slow netbooks

Godders 75 · 24th May 2011, 13:40

Hi Folks
I want to purchase a netbook but when ive tried one it was painfully slow on the internet and i know the interent connection is fine, has anyone tried a netbook with a decent speed.
thanks
Gary

mh007 · 24th May 2011, 14:17

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Originally Posted by Godders 75

Hi Folks
I want to purchase a netbook but when ive tried one it was painfully slow on the internet and i know the interent connection is fine, has anyone tried a netbook with a decent speed.
thanks
Gary

Are you using a mobile dongle or wired/wireless in your home via a broadband modem/router/hub ?

Godders 75 · 24th May 2011, 15:24

Hi mh007
initially i'll be surfing via wi-fi using a router and then hopefully on holiday using wi-fi.
Gary

ZedTeeTee · 24th May 2011, 15:28

Which netbook are you using? I have an Acer Aspire One and it's lovely and nippy for everything, web browsing included. Shoved Windows 7 on it and it's quite happy.

Godders 75 · 24th May 2011, 16:23

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Originally Posted by Mofo

Which netbook are you using? I have an Acer Aspire One and it's lovely and nippy for everything, web browsing included. Shoved Windows 7 on it and it's quite happy.

The netbook that i had a go of was a Sony VA10, you say you have An Acer aspire one, which one do you have apparantly there's quite a few variants of the Acer one, i have had a look at Acer and they look well priced.

Jakg · 24th May 2011, 16:25

A10? What are the specs?

All netbook are fairly underpowered, but should be ok for basic websurfing etc.

More than likely the one you used just had loads of **** running in the background.

Godders 75 · 24th May 2011, 16:34

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Originally Posted by Jakg

A10? What are the specs?

All netbook are fairly underpowered, but should be ok for basic websurfing etc.

More than likely the one you used just had loads of **** running in the background.

Sorry its a sony vaio, it was really really slow and there was nothing else running in the background, i thought it was the intel atom processor but theres many different variants of them as well so i thought if they all like this i wont bother.

Jakg · 24th May 2011, 16:42

I'd be very suprised if there was *nothing* running the background.

It's certainly not as slick as a "proper" PC, but its not really that slow.

99% of new netbooks use the Atom CPU.

ZedTeeTee · 24th May 2011, 16:54

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Originally Posted by Godders 75

The netbook that i had a go of was a Sony VA10, you say you have An Acer aspire one, which one do you have apparantly there's quite a few variants of the Acer one, i have had a look at Acer and they look well priced.

I have an Acer Aspire One Model ZG5.

Intel Atom CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
1.5GB Ram
Windows 7 Home Premium Installed (got rid of the original XP Home that was on)

ZedTeeTee · 24th May 2011, 16:57

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Originally Posted by Jakg

I'd be very suprised if there was *nothing* running the background.

It's certainly not as slick as a "proper" PC, but its not really that slow.

99% of new netbooks use the Atom CPU.

I'd have to agree - for web browsing e-mails etc it's quite a nippy little fella. As with computers in general, running whats required rather than what's preloaded or added itself to startup can make a lot of difference, and combined with some very basic maintenance on top can turn a sluggish computer into a capable machine.

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Jakg This is my second home N/A Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Suffolk Posts: 6,867 Thanks: 0 Thanked 397 Times in 302 Posts	I'd be very suprised if there was nothing running the background. It's certainly not as slick as a "proper" PC, but its not really that slow. 99% of new netbooks use the Atom CPU.