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189 Comments on Optimizing a Mobile Device or Netbook

  1. uae6066

    cool

    2 years ago  ∞
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  2. jawtcharlli

    Thanks Ellie Rountree !

    2 years ago  ∞
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  3. ronaldguinhawa

    thanks ellie….remember me…?:D

    2 years ago  ∞
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  4. Poki3

    Recommending K-Lite is a down right terrible idea, but besides that it’s a good vid.
    (CCCP is a better solution.)

    2 years ago  ∞
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  5. eragon482

    5th?

    2 years ago  ∞
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  6. gimblysam

    6th

    2 years ago  ∞
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  7. DharokDude

    This is stupid. Use windows 7 instead of XP fucking bitch.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  8. ScrollWriter564

    n00b

    2 years ago  ∞
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  9. soccermafia89

    Couldn’t help but notice the nuvaRing advertisement on your windows media guide.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  10. TheGreatSteve

    Barry looks like my shitty old dentist!

    2 years ago  ∞
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  11. Jinclops

    The video won’t buffer for me. I can’t watch it.

    This never happens with other ROCKETBOOM vids.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  12. 5600981

    thats hardcore

    2 years ago  ∞
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  13. BSEmadcow

    Remove windoze, install easypeasy /end

    2 years ago  ∞
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  14. GodLikeSkillz89

    Fuck the Netbook, I want 2 see you naked on the couch, because your hot!

    2 years ago  ∞
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  15. Robotfan987

    Gotta love teh skype.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  16. DanieleGiorgino

    No, VLC player is the best option. Includes every codec needed and plays virtually everything.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  17. cjinspector

    Your video is helpful, it is beyond my understanding why a few, insulting persons had pested you. Thank you Ellie, I recently brought a netbook.
    It has been a relief from a larger laptop I carried around. However I am dealing with the limitations of a netbook. One does not have to suffer much. This change helped me to be a little more resourceful.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  18. Staleghoti

    Okay now do a video about some crazy Open Source aps.

    Or Jolicloud, do something about Jolicloud

    2 years ago  ∞
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  19. smegingbastard

    do I smell advertisement? it sure stinks.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  20. ramanglass544

    omg we get it shes hot now shut up!!

    2 years ago  ∞
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  21. Poki3

    Haha, it doesn’t install any codecs, it just uses it’s own ones and doesn’t care about anything else. It’s terrible. Better have some good codecs properly installed and configured so that your files will play back in anything.

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  22. Sockify

    Stop spamming.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  23. OneEyeJay

    Ellie Rountree looks a little like Jessica Biel !! :)

    2 years ago  ∞
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  24. Ryguy1450

    BEST COMMERCIAL EVER! ……..:0

    2 years ago  ∞
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  25. kylebeans

    Windows Veesta?

    2 years ago  ∞
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  26. 1336point5

    thumbs up if you hate vista.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  27. BranFlicks

    shes hot

    2 years ago  ∞
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  28. elspethjane

    Ahhhh, nice!! I really like using mine for traveling and things like Skype.

    2 years ago  ∞
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    1. Nathaniel Kabal

      The device you were using primarily during the video looked more like a UMPC than a netbook device. What was that? And is that your “personal portable”? I use a Samsung Q1P myself, it’s old and outdated, but I threw in another Gb of RAM, and its found new life. I also am running Moblin on it, but for your target audience, I imagine XP would be more familiar to them.

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  29. elspethjane

    Always ;)

    2 years ago  ∞
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  30. JdoubleA2

    omg F.E.A.R.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  31. funtime77777

    Informational, for a low tech, wanna be geek, like me. And I would never say your dancing is “bad”, you move exquisitely. =>

    2 years ago  ∞
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  32. andy15m374l

    VEESTA

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  33. GodLikeSkillz89

    How am I fucking spaming by saying that this girl is hot LMFAO!

    2 years ago  ∞
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  34. adv1k

    i run win7 on mines, shits awesome

    2 years ago  ∞
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  35. goodman854

    I noticed that too lmafo

    2 years ago  ∞
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  36. httprover

    I want one.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  37. Xxc0rrupti0nxX

    Holy shit, veesta!

    2 years ago  ∞
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  38. thebober10

    WHAT DID YOU DO WITH MOLLY?!?!!?

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  39. Llythe

    F.E.A.R. VEESTA

    2 years ago  ∞
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  40. Tripp393

    rocketboom has different shows….FOOL!

    2 years ago  ∞
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  41. willsnoel100

    VEESTA are you retarded?

