Any decent net book or laptop will run FH. So will a MacBook providing you have something like Parallels so you can run Windows. Sent from my iPhone On 31 Oct 2011, at 08:45, Victor Markham <victor@markham.me.uk> wrote: > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >