The netbook is sitting on a hard table. I certainly watch Youtube videos on occasion, but not most of the time. I am usually just on line like right now. When the fan began running louder and began exhausting far more heat, it was doing it continuously, day and night and now it is quiet and cool. I just ran a couple of youtube videos without an increase in heat or fan. I also finally just remembered the name Task Manager to determine activity and see that not much is happening (one percent right now, idle processes 99 percent). Unfortunately we weren't looking at it yesterday when things were running so much warmer.

SO: my first question is, how do modern folks work without a dvd. So my first question is, do you need a DVD player? Only you can honestly answer that, we each use our computers differently, there being no real right or wrong way. I very rarely use mine. If you download anything from the internet it can simply be installed from the Downloads file. Thumb/flash drives are almost at give away prices for the larger versions now too. Do you have enough data to warrant an external drive or would the external drive be an extravagance in your case. I don't or won't put anything in the clouds, maybe just an odd quirk in my case but....... On the email situation why not create a couple of throw away space based accounts with Yahoo, Live, Hotmail, Gmail or who ever else takes your fancy? I still use POP3 with my MS Office program but have three throw away accounts for when dealing with anyone who is not family or friend because I do not want my main email account cluttered with spam.

Yes, your understanding about 'Duc de Bragance' tallies with my experience: purple/violet, sweet/spicy, scent varies. The sun is hard on the blossoms. Mine, fortunately, gets a lot of dappled shade. He grows in a peculiar fashion all his own, long and tall and kind of wispy--in truth, not the most attractive of plants. And, more on the not-so-good side, rather prone to fungal adventures. As with the growth, so with the blooming: Peculiar: Periods of scattered bloom. But the color is remarkable and smooth, and the form is delightful. In my earlier post, I had forgotten to mention my favorite HP, the foundling 'Jay's Crimson Hudson', which I couldn't do without; and the sort-of HP 'Erinnerung an Brod', which is OK but only a once-bloomer for me, and a rather awkward plant. Still, it grows, it blooms. Of HPs, I also have an 'Amedee Philibert', but haven't quite decided about her merits.

Sounds like your okay if they're both working (WiFi and Bluetooth) chas045. I had a WiFi / Bluetooth Card in my Acer Aspire V5 573p-6896 Laptop that stopped working when I upgraded from Win 8.1 to Win 10. I purchased a different card on Ebay for around $2.80 and it worked flawlessly, yep did have to enter the network password. I then took the Card that stopped working and installed it in my old Acer Aspire 5742z-4601 that had been upgraded to Win 10. This card worked fine WiFi and Bluetooth in this computer, just not the original computer it came in. Had the Same problem with my Wife's Acer Aspire V5 573p-6896 and Win 10. They both worked fine when reverting back to Win 8.1.