    2 years ago  ∞
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  42. rjesensky

    you’d better waste five hundreds on smaller laptop with xp than some overhyped atom - vista powered , good for nothing ” must have ” , shiny fashion accessory …

    2 years ago  ∞
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  43. CirqueDuCloud

    Daw I love her.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  44. ramanglass544

    ur not spamming but ur being a douche

    2 years ago  ∞
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  45. XerkDaniels

    If you don’t know who Ellie is then you have never watched rocketboom before this year….. Especially because there already was the hierarchy of “What did you do with (Joanne)(Caitlin)(Molly)?

    2 years ago  ∞
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  46. thebober10

    did i fucking say i didnt know who that was? and who gives a flying fuck when i started watching rocket boom? im saying molly is way better than this whore

    2 years ago  ∞
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  47. n3on

    Haha that’s how I start things off when I come home from a party. “I hope you enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine” ;)

    2 years ago  ∞
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  48. octv10

    lol that is how it is supposed to pronounced… it is Spanish for sight or view.

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  49. eSilva90

    I don’t know why, but Ellie looks EXTREMELY attractive :)

    2 years ago  ∞
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  50. Somnioblivio

    MOLLY OR GTFO

    2 years ago  ∞
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  51. clinds

    VESTA? Seriously, wait for 7 and get Home Premium on any of them for the best experience.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  52. Aliyns

    VEESTA? LOL OMG! This is the first time I’ve actually laughed at Ellie in a negative way.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  53. LolAtYou2ube

    WTf?!

    fuck molly! this womans way better at her job, shes prettier and shes probably smarter too
    did i forget to write FUCK MOLLY ?

    2 years ago  ∞
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  54. JustCuzImAsian

    i like both of them but i i actually pay attention more when Molly is doing it because of her awesome accent.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  55. mrfixit

    Vista isn’t optimized for the lightweight hardware in netbooks, so it’s correct to say that it’s best not to run it on one. But I’ve heard nothing but great things about Windows 7 running on them. Why do you recommend running an 8-year-old operating system?

    2 years ago  ∞
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  56. sarahwatts08

    I love the help, thank you!

    2 years ago  ∞
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  57. whyattn

    veeesta

    2 years ago  ∞
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  58. Biskmut

    OOOH ELLIE! *clicks HD button*

    2 years ago  ∞
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  59. AzureFlameElk

    THIS IS VEEEEEESSSTTTTAAAAA

    2 years ago  ∞
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  60. Charles2337

    If she says Veesta, that’s the way it should be from now on lol

    2 years ago  ∞
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  61. Cakevspie94

    I just noticed, she looks almost exactly like my Spanish teacher. Creepy.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  62. wizkidme

    i dont think Ive ever known a netbook to run vista. xp, or proprietary Linux usually.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  63. mickey mouse

    does it slice n dice vegetables?

    2 years ago  ∞
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  64. Wedler78

    Nice !

    But dont change the font size this way. It will mess up many applications, that are not aware of dynamically sized fonts.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  65. spamanator666

    VLC, and then forget about WMP completely.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  66. sponjiraggae

    where’s molly you bitch

    2 years ago  ∞
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  67. sharperguy

    Do not windows

    2 years ago  ∞
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  68. edgehaedjr

    Ellie is the tech correspondent and producer, Molly is the host… if I’m not mistaken.

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  69. Guess what? I don’t like Ellie’s nail varnish. All is attached to the nails is definitely ok, both to the eye and to the ear.

    I know I’m being frivolous, but come on, who gives a damn about notebook optmization? Nails are the unsung hero of RocketBoom commentary realm and Ellie is a more than worthy opportunity.

    2 years ago  ∞
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    1. mickey mouse

      And have you ever seen such big eye brows? My oh my.

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  70. PurepOis0n123

    Thanks for the list

    2 years ago  ∞
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  71. J0ASH

    as if shes wayyyy hotter

    2 years ago  ∞
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  72. igykalen

    veetsa. I wonder how much better that is than vista.

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  73. QsKIIHALOIIWoWII

    linux on a netbook dream on

    2 years ago  ∞
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  74. RaptorTechSource

    Intel Atom - it makes my stomach growl.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  75. JeffNiggy

    Veesta…

    2 years ago  ∞
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  76. MikamiPro

    Anyone who doesn’t know the difference between a Netbook and a Notebook will be even more confused after watching this video.

    Words like OS, USB, Skype and downgrading are used with no explanation as to what they are or mean.

