NB 255 - Choppy Internet Video

An admitted noob when it comes to hardware and specs, I'm hoping someone can help me out with what I believe to be a fairly fixable problem.,..
I just bought an NB 255 with Windows 7 Home Premium, and really enjoy so far. Except for one thing: internet videos are almost always extremely choppy. And I'm not talking a few frames being skipped here and there, it's pretty unwatchable. The sound is fine, and I usually close out every other program. Doesn't matter which site -- Youtube, Dailymotion, Hulu, etc. Internet connections are usually fine... 4 or 5 (out of 5) bars. Playing videos that aren't online -- thru iTunes, WMV, or Quicktime -- are all crisp and gorgeous.
My specs:
Model: TOSHIBA NB255
Processor: Inter(R) Atom(TM) CPU N455 @ 1.66GHz
RAM: 1.00 GB
System Type: 32-bit operating system
Hard Drive: 197GB of 233GB free
Network Adapter: Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter
Display Adapter: Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
Windows edition: Windows 7 Home Premium
I guess I'd be willing to pay a little bit of money for some kind of upgrades if that's what's necessary since the machine was fairly inexpensive. But I find this kind of unfortunate, as I understand that a netbook isn't designed to be the most powerful machine on the planet, but I would consider watching videos a pretty rudimentary online task.

Do you have the factory Windows installation installed? Or has Windows been reinstalled manually?
Have you updated the BIOS and the Display Driver to the latest versions? (check the Toshiba website).
Are you sure its not a bandwidth problem? Maybe the video isn't being fed fast enough.

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