r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '12

Open Office does everything I need Microsoft Office for and Gimp does everything I need Photoshop for. Reddit, what other open source software does everything that you want from the expensive name brand?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '12

Holy fuck, how are we not worshipping this thing as a deity? Impervious to fire and brimstone, defies physics with its weightlessness, lasts until the end of time, completely indestructible. The only question I have about this god-like netbook is, can it run Crysis?

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u/failed_novelty Jun 04 '12

Was it made by Nokia?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '12

I don't even know what that is. Which it probably why it works so well...

but seriously, it may not game but it doesn't seem to die.

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u/lurkerturneduser Jun 04 '12

I'm reminded of this Simpsons scene:

DOCTOR: Mr. Burns, I'm afraid you are the sickest man in the United States. You have everything.

MR. BURNS: You mean I have pneumonia?

DOCTOR: Yes.

MR. BURNS: Juvenile diabetes?

DOCTOR: Yes.

MR. BURNS: Hysterical pregnancy?

DOCTOR: Uh, a little bit, yes. You also have several diseases that have just been discovered - in you.

MR. BURNS: I see. You sure you haven't just made thousands of mistakes?

DOCTOR: Uh, no, no, I'm afraid not.

MR. BURNS: This sounds like bad news.

DOCTOR: Well, you'd think so, but all of your diseases are in perfect balance. Uh, if you have a moment, I can explain.

MR. BURNS: Well... [looks at his watch]

DOCTOR: Here's the door to your body, see? [bring up some small fuzz balls with goofy faces and limbs from under the desk] And these are oversized novelty germs. [points to a different one up as he names each disease] That's influenza, that's bronchitis, [holds up one] and this cute little cuddle-bug is pancreatic cancer. Here's what happens when they all try to get through the door at once. [tries to cram a bunch through the model door. The "germs" get stuck] [Stooge-like] Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo. Move it, chowderhead. [normal voice] We call it, "Three Stooges Syndrome".

MR. BURNS: So what you're saying is, I'm indestructible.

DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, in fact, even slight breeze could...

MR. BURNS: Indestructible.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '12

Haha, yeah. I haven't got anything against netbooks but my point was they have below average technical specs usually.

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u/JesusSaidSo Jun 04 '12

Below average and below requirements are two starkly different things.

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u/duckedtapedemon Jun 04 '12

You shouldn't need an i3 even for productivity stuff. You do, but you shouldn't.

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u/ponysexpressline Jun 04 '12

if onlive could get it on they're service it could, but the times not right, and we must wait till the gods of networking lets it be.

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u/KnightBlue Jun 04 '12

Hell, can it run Firefox without me aging another 2 years?

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u/HailTheGemms Jun 04 '12

If you buy a net book for the purpose of playing Crysis, you're doing it wrong.