> Cant you just upgrade the RAM? My Intel Atom N550 netbook supports 2GB -
That's good advice: check whether your machine has the RAM soldered on
or has an SODIMM: it might be easy&cheap to find a pair of old 1GB
SODIMMs to replace the likely pair of 512KB SODIMMs you have.
[ In my case, when I have such needs I first go to my department's IT
guys, who have all kinds of old unused hardware pieces stashed in
boxes. ]
Stefan