Hope it's allowed to ask a hardware question on this site? I would be grateful for any advice on how people have found using Family Historian with either a laptop or a netbook, please. Currently just have a PC, but have been looking at a more mobile solution. My IT chap reckons a netbook with good battery life would be fine, (and I'd just as soon have something lighter and easier to transport), but I'd be interested to hear of actual experience. Many thanks. Penny

Penny I have a Netbook and have no problems using FH on this. Mind you a laptop will give you a bigger screen and the individual details are not fully shown on the Netbook The reason I bought the Netbook is because it is light and I take it on flights I make (for holiday not family search) and it helps to come within the weight limits. But I still use my pc for all FH details. Copying them onto my Netbook from time to time using an image stick (or flash drive as some prefer to call it) With a Netbook you will need an external DVD to load software onto it. Hope this helps Victor On 31/10/2011 8:19 AM, Penny Haysom wrote: > > > > Hope it's allowed to ask a hardware question on this site? > I would be grateful for any advice on how people have found using Family Historian with either a laptop or a netbook, please. Currently just have a PC, but have been looking at a more mobile solution. My IT chap reckons a netbook with good battery life would be fine, (and I'd just as soon have something lighter and easier to transport), but I'd be interested to hear of actual experience. > Many thanks. > Penny > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Penny, I have used a laptop for nearly three years and would not go back to a desktop. The freedom to sit in my own armchair and browse sites such as Ancestry with a wireless connection, clean downloaded images using Picasa and update info into FH is wonderful. My wife also has a laptop so she helps with searching as well. Also can take it to family gatherings and show FH on modern large screen TVs with a PC input using a simple video output cable so the family can see data and trees is helpful. Can also make presentations on family history matters via a projector. A separate external hard drive as a backup is wise whichever you decide to purchase. Have no experience of using a netbook so cannot comment. Clive Spratt -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Penny Haysom Sent: 31 October 2011 08:19 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: [FHU] Advise on laptop vs netbook Hope it's allowed to ask a hardware question on this site? I would be grateful for any advice on how people have found using Family Historian with either a laptop or a netbook, please. Currently just have a PC, but have been looking at a more mobile solution. My IT chap reckons a netbook with good battery life would be fine, (and I'd just as soon have something lighter and easier to transport), but I'd be interested to hear of actual experience. Many thanks. Penny ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

<<snipped>> advice on how people have found using Family Historian with either a laptop or a netbook, please. Currently just have a PC, but have been looking at a more mobile solution. <<snipped>> I have a desktop and a netbook, both running FH. If you end up with 2 machines, like me, you really need to designate one as the master and keep the other aligned by copying whenever you want / need to from the master to the other. It would be perverse if you didn't use the desktop as the master. Netbook is really just a marketing name for a laptop with less - generally less power, less weight and less screen. If you carry on with a desktop AS WELL, then there is, I think, no need for the extra power - and weight - of a "proper" laptop - just go for a netbook. If you only want to have one machine, then you really want to have a bit more power and screen, so go for a "proper" laptop with a bit more oomph. Other people's comments are important - you need an external drive to back up to and - if you have a netbook - an external DVD reader to allow you to simply load software on to the machine. Adrian B