Best Software for Netbooks

June 23, 2009 By Nick Mokey

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The built-in microphone and webcam on a netbook makes it an ideal teleconferencing machine – after adding Skype, of course. The gold standard in video calls is free, runs well even on very feeble systems, and you can even use it to dial out to phone numbers, in a pinch.

Digsby Digsby, Free

Control your instant messaging, e-mail notifications, and social networking from one program with Digsby, which aggregates them all under one roof. That means you can finally close all the browser windows and other little apps you were using to handle the same functions.

Google Chrome, Free

Firefox has more features, but we can’t deny that Chrome feels the quickest of all the browsers we’ve toyed with. The clean interface also lends itself very well to the tiny netbooks screens, where real estate is at a premium, and too many icons just cause clutter.

Utorrent

That U is actually a µ, as in the scientific notation for micro. And micro it is. The smallest BitTorrent client available runs from a 220KB executable and usually consumes less than 6MB of RAM, yet has some of the most advanced features you can find in a torrent client.

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Seriously at 9:58am 11th February 2010 Seriously...a statement like that... you should not be allowed to own a computer.
yoseff at 7:05pm 28th January 2010 definetley chrome over firefox. mozilla offers all of the plugs for html junkies and rss, but on a notebook, chrome is simply... simple.
woodyman11 at 7:45am 27th January 2010 i am not joking you guys these games are fine but why dont you download the project64k emulator and then you can play great games like zelda, goldeneye and mariokart etc.... and ohh thats right they are free too enjooooooooy!!!!!1
woodyman11 at 7:45am 27th January 2010 i am not joking you guys these games are fine but why dont you download the project64k emulator and then you can play great games like zelda, goldeneye and mariokart etc.... and ohh thats right they are free too enjoooooooooooy!!!!!1
Ian Bell at 8:57am 7th December 2009 Are you kidding me? Of course it is.
popo at 1:33am 7th December 2009 openoffice is not lighter than office 2007.
dang at 1:31am 25th November 2009 VLC player is pretty awesome
chris at 1:28am 25th November 2009 My favorite is the VCL player http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
Chris at 1:26am 25th November 2009 I'd like to add IRFAN as a phantastic, lean grafic viewer with the essential functions of cropping, resizing, adjusting pictures etc. http://www.irfanview.com/

Also, using Firefox with the plugins Fireshot for screenshots, cooliris and coolpreviews really helps.
czechod at 11:12am 20th November 2009 What's the best (free) software to play movies on a netbook? I installed Nero (8) but can't get any audio... ready to try something else. Suggestions?