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Netbooks
Anthony Caruana
I recently pointed out that Microsoft’s current requirements for Windows 8 don’t make it a great choice for older netbooks. Despite speculation, it doesn’t seem like Microsoft will be doing anything to make Windows 8 more effective on those devices.
Netbooks aren’t the fastest computers, but they can be useful — as long as they’re usable. If you want your netbook to work and feel like a real computer rather than a toy, I can’t recommend Lubuntu enough — it makes my netbook feel like a whole new machine.
If the standard trackpad just isn’t doing it for you on your laptop or netbook, and you’ve got the itch to do a little modding, blogger Pierre Vernaeckt shows us how to replace its display with a touch screen.
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