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by patrickk 5777 days ago
Wow, what a great, comprehensive overview of what can be done with a netbook. I may have to look into utilising mine more.

I mainly use mine for web surfing when I can't be bothered using my main machine (duh) and also to download large files overnight. Sometimes I leave it on for a week at a time. Tip: put your netbook on top of a radiator, which draws the excess heat away from the underside of the netbook. (Obviously the radiator has to be turned off.) My Dell Mini 10V tends to get really hot if I don't.

Here's a great list of classic old PC games you can play on a netbook:

http://gamingbolt.com/100-games-to-play-on-your-netbook-or-h...

Google "netbook games" for further inspiration.

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> download large files overnight

Yeah, they draw really little power, especially with the screens turned off. If you need to transfer files, or have a system up sending keep-alive pings or something that doesn't require a bunch of computation, they're really ideal.

Great link btw!

You're welcome ;-)