    Oh and Ellie’s mysteriously great looking as always :P

    2 years ago  ∞
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  77. GodLikeSkillz89

    So i’m a fucking douche and what way i’m I being a douche compared 2 the other dumbasses on youtube, like yourself?

    2 years ago  ∞
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  78. j1noble

    did she say “veesta?” lol. you can’t downgrade from vista to xp. isntead, upgrade to 7.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  79. Lublancan78

    Is this Tera Patrick?

    2 years ago  ∞
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  80. zionviller

    Silly English speakers.. don’t know the proper way to pronounce Vista.

    “I speak English, and use Windows Vissduh!”

    2 years ago  ∞
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  81. Flenos

    I’m not sure if the device she used in her demonstration qualifies as a netbook.

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  82. JonnoStrife

    This was an ad for intel. Shame on you rocketboom. Shame.

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  83. xcellnt

    You can always optimize your netbook by installing Slackware 13.0

    2 years ago  ∞
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  84. LaexProductions

    FUCK YEAR BARRY

    2 years ago  ∞
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  85. TehClakster

    Veeeeesta

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  86. hazelhimself

    you can.
    i did.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  87. mrynit

    lol Slackware

    2 years ago  ∞
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  88. mrynit

    She looks like Miranda Cosgrove

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  89. lukeb3000

    Cool tips, I am looking to invest in a netbook for when I go to conferences! These little portable laptops are brilliant. Amazing use of miniaturisation of technology!

    Is this video filmed in a infinity curve? Or have you added the white background in post production? I took a screen grab of this video and blogged about the use of your location as I am planing on using a similar style location as part of my Uni video podcast project :)

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  90. warprodigy

    um, is it just me or is the audio a bit off or she is a bit awkward in this video as to make it appear as such? also, veeeesta…. lol… anyways, technology is getting better and better. fun times.

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  91. sschat

    if it is running veeesta, start laughing….. and through it away :)

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  92. fooflyz

    Ubuntu netbook remix

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  93. librano

    if it’s running Veeesta you can upgrade _and_ optimize by installing Linux ;-)

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  94. rvasquez6089

    Xp is still too damn slow for a net book. Linux all the way!!!!

    2 years ago  ∞
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  95. ralfmahlstedt

    is it just me or is the audio in this vid slightly out of synch?

    2 years ago  ∞
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  96. d2gizzo

    “Research” would be the key word for this mess. You seem to assume that everyone has XP, and you also seem to assume that font sizes actually make a marked difference to performance.

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  97. LuXxenatorX

    her left eye is crazy

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  98. raphas13

    nah ill wait until APPLE release a netbook :D 

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  99. eldukedrino

    i installed win 7 on my mini hp
    it runs perfect
    well at least for me :)

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  100. Jourei91

    If it’s running Vista, get 7!

    2 years ago  ∞
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  101. Jourei91

    …Or a mac.

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  102. GrimEreaper

    wait till they dont.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  103. m0r1arty

    No One Lives Forever, fair enough - good game.

    Babylon 5: I’ve Found Her(?)

    C’mon Elisabeth - that’s not your list!!

    Thanks for the vid - I’m sure the silver surfers will enjoy it.

    ;)

    2 years ago  ∞
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  104. mlim23

    how old are is this? ive seen ones from 199$ at bestbuy lol.

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  105. DC200560

    According to the video, it’s Vee-sta.
    But yes, 7 is faster than XP and Vee-sta.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  106. Theshayeman

    starcraft brood war aw yah!

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  107. aWaterbottle420

    veesta

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  108. bitchslapper12

    In-Sync much?

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  109. Yarcofin

    Veesta

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  110. suysanny

    oh want one T3T

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  111. Jourei91

    Ah, an os from Nintendo? Wiista?

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  112. elspethjane

    Did I really screw up the pronunciation of Vista that badly? Maybe it’s my quasi-southern accent. It comes out sometimes.

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  113. khronikind

    vee-sta? im pretty sure its pronounced vis-ta

    2 years ago  ∞
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  114. quietcloak

    I’ve never seen anyone within my sphere of influence who uses a netbook.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  115. SatchJimmy

    windows 7
    =)

    2 years ago  ∞
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  116. DC200560

    That’d be a nightmare. Imagine an entire OS built on the Wii’s crappy UI… *shutter*

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  117. artvandelay13

    Whoa!! Rocketboom HAS heard of PCs..

    And yeah, I just got a netbook and it works fine. In fact it’s got 4 times the hard drive space as my desktop… also glad to see Age of Empires on that list :)

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  118. Jourei91

    :D

    .

