Question by Xavi’sGirl<3: I want to buy those tiny “netbooks” however all of them are 1GB that i’ve seen so far?
Is there any way to get more memory? I was aiming for 3 GB.
does this program for the netbooks have microsoft word or powerpoint? cause i need them for school projects etc. (im in high school)
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Answer by jamesmicoff
There is no reason to do that because they are not running windows anyway
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Most netbooks run Windows XP, which runs just fine with a 1.6GHz single-core processor and 512MB of RAM, much less 1GB.
Netbooks are small and portable, and come with lower specs. You won’t find a netbook at all with 3GB of RAM, as Microsoft has limited the specs of netbooks for OEMs to get a huge discount on Windows XP licenses.
In other words, you’re going to get 1GB or less of RAM, which is enough. You can upgrade it, but 2GB is typically the max that netbooks can handle.
Some netbooks can be expanded to 2GB, but I haven’t seen any that use more. I just ordered a netbook with 1Gb of memory and a 4Gb SSD, and I plan to add another Gb and a larger SSD (16 or 32 Gb).
But another poster (mistakenly) said they’re not running Windows. Some do, some run a version of Linux. Linux tends to be lighter on the resource requirements, and netbooks shouldn’t be considered “primary” or full-fledged laptops. They are meant for on-the-move computing; light word processing, web surfing, etc. They are not meant to be multimedia players, database crunchers and so on.
My netbook is almost exclusively going to be used for web surfing and traveling note-taking.
I have 2GB’s of RAM in my Asus eee HE1000 (1.66Mhz N280 Atom chip) and WinXP Home edition. 2GB’s is plenty enough Ram for any netbook and probably more than I really need but the 2GB Ram replacement (Crucial) was only another $ 20 and it’s better to have more Ram than needed than to not have the RAM when needed.
Netbooks come in two price ranges. The cheaper ones are loaded with Linux and the others are loaded with Windows XP Home Edition. The 1GB is okay for XP but not enough for Windows Vista.
Don’t expect the netbooks to be fast because it uses a low power Atom CPU. It is designed to be mobile, hence the screen is quite tiny. It is small enough to fit in a lady’s purse.
Also double check what is the maximum RAM supported by XP Home Edition. I remember it was 2GB. So upgrading to 3GB is wasting 50% of your purchase.