Since we haven’t yet received a Cease & Desist for using the netbook term, I’m celebrating with another post on the devices. Have to get them while I still can, I guess. ;) For your pre-holiday pleasure, Mobile Computer offers up their list of eight essential netbook utilities. We’ve already put together one of these lists but there’s only a little overlap on the best software for netbooks… er, mini-notebooks… or whatever you want to call ‘em.
I wouldn’t call Firefox a “utility”, but it’s number three on the list and Mobile Computer does offer a step-by-step optimization guide that’s worth a look. If you can do without extensions, I recommend Google’s Chrome browser due to simplicity and speed. FoxIt Reader is one we’ve covered before and I still stand by it as a replacement to Adobe’s offering. Launchy is nice utility as is VirtualWin which adds virtual desktops much like Spaces in OS X or Microsoft’s Virtual Desktop PowerToy. Got any must-haves for your [insert netbook synonym here]?
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