Even with the Asus tool Super Hybrid Engine, a netbook can barely touch the abilities of even an old desktop computer. That’s why overclocking exists – by pushing your processor more, you can get a noticeable boost in performance. This in-depth guide shows how to overclock an Eee 1005HA up to 1.85 Ghz, – giving quite the performance gain.
If you’ve ever wanted to take a picture of your screen, the PrintScreen button is your best friend. Pressing it will save an image of the screen on your clipboard, which in turn you must paste onto an image editing program such as Paint or Photoshop to edit or store the picture.
Unfortunately, it’s a very inefficient process which doesn’t allow you to take many screenshots consecutively. What if there was some way to automatically save the images you’ve taken with PrintScreen without having to paste them onto an image editor? Well now you can, with the free application Screen Shot.
Music files? Check. Videos? Check. Photos? Check. Drivers? Eh, not so much. You probably didn’t think of your drivers when you were backing up your important files. But if your computer ever implodes or stops working, you’ll have to redownload all your drivers again to get your computer back up to speed after a fresh Windows install. With free portable application Double Driver, you can back up your netbook’s drivers and restore them just as easily.
A lot of programs nowadays are serious processor and RAM hogs (yes, I’m looking at you, Adobe). The good news is, that there are many free alternatives for programs like Adobe Reader that are much lighter and have the same functionality. I put up a chart for everyone to reference to.
Over time, your Windows install will get extremely cluttered. With a mess of temporary files and registry errors Windows will slow down considerably, regardless if you’ve got it installed on a netbook or a blazing fast desktop computer. Using CCleaner, a free program developed by Piriform, one can clean virtually every corner of their Windows install and bring Windows back up to speed.
If you’ve ever been digging for a simple, easy to use, feature rich media converter that’s free, look no further. The crew over at iWisoft have made a free and straightforward media converter named “iWisoft Video Converter” – converting not just videos, but audio and picture files as well!
In case you haven’t noticed or have been living under a rock, I’ve managed to get Team Fortress 2 working on my netbook! Using the TF2 Ultimate FPS Pack, all your graphical effects are reduced, particle effects have been optimized or removed, and the models have less polygons. This gets you a decent, playable fps rate. The pack has done wonders for many people (check the testimonials) – so what are you waiting for? Go grab the installer in the Dev. thread!
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