A netbook is a light-weight, low-cost, energy-efficient, highly portable laptop that achieves these parameters by offering a smaller form, fewer features, less processing power and reduced ability to run resource-intensive operating systems.
Netbook – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Just because it ships with reduced ability though, doesn’t mean that it has to stay that way. Of course you cannot, or at least cannot easily change the CPU of your Netbook, but there is another, arguably better and more noticeable way of boosting the performance of your Netbook.

Speed Boost

It is possible to boost the performance of your Netbook, simply by adding more RAM. Most Netbooks have only one RAM slot, which means there isn’t much choice by way of upgrading your Netbook RAM, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing though, as it usually means double or nothing.

For example you can double the memory of a Dell Mini 9 by taking out the 1GB memory module that it shipped with and replacing it with a 2GB module. The difference should be noticeable immediately, programs should load faster, the Netbook itself should boot up faster and you’ll be able to have more programs open at once without suffering from lags or delays.

You will have just turned your handy Netbook into a far more serviceable and useful Netbook/Notebook, for less than £20.

Eee PC

The same boost can be had with the Asus Eee PC too, with 2GB of RAM again costing less than £20. The Acer Aspire One however only has a maximum capacity of 1.5GB of RAM and so we only stock a 1GB RAM upgrade for the Acer Aspire One, which still offers a significant boost in performance and for less than a tenner.

If you don’t have one of three Netbooks mentioned above, don’t despair, we can still cater to your needs at these great prices, simply email us with your Netbook name we’ll give you a quote.

RAM is Cheap

As mentioned earlier, adding more RAM is the best way of boosting your computers performance, and this applies to any computer, be it a desktop or laptop.

For example this laptop that I am using right now had just 1GB of RAM when purchased from the retailer. I had the opportunity to upgrade the RAM, or to purchase another laptop with more RAM. The next laptop up had 3GB of RAM and was £100 more, the 2GB upgrade cost £30 or £90 for 4GB. I went for the cheapest option of just 1GB of RAM.

The reason? I knew that I could boost my laptop to 2GB of compatible RAM at Horizon Flash Memory, for just £9.99, or the have the 4GB option for just £35.98! A massive saving.

Always check out the price of RAM for a new computer before purchasing, you may discover it far cheaper to go for the lower specification model and then purchase an upgrade at a later date, this is certainly the case with Netbooks. If in doubt contact Horizon Flash Memory for advice, we are always happy to help.

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