10 Netbook Tips for Optimizing its Performance

June 1st, 2009 | by admin |

Netbooks are becoming popular day by day because of their small size and reliable performance.With a netbook we can do most of our daily tasks which we normally  do on a laptop or notebook.Some of the well know netbooks are Sony Vaio Netbook,Acer Aspire One,Asus Eee PC and Dell Mini 10.

I have read many reviews,seen videos,Pictures and prices of different netbooks.After doing research on netbooks.I have found that Dell Mini 10 Netbook is better as compare to any netbook in the sense of features,prices and look.

You must have the following questions in your mind.

Should i get a netbook or not ?

How well will netbook perform with its too small size ?

The answer is very simple and mentioned below.

You should buy a netbook because netbook is leightweight,easy to use and easy to take anywhere with you and it has got everything you will need.It will costs you about $300 – $350 the performance of netbook is really awesome it can run almost everything you will need except of heavy games and softwares like Visual studio and Adobe CS 3.

Well netbooks are little sensitive as compare to notebook or laptops and the resources of netbooks is also limited too.Therefore i am gonna list down 10 Tips for Using Netbook and Optimizing its Performance.

1) Keep in mind it is a small netbook.

Before started using a netbook always keep in mind that this is a small netbook not a big size desktop computer or laptop.Therefore use it with a little care.

2) Donot use netbook as a primary computer.

Although netbook can be used for several hours but you shouldn’t use it as a primary computer because it is designed for small and medium tasks.

3) Donot use antivirus.(Use Ccleaner Instead)

Please don’t start laughing on my this point.I know not using an antivirus is dangerous and can harm your netbook.But the reason behind my this point is that antivirus is a resource consuming software and netbook has limited resources so antivirus can slow down your netbook.If you wanna use antivirus than use but you should disable its auto protect so it won’t scan every program on launch.

You can also use Ccleaner for clearing internet cache and temp files which is also another source of viruses.

4) Close down unnecessary Services.

One of the main reason behind resource consumption is backgroud services.You can free some resources on your netbook by closing some unnecessary Services.To close any service.Lauch task manager by pressing ctrl – alt – delete and then click on task manager then click on services.Right click on the services you wanna close and click end task.

5) Check CPU and Memory Usage.

Checking CPU and Memory usage on the regular interval can give you a quick look on how much your processor and memory are being used and if you see that processor usage is 100% then there must a service which is causing this so close down that service.

If the available ram is low than you can increase the performance of your netbook by increasing the pagefile size.

6) Donot install Games and heavy softwares.

Netbook is not designed for playing games or using softwares like visual studio.It is designed for browsing,messaging,blogging,chatting and other office work.So always refrain from installing games or heavy software on netbook.

7) Try to use Linux.

As all of us know that linux is more secure as compare to windows therefore using linux rather than windows on netbook is a better approach.I mentioned earlier that netbook is designed for small and medium tasks.Most of the peoples install windows for playing games and using software which can’t be run on linux and netbook is not designed for playing games or using heavy software.

Linux has got all the softwares required for blogging,browsing,chatting,listening songs and watching videos.So install linux on netbooks and have fun with secure OS.

Keep your files and folders organized.

I have seen that most of the computer users (Normally non-techies) donot manage files and folder on their computer and this is also another reason of decreased computer performance and unstable windows.So always keep your files and folders manage.

Create a separate partion for your data rather than using C drive or the Drive in which OS is installed.Before installing a software first create a folder with the name of software and then install software on that folder.

9) Adjust Windows XP for best Performance.

Default theme of windows XP is resource consuming.It will be better if you use a classic theme and adjust windows xp for best performance it will disable all the effect (Who needs effects in a netbook).To Adjust windows xp for better performance following the steps given below.

• Right Click on my computer > Go to properties > Click on advanced tab > Click on settings button below the performance text > Select adjust for best performance > Click Apply and OK.

10) Donot Press Keys Hardly.

Keys of netbooks are little sensitive so pressing them hardly can cause internal damage to them.Most of the peoples are used to press keys little hardly on their desktop computer and laptop there it will be little difficult for them to manage in start so avoid pressing keys hardly.

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