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ptroyano   02-02-2012 at 04:17:36 AM

Netbook is painfully slow. I was trying to put wifi usb on it but it defies websites I go to with its molasses speed. I am plugged in with cable.

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CaedenV   02-02-2012 at 04:33:14 AM

well... all netbooks are modern enough to have built in wifi, so there is no need to add on an external wifi adapter.

Also, yes, netbooks are slow. It is their nature to be 'bare minimum' laptops that are good for browsing the web... and nothing more. If you run a tight ship, only installing absolutely nessessary software, making sure that your registry is clean, keeping tabs on your startup programs in msconfig, etc. Then you can get a fair amount of power from a netbook. I use mine all of the time to do audio recording with no problems, and after upgrading to 2GB of Ram it really helped speed things up. But it is equivilant in speed to an 8 year old pentium 4 (but instead of 140W it takes a mere 4-8W), so yes, they are quite slow even under the best of conditions.

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WR2   02-02-2012 at 04:39:18 AM

Hello ptroyano;

Which 'Netbook do you have? Some are just very slow.
Others are relatively decent at web surfing, watching videos and email.

How fast is your internet connection?

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WR2   02-02-2012 at 05:43:06 AM

Some of the dual core AMD Fusion 'Netbooks are nearly useable now, IMO.
Especially those with 1366x768 resolution.

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ptroyano   02-09-2012 at 04:51:04 AM

ptroyano wrote :

Netbook is painfully slow. I was trying to put wifi usb on it but it defies websites I go to with its molasses speed. I am plugged in with cable.


This is a Xihama ,can't find any wifi on it. Also would like to add ram but can't locate ram.
Thanks folks.

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ptroyano   02-09-2012 at 10:04:11 PM

Thanks , don't think so. Xihama Model is MA 865 .

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WR2   02-09-2012 at 10:07:34 PM

Xihama Model MA 865 not listed on the Xihama site there.
Google finds no Xihama MA865 or Xihama MA 865.

Anything you can find that explains what the tech specs are for that item?
Like, CPU?

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Brett928S2   02-09-2012 at 11:42:38 PM

Hi :)

Netbooks are toys...they are NOT laptops....

All the best Brett :)

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ptroyano   02-17-2012 at 06:15:38 AM

WR2 wrote :

Xihama Model MA 865 not listed on the Xihama site there.
Google finds no Xihama MA865 or Xihama MA 865.

Anything you can find that explains what the tech specs are for that item?
Like, CPU?



No luck, can't figure how to interrupt boot up to see bios or anything. All I can get is running windows ce v 5.0, can't get past shell.

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CaedenV   02-22-2012 at 04:38:38 AM

is this a netbook? or is it an old palm PC?

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WR2   02-22-2012 at 04:47:02 AM

A bargain basement 'Netbook knock-off.

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ptroyano   02-22-2012 at 05:23:34 AM

yea clearly , but it was given to us so I was hoping I could make it functional. So I can't figure out how to access ram or processor.

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ptroyano   02-22-2012 at 05:25:29 AM

CaedenV wrote :

is this a netbook? or is it an old palm PC?


Yes it is called a netbook but made cheaply it seems by Xihama.

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WR2   02-22-2012 at 05:48:13 AM

Im thinking the RAM will soldered onto what passes for the motherboard. Maybe the CPU as well.
Have you found a link that shows the hardware specs yet?

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ptroyano   03-03-2012 at 05:23:19 AM

No am convinced is a piece of junk, just thought I could kick it up a notch. And Xihama doesn't acknowledge this model on their site, if I could call them I would. Thanks .

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Brett928S2   03-03-2012 at 07:27:17 PM

Hi :)

Use it as is or bin it....

All the best Brett :)

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acdy80   03-27-2012 at 11:42:27 AM
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Netbook is netbook, not a laptop, for slow performance issues usually two ways to fix: upgrade hardware or clean the system http://www.speedup-netbook.com/ If still you can't put up with it, go get a "real computer".

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ptroyano   03-27-2012 at 07:27:31 PM

Thanks I will try it. I do have a real computer, this thing was a gift.

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Dickstar   04-04-2012 at 12:06:15 AM

You could try to run Chrome OS on it. It boots from an USB stick.

http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/

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