# Where can I get cool programs for my netbook?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-cool-programs-for-my-netbook/549979>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 11, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-cool-programs-for-my-netbook/549979 "2010-08-11T21:10:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-cool-programs-for-my-netbook/549979/21 "2010-08-18T00:46:41Z")

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> [@Superhal](#):
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> > [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> > No CD on the netbook. I might look for a cheap external drive, though.
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> USB powered drives start at $80, last I checked.

Bought mine off Ebay from a guy in Hong Kong. $25 bucks, but you need to plug one USB port into the outlet and one into the netbook or your motherboard gives you surge errors, lol… Other than that it’s worked swimmingly for two years now!

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