I just received a Samsung Netbook as a gift and need to know how to get online. I’m new at this and I’m not looking to spend a mint on gadgets, so something cost effective and easy would appreciated!!
If you have tips on what portable hard drives are good and inexpensive, add that also. I want to transfer some games from my desktop to my Netbook.
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Your netbook comes equipped with a wireless network card. This allows it to connect to wireless internet signals that are sent out by wireless routers. These routers exist in many public places (such as coffee shops and librarys, and are advertised as "wifi" or "wifi hotspots"). You want to click on the wireless network option (in the bottom right of your screen, near the clock) and find a network name listed, then click on it to connect to the internet.
You can also buy a wireless router and plug it into your home internet connection, which allows you to connect to the internet wirelessly anywhere inside your house.
If any of this is confusing, take your netbook to a Best Buy or somewhere similar. They should be very able to help you figure out how to use the internet, as well as sell you a wireless router.
Oh, and if you want to transfer games from your desktop to netbook, I recommend that you get a USB flash drive rather than a portable hard drive. Flash drives are a lot cheaper and a lot smaller. You can get that holds 8 gig (which is probably all you’ll need to transfer any game out there) from Amazon.com for about 15 dollars (http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Cruzer-Micro-Flash-SDCZ6-8192-A11/dp/B000UZN2ZK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262186412&sr=8-1)
If you have Verizon as an internet service, you shoiuld buy a router from them……then you can use their live chat service and they will give you specific instructions in how to connect it wirelessly……if you don’t have verizon contacting your internet provider via phone or online would be the best choice…….I hope this helps….and about the games…i recently made a laptop purchase and i was told not to buy a netbook unlesss i only used it for the internet ….the capacity of the netbook storage is too low and games are the best chance of slowing it down…….hope this helps
It connects to the Net wirelessly.
But for the transfer, you would have to buy an external 3.5" floppy drive and, USB cable, Then connect the USB cable to one of the USB ports and, to the external drive. Then You will have to transfer your games that way.
First of all, you need an ISP. Next, you need a wireless broadband router if you don’t want a cable connected directly to your netbook. However, if you have free access to a wifi signal in your area then you are go.
As for portable drives, you can try getting a 16GB USB flash drive or a 2.5" external hard drive which is cheaper on a cost per GB basis.
Incidentally, you are not seriously considering playing games other than solitaire on your netbook aren’t you? Netbooks aren’t designed for gaming. They are just for browsing the interNET which is why they are called NETbooks. They are even hardly good for doing anything else other than storing multimedia files.