Music, Video and Photo
VLC Media Player, Free
Don’t swamp your netbook with a different player for every video codec when VLC will play them all, and with a tiny footprint.
WinAmp Media Player, Free
Forget iTunes on a netbook. It eats up a nice chunk of memory and tries to junk up your PC with the likes of QuickTime and Safari, too. WinAmp imposes far less of a load and won’t try to drag along any filthy friends, either.
Google Picasa, Free
Most netbooks really don’t have too much spare hard drive for storing loads of photos, so getting them off your netbook quickly and on to the Web just makes sense. Google’s Picasa photo suite makes it simple to organize and upload your photos to online galleries quickly and painlessly.
Want to use your netbook as an impromptu home media server for streaming YouTube, Hulu, and other Internet-based video content? XBMC offers a slick interface that makes it easier to browse through and play shows and movies, without sucking up a lot of system resources. Note that most netbooks still won’t be able to drive video at high resolutions (like 1080p), though.
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Seriously…a statement like that… you should not be allowed to own a computer.
definetley chrome over firefox. mozilla offers all of the plugs for html junkies and rss, but on a notebook, chrome is simply… simple.
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
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
Are you kidding me? Of course it is.
openoffice is not lighter than office 2007.
VLC player is pretty awesome
My favorite is the VCL player http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
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.
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?