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Thanks Ellie Rountree !
thanks ellie….remember me…?:D
Recommending K-Lite is a down right terrible idea, but besides that it’s a good vid.
(CCCP is a better solution.)
5th?
6th
This is stupid. Use windows 7 instead of XP fucking bitch.
n00b
Couldn’t help but notice the nuvaRing advertisement on your windows media guide.
Barry looks like my shitty old dentist!
The video won’t buffer for me. I can’t watch it.
This never happens with other ROCKETBOOM vids.
thats hardcore
Remove windoze, install easypeasy /end
Fuck the Netbook, I want 2 see you naked on the couch, because your hot!
Gotta love teh skype.
No, VLC player is the best option. Includes every codec needed and plays virtually everything.
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.
Okay now do a video about some crazy Open Source aps.
Or Jolicloud, do something about Jolicloud
do I smell advertisement? it sure stinks.
omg we get it shes hot now shut up!!
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.
Stop spamming.
Ellie Rountree looks a little like Jessica Biel !! :)
BEST COMMERCIAL EVER! ……..:0
Windows Veesta?
thumbs up if you hate vista.
shes hot
Ahhhh, nice!! I really like using mine for traveling and things like Skype.
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 I use a Samsung Q1P myself, it’s old and outdated, but I threw in another Gb of RAM, and its found new life.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.
Always ;)
omg F.E.A.R.
Informational, for a low tech, wanna be geek, like me. And I would never say your dancing is “bad”, you move exquisitely. =>
VEESTA
How am I fucking spaming by saying that this girl is hot LMFAO!
i run win7 on mines, shits awesome
I noticed that too lmafo
I want one.
Holy shit, veesta!
WHAT DID YOU DO WITH MOLLY?!?!!?
F.E.A.R. VEESTA
rocketboom has different shows….FOOL!
VEESTA are you retarded?
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 …
Daw I love her.
ur not spamming but ur being a douche
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)?
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
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” ;)
lol that is how it is supposed to pronounced… it is Spanish for sight or view.
I don’t know why, but Ellie looks EXTREMELY attractive :)
MOLLY OR GTFO
VESTA? Seriously, wait for 7 and get Home Premium on any of them for the best experience.
VEESTA? LOL OMG! This is the first time I’ve actually laughed at Ellie in a negative way.
WTf?!
fuck molly! this womans way better at her job, shes prettier and shes probably smarter too
did i forget to write FUCK MOLLY ?
i like both of them but i i actually pay attention more when Molly is doing it because of her awesome accent.
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?
I love the help, thank you!
veeesta
OOOH ELLIE! *clicks HD button*
THIS IS VEEEEEESSSTTTTAAAAA
If she says Veesta, that’s the way it should be from now on lol
I just noticed, she looks almost exactly like my Spanish teacher. Creepy.
i dont think Ive ever known a netbook to run vista. xp, or proprietary Linux usually.
does it slice n dice vegetables?
Nice !
But dont change the font size this way. It will mess up many applications, that are not aware of dynamically sized fonts.
VLC, and then forget about WMP completely.
where’s molly you bitch
Do not windows
Ellie is the tech correspondent and producer, Molly is the host… if I’m not mistaken.
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.
And have you ever seen such big eye brows? My oh my.
Thanks for the list
as if shes wayyyy hotter
veetsa. I wonder how much better that is than vista.
linux on a netbook dream on
Intel Atom - it makes my stomach growl.
Veesta…
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
So i’m a fucking douche and what way i’m I being a douche compared 2 the other dumbasses on youtube, like yourself?
did she say “veesta?” lol. you can’t downgrade from vista to xp. isntead, upgrade to 7.
Is this Tera Patrick?
Silly English speakers.. don’t know the proper way to pronounce Vista.
“I speak English, and use Windows Vissduh!”
I’m not sure if the device she used in her demonstration qualifies as a netbook.
This was an ad for intel. Shame on you rocketboom. Shame.
