrome OS, but I guess I need to try it out hands-on before I pass my final judgment on the new Linux distro.
Fortunately, TechCrunch has created a guide to install Google Chrome OS on your Eee PC. Well, actually, it’s not a real installation because it requires a virtual machine. I don’t think there’s actually a way to run and install the OS like any other traditional Linux distro, and because of the cloud nature of Chrome OS, I don’t even think we should even attempt installing it. More »
If you’re on Linux on your Eee, you might want to check out these 24 great applications from the open source crowd, most of which were specifically made for the Eee PC, have been grouped together for the first time. Many are designed to run on Linux and all come with functional details and links so you can download them for yourself to use and enjoy.
