One of the problems with netbooks that have solid-state drives (SSD) installed is that the space on those drives is limited. It's a fact that the Windows operating system uses up most of that space. What happens when you want to use a bunch of applications with it and then find out that the space is nearly gone? A USB drive (preferably a flash drive) can save you hours of grief if you know what to put on it.

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Well, if you're not using a netbook or a netbook running Windows, then you obviously don't need to buy the new CheckIt Netbook Utility Suite. If you're using a netbook with Linux or Mac OS X installed, feel free to move on.

If you ARE running Windows (and preferably Windows XP because Windows Vista is too much of a resource hog), then you should pay attention to keeping it running at peak performance.

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