You can always optimize your netbook by installing Slackware 13.0
FUCK YEAR BARRY
Veeeeesta
you can.
i did.
lol Slackware
She looks like Miranda Cosgrove
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 :)
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.
if it is running veeesta, start laughing….. and through it away :)
Ubuntu netbook remix
if it’s running Veeesta you can upgrade _and_ optimize by installing Linux ;-)
Xp is still too damn slow for a net book. Linux all the way!!!!
is it just me or is the audio in this vid slightly out of synch?
“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.
her left eye is crazy
nah ill wait until APPLE release a netbook :D
i installed win 7 on my mini hp
it runs perfect
well at least for me :)
If it’s running Vista, get 7!
…Or a mac.
wait till they dont.
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.
;)
how old are is this? ive seen ones from 199$ at bestbuy lol.
According to the video, it’s Vee-sta.
But yes, 7 is faster than XP and Vee-sta.
starcraft brood war aw yah!
veesta
In-Sync much?
Veesta
oh want one T3T
Ah, an os from Nintendo? Wiista?
Did I really screw up the pronunciation of Vista that badly? Maybe it’s my quasi-southern accent. It comes out sometimes.
vee-sta? im pretty sure its pronounced vis-ta
I’ve never seen anyone within my sphere of influence who uses a netbook.
windows 7
=)
That’d be a nightmare. Imagine an entire OS built on the Wii’s crappy UI… *shutter*
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 :)
:D
.
HI BARRY WHASSUP OK BYE NOW!
….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.
also nice looking. prefer molly tho :D
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.
Google is making apps for everything. In a few years they’ll start making apps that’ll make your computer prepare coffee.
Psh, use Linux it’s far better especially for netbooks as it’s not a resource hog.
–> she’s hotter than Molly.
BTW, the bass player isn’t Jaco, it’s Mark Egan.
my friend has Linux on it but i dont like it
this is shit ,lol
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…
veesta??? VISTA ARETARD.
Please folks… Use the Ubuntu Netbook remix instead of XP, I can promise you that it’ll work better and faster.
@raphas13: to fall under the definition of a netbook it has to be cheap, ergo there will never be a netbook from Apple
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!
Why?
this is retarded
I can’t use linux, some apps I need don’t run, not even with wine :(
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
Thanks Ellie!
lol
Rocketboom is trolling us
VEEESTA? WTF?
yeah, the way she said that was funny, I think she did it intentially.
YOU LOOK WEIRD
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.
lol
That sounded so professional. The few times I saw them it was through my Japanese friends.
format and install xubuntu
funny how you cited all your pictures on the discription,,
if you;re running veeesta , install ubuntu ..
ha,haa, white background , almost as if you were in the interwebs..
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 …
barry was wanking it was obvious
your so beautiful.
Smartphone with big screen, netbook, laptop, desktop… I can’t decide! :-(
Vista\Windows 7 => Best bet for games.
Did she mispronounce “vista”?
yes. yes she did.
not vista. XP/windows 7 yes.
dang i want one
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!*
get VLC media player for movies and songs
Nope.
The word Vista is Italian for “view” or “sight”.
So the word is pronounced “veesta”.
Huh. Apparently we’ve all been doing it wrong. :P
ellie = hottest thing since lava?
what a waste of 3 minutes
I hate netbooks with a passion. Just an opinion.
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.
VEEEEESSSTTTTTA!
I lol’d.
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).
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.
veeeestaaa!
LMAO ipod touch…. just sayin
the sun just 1upped you.
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
Netbooks suck more than suck. A Netbook with Veeesta sucks 10 times more than suck.
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*
Dual boot linux and windows or make a virtual machine.
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.
weeegeee
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.
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.
Veeeeeeeesta….she’s so cute.
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”
She IS pronouncing it the right way, you know….
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.
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.
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.
Tried watching this video on October 26 and it can’t be played. YouTube says it’s now a “private video”