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by alterom14 hours ago |
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upvoteby Dylan1680714 hours ago|
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I'm surprised you want to run real CAD software on a netbook. I think your use case is pretty unusual.

Also drivers are often better on Linux.

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upvoteby Groxx14 hours ago|
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tbh I suspect it would be just fine. even the really cheap ones tend to have at least a few gigabytes of RAM.
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upvoteby alterom10 hours ago|
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>I'm surprised you want to run real CAD software on a netbook. I think your use case is pretty unusual.

CAD has been around since before IBM PC came out. It's not necessarily a demanding piece of software.

Still, scratch CAD. My favorite VST synths are Windows-based.

And I don't want to lug around extra kilograms just to make some noise.

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upvoteby dijit10 hours ago|
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I think you missed the point of a netbook.

Aside from Microsoft Office, the rest is workstation stuff, and Microsoft Office is pushing "web first" (at least if their pricing is to be believed, the lowest O365 subscriptions do not offer access to the native apps).

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upvoteby alterom10 hours ago|
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>I think you missed the point of a netbook.

I think you missed the point of the question.

> the rest is workstation stuff

Yes, I want to be able to run workstation stuff on the small computer I carry everywhere, so that I don't have to carry my workstation everywhere.

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upvoteby dijit10 hours ago|
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get a workstation laptop then?

I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.

Your e-bike can’t tow a carriage either, that’s not strange.

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upvoteby fragmede13 hours ago|
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We'll have to see how the AI softwarepocalypse goes. If I only need 10% of the features of Photoshop, I really don't need to be spending money on the full software suite.

How's nTop Linux support coming along?

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