I want a compact inexpensive laptop for my boat that can run old chartkit cd's (for planning) and the occasional online movie. Would this one work?
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We bought two of them, one for me and one for my wife. We both love it. It does play cd's.
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My wife hated this computer... I don't know if it would work for what you need it for but we didn't like it.
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I bought an apple ibook G4 for one of my children to use for homeschool. Even though it is used he has no problems whatsoever....sometimes it will run slow but I believe that has more to do with our internet speed than the actual computer....I actually like the preformance so much I will be looking to purchase 2 more for my other children...if you are familiar with Mac products then this would be a good purchase. Hope this was helpful
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Yes! It's a standard laptop. I wouldn't recommend it being used for graphically intensive programs, but it can run pretty much anything.
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that would depend on what your needs are. This is a laptop with the power of a powerful desktop
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This is for a laptop. I had bought it and it worked awesomely. What are you running?
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This is as close to a desktop as you can get with a laptop(well Falcon but pricier). This should easily handle everything you listed. I would suggest a solid state drive as well if you are concerned about power and speed.
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i am not a hard core programmer, and if you are a hardcore programmer and know your stuff, you might as well order all your own hardware and put your own laptop together. But as far as I know from my use of this machine, I would not trust it to do anything that would require a lot of memory or storage. It offers an asus web cloud storage software, but i don't use this. As far as internet browsing and research goes, how serious you make this is up to you, but the computer seems a bit flaky and will just start clicking on things i don't want it to.hope this was helpful.
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it should definitely work, though it will be a bit more complicated to install it, being a compact computer. if you want to do this yourself, here is a demo. www. youtube. com/watch?v=d6cDXahdDtQ (without spaces)
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It will work but I strongly suggest a more up to date Mac Book. I brought this computer when I was in Afghanistan
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Yes. The hardware for this netbook would not be a problem. But is it worth upgrading the OS? You really need to look at what you're going to do with this computer. I have windows 7 starter still on it, and does everything I need such as web-surfing, watching movies, editing video, using open office, etc. Heck, I can even play games like swgemu. BUT, you will need to upgrade the RAM to 2GB to run it smoothly. Also, this netbook is not for use on battery for long periods of time (you'll only get 2-3 hrs depending on what your doing. However, if you want a computer to play more demanding games, then this is not the computer for you. This system is just not build for gaming.
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Yes it should work fine for your needs, however it is not loaded with office suite.
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I would think so. It runs fantastic on my Dell 755 with windows 7 Pro, 2 1 TB hard drives and 8 Gig of Ram. The extra 4 gig of ram really made changes to my plans quick.
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The games a little kid would play should probably run fine on this. Flash games that you find on websites should also have no trouble. However, if they require a CD or DVD for installation, then you might have trouble since these laptops all lack those optical drives. Dont expect to play any "serious" games on it, though (the kind an older kid would want).
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Whould this laptop be a good choice for useing Softplan house drawing software? Also for editing and storeing videos and pictures and web searching?
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HP software may not be the best but they do make it available on their website. Netbooks usually don't ship with alot of ram so you may want to get the printer driver only.
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Should work. Just make sure you have an mSATA slot available to put it in your computer.
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Sure.. The minimum system requirements are Windows 2000 XP. I had a mini computer that I wanted my grandkids to use so this programs worked fine. You need to have a CD drive.
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This is good computer for light computing. Facebook games will probably be fine. I have found this is the best value for a good computer.