Comments on: Image Editing on Netbooks- Yes You Can

By: Marianne

Marianne — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:32:41 +0000

Sheesh. I’m not worried about the CPU. I’m more worried about graphics card issues. Why hasn’t anyone addressed that?

By: dmramirez

dmramirez — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:44:39 +0000

I need to know the exact same answer. I’ve spent like 3 hours of work time trying to get this answer.

By: Mayur

Mayur — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:59:28 +0000

Does anyone have a clue about how to install illustrator on an aspire one with a 10 inch screen?If you do,can you email me on mayur72@sify.com
thanks for your time.
Manu

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:12:32 +0000

PS — I don’t know what computer bubble you’re in, but I have never considered Image Editing a “heavy task”. If you’re doing extremely high-res filters and rendering, maybe, but are most people doing that kind of stuff? No.

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:09:17 +0000

I’m completely and utterly confused by some people’s perspective on Netbooks and processing power. Yes, they have a slower processor, but let’s get realistic. THEY WORK FINE for most things! I am running MySQL + Apache/PHP, Illustrator, Photoshop, all fine. I did upgrade to 2GB of memory (which, let’s be honest, is really what’s needed to do lots of things at once). A lower CPU is just that — slower — it doesn’t equate to not being able to do things. A few (or more) years ago, Netbook hardware was the norm for desktops and laptops and no one complained because it was the best available. Why does that suddenly mean things won’t work now? I bought my netbook for a recent 3-wk trip to Europe and it was great. Small, long battery life, etc — and I didn’t have to sacrifice a thing (well, smaller KB and screen of course) but otherwise, my dev environment was setup just the same and I could still work remotely w/o and issue. I’m not rendering graphics so Netbooks are just fine! I akin my point to how 10-15 years ago, slow CPU and low-memory servers were running all of the web sites of the e-commerce explosion just fine — and now people think that dual-CPU 2GB servers aren’t “enough”. It’s all perspective. Desktop computers that are being sold now are completely overkill for most peoples’ requirements.

By: tino

tino — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:07:49 +0000

This is a joke? I run photoshop 6 and 7 just fine on netbooks, I even run panorama blending software on it, which is more demading than photo edditing.

You just need to use tab to quickly hide/show controls.

By: ignar

ignar — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:33:19 +0000

I’m using PaintShopPro 7 (probably the best PSP version) on my Asus 1000h. It runs lightning fast and feature rich. In general, if netbook is not capable of doing serious work, it’s likely due to low screen resolution than the low performance.

By: GadgetMerc

GadgetMerc — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:20:21 +0000

Gimp runs great on my Wind. Gimp can help a bit with the lower resolution since nothing is docked to your work space. I have the image full screen and alt-tab my various toolboxes as needed. Its not perfect, but it works when you need it.

By: Ricky Cadden

Ricky Cadden — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:02:59 +0000

If you’ve got connectivity, I’ve been using http://www.pixlr.com/editor/ Pixlr on my netbooks. It works awesome, and gives a near-Photoshop experience with none of the resources (RAM, storage, etc).

By: animatio

animatio — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:36:16 +0000

e.g photoshop 5.5 runs awfully well as paintshop.
i have coreldraw 10/11 also running without the lightest problems ….