Best OS for a Netbook - Page 3

Philll · 12th November 2009, 1:29 PM

Yes, I remember my MBP having the best battery life. Then I dual booted with XP via Bootcamp and it would barely last an hour. I'd love to go the Mac route again, I just don't like the substitute programs for the simple things.

0restes · 12th November 2009, 1:35 PM

What programs are you missing on a Mac?

From your list:

Chrome is available
VLC is available as well as Front Row
Adobe packages are all available

What specifically would you be missing? on resources my MacBook uses 2.6gb of RAM sitting idle doing nothing... so it's not the best idea on that front, but in terms of Apps the only thing that's missing are the older games you want to run.

Philll · 12th November 2009, 1:46 PM

GOM, Filezilla, Camtasia, Audacity, Poser, all my video converters - just a lot of little programs like that. I know there are a lot of substitutes or similar ones but they're always different or cost something. Plus having a PC at home I really don't want to go Mac > PC again.

Matt_NZ · 12th November 2009, 2:10 PM

Have you tried turning Aero off, if you haven't already? You'll have the somewhat ugly blue UI but it could improve the responsivness of everything.

Philll · 12th November 2009, 2:24 PM

Yeh, it's on Windows 7 basic.

General_Cartman · 12th November 2009, 2:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Philll

Yes, I remember my MBP having the best battery life. Then I dual booted with XP via Bootcamp and it would barely last an hour. I'd love to go the Mac route again, I just don't like the substitute programs for the simple things.

Then you are going to run into exactly the same issues running linux.

Philll · 12th November 2009, 3:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by General_Cartman

Then you are going to run into exactly the same issues running linux.

Why? The reason I considered using it was because a lot of Netbooks come bundled with it, why would my battery life drain any quicker?

General_Cartman · 12th November 2009, 3:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Philll

Why? The reason I considered using it was because a lot of Netbooks come bundled with it, why would my battery life drain any quicker?

I was referring to the substitute programs bit.

Jimboberella · 12th November 2009, 3:28 PM

You could go back to XP and use this Xpize to regain some of the visual prettyness of Vista but your still going to be stuck with the "old way of doing things" unless you tack on more hacklets and shell replacements etc etc which will probably be slower than win7.

You might have to face it, a netbook ain't as fast as a laptop, just live with the "slowness" and be happy your running the best Microsoft has to offer.

eklipze · 12th November 2009, 3:57 PM

OSX

0restes · 12th November 2009, 6:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by General_Cartman

I was referring to the substitute programs bit.

This... you're going to gain a broader range of substitute programs on OS X then you are on Linux as well. Your going from one marganalised desktop OS in OS X to an even more marganalised OS in Linux, you can't expect miracles with the applications that will be available to you.

On the plus side something like Xubuntu would offer the smallest footprint.

12th November 2009, 1:29 PM	#31
Philll Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: NSW Posts: 10,960	Yes, I remember my MBP having the best battery life. Then I dual booted with XP via Bootcamp and it would barely last an hour. I'd love to go the Mac route again, I just don't like the substitute programs for the simple things. __________________ Steam \| Pay less for Steam games \| 'Linux gaming'

12th November 2009, 1:46 PM	#33
Philll Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: NSW Posts: 10,960	GOM, Filezilla, Camtasia, Audacity, Poser, all my video converters - just a lot of little programs like that. I know there are a lot of substitutes or similar ones but they're always different or cost something. Plus having a PC at home I really don't want to go Mac > PC again. __________________ Steam \| Pay less for Steam games \| 'Linux gaming'

12th November 2009, 2:10 PM	#34
Matt_NZ Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 3,263	Have you tried turning Aero off, if you haven't already? You'll have the somewhat ugly blue UI but it could improve the responsivness of everything. __________________ ASUS P6T SE ~ Intel i7 930 ~ Gigabyte 9800GTS ~ 6gb DDR3 RAM ~ 500gb SATA Seagate HDD ~ LiteScribe ASUS DVD-RW ~ Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Currently addicted to: Star Wars Galaxies (Obraik on Chilastra)

12th November 2009, 2:24 PM	#35
Philll Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: NSW Posts: 10,960	Yeh, it's on Windows 7 basic. __________________ Steam \| Pay less for Steam games \| 'Linux gaming'

12th November 2009, 1:35 PM	#32
0restes (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,481	What programs are you missing on a Mac? From your list: Chrome is available VLC is available as well as Front Row Adobe packages are all available What specifically would you be missing? on resources my MacBook uses 2.6gb of RAM sitting idle doing nothing... so it's not the best idea on that front, but in terms of Apps the only thing that's missing are the older games you want to run.