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  119. overratedname

    HI BARRY WHASSUP OK BYE NOW!

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  120. XerkDaniels

    ….Molly was not replaced. Molly is in some shows of Rocketboom, while Ellie is in others. And I would want to know who “gives a flying fuck”, because I am sure if there were skydiving prostitues the world would be awesome.

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  121. TaoriUTS

    also nice looking. prefer molly tho :D

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  122. You can also point your netbook to the wiki biography about Ellie Rountree!

    http://www.mywikibiz.com/Directory:Ellie_Rountree

    Strange, Ellie didn’t mention this in her demo.

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  123. Galdhon

    Google is making apps for everything. In a few years they’ll start making apps that’ll make your computer prepare coffee.

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  124. LinuxUser4Life

    Psh, use Linux it’s far better especially for netbooks as it’s not a resource hog.

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  125. 1838feuersbrunst

    –> she’s hotter than Molly.

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    1. BTW, the bass player isn’t Jaco, it’s Mark Egan.

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  127. KraZyRuskieFilms

    my friend has Linux on it but i dont like it

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  128. marioc65

    this is shit ,lol

    2 years ago  ∞
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  129. TheDorianGrayShow

    God this video made me feel like such a geek, i just thought all that was common knowledge… thank you for making me feel crappy rocketboom…

    2 years ago  ∞
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  130. SPARTANDUDE123

    veesta??? VISTA ARETARD.

    2 years ago  ∞
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  131. lpasepok

    Please folks… Use the Ubuntu Netbook remix instead of XP, I can promise you that it’ll work better and faster.

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  132. 4K4K1K0

    @raphas13: to fall under the definition of a netbook it has to be cheap, ergo there will never be a netbook from Apple

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  133. Thanks for trying to get us old geezers to waste the rest of our very short lives spending money we don’t have on electronic gadgets so we can watch stupid videos on YouTube!
    Bitch!

    2 years ago  ∞
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  134. LinuxUser4Life

    Why?

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  135. mortemdei

    this is retarded

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  136. mortemdei

    I can’t use linux, some apps I need don’t run, not even with wine :(

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  137. mickey mouse

    I didn’t know Little Ho (Snow) White had it in her to do all Seven Dwarfs in one evening. Must be the Marlboro’s she smokes. Walt has threatened to turn the sun red tomorrow as his heavenly rage grows by the minute. Me & Minnie are heading for the Disney bunker in New Mexico.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6341373/Ho-White-and-the-Seven-Dwarves-beer-advert-angers-Disney.html

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  138. thhelix

    Thanks Ellie!

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  139. ColRon

    lol
    Rocketboom is trolling us

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  140. Pantholder0

    VEEESTA? WTF?

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  141. icegryphon

    yeah, the way she said that was funny, I think she did it intentially.

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  142. kikiluthra

    YOU LOOK WEIRD

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  143. KraZyRuskieFilms

    well, i understand it definitly takes a lot lss to run it, and its free, but ive been a windows user for a long time, and unless it has windows X (which he doesnt) i dont like it.

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  144. Se7enTips

    lol

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  145. florcita72

    That sounded so professional. The few times I saw them it was through my Japanese friends.

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  146. cosy18

    format and install xubuntu

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  147. frvfilms

    funny how you cited all your pictures on the discription,,

    if you;re running veeesta , install ubuntu ..

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  148. frvfilms

    ha,haa, white background , almost as if you were in the interwebs..

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  149. Tibotot

    If it’s on vista, upgrade, install linux.
    This girl is beautiful. I wouldn’t imagine playing games on this though, not without an ION, as for FPS …

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  150. aarondkeogh

    barry was wanking it was obvious

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  151. MADE1NVIETNAM

    your so beautiful.

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  152. rizwan1983

    Smartphone with big screen, netbook, laptop, desktop… I can’t decide! :-(

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  153. TheMathKing

    Vista\Windows 7 => Best bet for games.

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  154. GrayStudios

    Did she mispronounce “vista”?

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  155. Ikimono

    yes. yes she did.

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  156. Ikimono

    not vista. XP/windows 7 yes.

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  157. teddybearballer

    dang i want one

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  158. vixyman

    haha! well I hope that scene teaches people to have a propper conversation every once in a while.
    “barry!”
    “hello”
    “hey barry,what’s up”
    “not much”
    “alright I’ll see you later” *get me out of here!*

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  159. hendersonhigh

    get VLC media player for movies and songs

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  160. MattTheSpratt

    Nope.
    The word Vista is Italian for “view” or “sight”.
    So the word is pronounced “veesta”.

