Movie Maker on a Netbook... Will it run well?

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Permalink Reply by Dorethia(Dotty) Myers on June 14, 2010 at 8:44am

I run windows movie maker on my netbook. In fact my netbook an Acer Aspire One handles more than just checking email. I do most of what I need to do. I often compare it with my MacBook and find that I can do a lot. If you conncet it to an eternal monitor it helps if you have a small screen.

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Permalink Reply by Doug Walker on June 14, 2010 at 11:22am

Thank you. I appreciate the feedback!

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Permalink Reply by Mark Brumley on June 14, 2010 at 10:50am

Hi,

I have used several different netbooks and will have 300 students on them next year. Yes, you can definitely run Movie Maker. As long as you have 2gb or more of memory it should work fine.

There still seems to be an impression out there that netbooks are only made for cloud computing. They do work great for web-based applications but they can handle much more. Today's models are so much more powerful than the first editions..your know, the ones with a really small solid state drive. We run a full image including Windows 7 and Microsoft Office. We even edit audio with Audacity. We just tell the students to have only one or two applications open at a time. If we are editing movies, we only have Movie Maker open.

Hope this helps...

Mark


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Permalink Reply by Doug Walker on June 14, 2010 at 11:23am

Thanks, I appreciate the info. I assumed that we would be ok. I am considering a purchase for a grade 3-5 school. Our students produce digital stories and radio broadcasts using movie maker and audacity. I would like them to be able to use these machines for that. We will also be using a number of web apps, interactive sites and MS office.

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Permalink Reply by Dorethia(Dotty) Myers on June 14, 2010 at 11:33am

If you prucahse, get the 10" screen. I have the 7" and it is difficult to see. I use the Acer Asprie one and I am holding out until they come out with a touchscreen. Also check the manufacturers warranty. It is usually 2 years.

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Permalink Reply by Jessica (Barth) Steffel on June 15, 2010 at 8:54pm

I have been prepping one of our new HP mini's with that configuration and when I tested it, Movie Maker ran from start to finish with no issues. I didn't do extensive testing of course, but I created a video with the webcam, fancied it up, and exported. No issues with that small testing, anyway!

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Permalink Reply by Shankar Ganesh on June 16, 2010 at 1:23am

I've been using http://jaycut.com/ for quite a while. It's neat, works on the web and has good features, if not extraordinary. Give it a try. :)

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Permalink Reply by Kev on June 16, 2010 at 7:43am

Moviemaker, for all the hate, is a really tidy program as far as memory usage goes. It will run pretty well on just about anything. A machine with two gigs is absolutely plenty.

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Permalink Reply by Jody Maxey on July 9, 2010 at 1:33pm

I have Photo Story loaded on our minis and it works well.

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