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<blockquote data-quote="Deckyon" data-source="post: 1308179" data-attributes="member: 197651"><p>There are few things to be done with the netbooks. They will be slower than their larger cousins. I will not try and compare them to any of the Apple offerings - two different beasts.</p><p></p><p>1. Go on and upgrade the RAM - never hurts, ever.</p><p>2. Back up her data and get Windows 7 Ultimate. It makes a difference. The Starter and Home editions jut flat out blow.</p><p>3. When reinstalling, do not remove the built-in account restrictions.</p><p>4. Do not install any of the big named virus scanners. People will tell you "xx is best." What you can do is start with AVG free - small footprint and fairly thorough. Configure the built-in Windows Defender as well. No one antivirus software will fill all the needs, but if you keep to what is built in and augment from there, you will keep from getting overwhelmed in anti(everything) that you slow the computer more than the viruses would in the first place.</p><p>5. Set the cache to clear automatically. Caching is left over from the days of dial-up. As long as you are on broadband, you dont have to worry about the difference in speed that caching gives you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deckyon, post: 1308179, member: 197651"] There are few things to be done with the netbooks. They will be slower than their larger cousins. I will not try and compare them to any of the Apple offerings - two different beasts. 1. Go on and upgrade the RAM - never hurts, ever. 2. Back up her data and get Windows 7 Ultimate. It makes a difference. The Starter and Home editions jut flat out blow. 3. When reinstalling, do not remove the built-in account restrictions. 4. Do not install any of the big named virus scanners. People will tell you "xx is best." What you can do is start with AVG free - small footprint and fairly thorough. Configure the built-in Windows Defender as well. No one antivirus software will fill all the needs, but if you keep to what is built in and augment from there, you will keep from getting overwhelmed in anti(everything) that you slow the computer more than the viruses would in the first place. 5. Set the cache to clear automatically. Caching is left over from the days of dial-up. As long as you are on broadband, you dont have to worry about the difference in speed that caching gives you. [/QUOTE]
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