The Intel Atom is fast for everything except for Flash Games and Video Play. The GPU of the Atom APU is pretty weak is the issue. The CPU is a Intel Atom N280 1.66Ghz single-core with Hyperthreading making it look like 2 cores but pretty weak.
When the netbook was new in Fall of 2009 when I bought it, it played streaming videos ok in 360p standard definition but 720phigh definition would stutter for Youtube. Movies played through VLC played fine for movies as MP4's etc full screen.
Now in Fall 2018 though videos cant be placed full screen or else you only get sound and like 1 frame per 5 seconds updated. However the video in the small box of play of Youtube without selecting full screen plays ok with some stutter. I havent tried VLC yet with Linux Mint 19 to see if it is still happy or not as I have a new Core i3 8th Generation laptop for games and videos, but for fear of getting my new laptop stolen when on the road I leave this new computer at home at all times and I take old computers around with me that no one would bother with stealing or if they stole it no personal information to steal from me and they would have a low end computer on their hands of little value to a pawn shop.
I generally tuck it under the seat but no matter that detail, if I came back out to my car and it was gone. Oh well.. I have a stack of old laptops to pick from. Its just that the Netbook is nice and small and surprisingly the 9 year old battery can still run for 4.5 hours on a full battery charge so battery is healthy. Whereas the others would need to be plugged into an inverter to keep them alive with 120VAC inside my car.
For the longest time before this Netbook I would bring a Pentium III 600Mhz Dell around with me with 384MB RAM and a Rosewill USB Wireless Adapter plugged into the single USB 1.1 port for connecting to open wireless networks, and I'd at times have my car unlocked and no one messed with it because it was this old computer and generally the people who steal that stuff have an idea of whats new from old so they wont bother with it unless they want to steal your info. This laptop died when battery leaked all over main board. So the netbook was the replacement to this. But until Linux Mint 19 I thought maybe thats it for this netbook. But nope its good for a couple more years maybe, but only for Linux operation for online use while on the road.
I probably should have clarified my web use habits for this hardware in my initial post. I dont use this netbook for watching any movies. Its mainly used for researching information and typing on forums and logging onto and interacting with my colleges Moodle 3 server.
Which with Windows 10 the Netbook was just a heater pumping out hot air out its side and not very responsive for doing anything.
However with Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon 32-bit it acts fast to have multiple tabs open and surf the web for doing just about anything else except the Flash games and Videos should be avoided still because the GPU is weak and always has been weak.
