Lightroom on a netbook

Hi
I know it would be slow, but is it at all feasible to run Lightroom on a netbook with a 1.66 ghz processor with 1 gb of RAM and 250 gig hard drive?
Andrew

I have a Dell Mini running Win XP. I have a post on this forum about how to make it work just fine.
Here's the brief steps.
1. Right click the desktop .
2. select Properties.
3. Click Settings.
4. Click Advanced
5. Click Monitor.
6. Uncheck "Hide modes that this monitor csan't display.:
7. Return to "settings."
8. Set Screen Resolution to 1024 by 768
9. Accept all and return to desktop.
Now you can get to all functions in all programs by scrolling up and down -- a little slow, but it works fine.
My Dell Mini even accepts xRite Eye One software and the monitor is calibrated -- not as good as my 24" Dell computer, but dammed good.
It runs LR 3 Beta 2 just fine. I hace not updated the LR software yet.
I have my catalog and images on an external hard drive so each comnputer can run LR with no sync problems at all. There is no probflem about merging the mini catalog with my main computer catalog -- it is the same catalog.s
It is a great solution for field work.
Good Luck,
Wil

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I daren't upgrade my machine to Win 7 because it works with XP - ain't broke, won't fix it
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Still not recomend 11" MBA?
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