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  161. GrayStudios

    Huh. Apparently we’ve all been doing it wrong. :P

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  162. abigor315

    ellie = hottest thing since lava?

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  163. M4rple

    what a waste of 3 minutes

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  164. ejenks909

    I hate netbooks with a passion. Just an opinion.

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  165. ditkuss

    If you think about it, netbooks are actually laptops, and laptops are actually underpowered, overpriced desktops. Today’s laptops are usually parked on a desk all day, since they are too heavy and bulky to be lugged around.

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  166. djratboy

    VEEEEESSSTTTTTA!

    I lol’d.

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  167. ALEJANDROMESIAS

    Netbooks ARE powerfull. I own a 10 inch eeepc and I run serious applications like Mathlab, Labview and several electronics simulators. Netbooks are GREAT for working on them! Don’t understimate them. You just have to know wich ones are good (ASUS and Samsung). The only thing they can’t handle are games (and vista).

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  168. ALEJANDROMESIAS

    There are netbooks and netbooks. The ones she is holding in her hands probably work like toys, proper for just surfing. But the 10 inch ones are rather like real laptops.

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  169. Ninjormon

    veeeestaaa!

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  170. CleverGuyMark

    LMAO ipod touch…. just sayin

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  171. FlyingNifo

    the sun just 1upped you.

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  172. cornboy3

    I don’t think I can trust you if you call Vista VEESTA. Never the less, netbooks are great machines especially with the new nVidia Ion chipset

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  173. seanseanseanseansean

    Netbooks suck more than suck. A Netbook with Veeesta sucks 10 times more than suck.

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  174. LinuxUser4Life

    That is a highly ignorant point of view. That is like saying I drove a Honda around for my whole life so and I am use to it so I wont use a Porsche. *rolleyes*

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  175. LinuxUser4Life

    Dual boot linux and windows or make a virtual machine.

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  176. Hypermobilemind

    INSTALL GENTOO.

    My “netbook” has a 10.1 inch screen. Is that really a netbook? Seems a little too big to fit into the netbook category to me. I just installed Linux on it, Windows takes up way too many system resources to run on a 1.6Ghz dual core. I have 2GB ram on it so it’s enough to run Windows in a VM.

    Always encrypt your whole drive with TrueCrypt, you don’t want to leave your netbook behind at work or school and have people look at your data. 64 Character passwords ftw.

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  177. VideoGamer945

    weeegeee

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  178. 3yE

    Back a few years ago, there also were sub-14″ sub-1.6kg devices without a built in optical (or earlier: floppy) drive, and we called them subnotebooks. I even had a 9″ 1kg one from 2002 on. The very first one i recall is Toshiba Libretto from mid 90ies.

    Netbook is perhaps just a new buzzword, but perhaps also a change in the status and pricing, since subnotebooks before EeePC have traditionally been more expensive than full-featured devices.

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  179. ALEJANDROMESIAS

    Asus decided not to compete with smartphones. Instead they put the netbook on steroids. With the miniaturization problems already solved, they just gave a cheap device added values. Soon every other manufacturer was building 9″ netbooks.
    With the competition, the netbooks started to grow in size and performance, but not so much in price, cause the basic mold is a cheap device, not a desktop.

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  180. Syntox

    Veeeeeeeesta….she’s so cute.

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  181. KraZyRuskieFilms

    your acting as if Linux is superior at gaming, and media editing, so its more like “i drove around a Porsche all my life and im used to it so i wont drive a honda”

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  182. ALEJANDROMESIAS

    She IS pronouncing it the right way, you know….

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  183. ALEJANDROMESIAS

    On the other hand the original netbook came in 2007. It was a 7″, 4GB solid state drive ASUS. It was more like a Nintendo DS for web surfing. It wasn’t a bit hit. But its low power,low cost, and designed from scratch INTEL ATOM processor turned out to be unexpectedly powerfull.

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  184. ALEJANDROMESIAS

    Regular notebooks are like desktop hardware crunched into a little shell. They get expensive, because manufacturers have to invest extra in fixing the power, space an thermal difficulties. The smaller they get, the more expensive they get. That’s why the 2002 subnotebooks were even more expensive.

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  185. ALEJANDROMESIAS

    The name NETBOOK, is not quite right but it does have its reasons. The main difference between a NOTEbook and a NETbook is not their performance, but rather their origin and their original concept… and therefore their price.

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  186. Dave

    Tried watching this video on October 26 and it can’t be played. YouTube says it’s now a “private video”

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