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There are only two, maybe three full featured qualitative software that I believe could run on a netbook. MaxQDA is one, and QDA Miner is the other one. You may also try HyperResearch (IMO somewhat behind in terms of features) . Atlas.ti or NVivo are too resource intensive to run smoothly on a netbook. The screen height could definitely be problematic with most of these software. Ian --- On Thu, 11/17/11, Claus Stefer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Claus Stefer <[log in to unmask]> Subject: CAQDAS for netbooks To: [log in to unmask] Received: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 2:46 AM Dear Kate, I can only speak for MAXQDA. It works perfectly fine with Windows 7 (the actual Version (starter and so on) doesn't matter). Also the hardware specs a absolutely sufficient. In fact two good friends of mine were using exactly your netbook model along with MAXQDA. There seems to be only one limitation: the vertical screen resolution of 600px limits the usage experience. But I am afraid that this point concerns many oft the modern and highly developed CAQDAS packages since their layout is mostly adapted to the modern wide screens with high resolution. This is no real usage limitation, the screen will simply look somehow cluttered. Best regards from Marburg/Germany, Claus > Kate Gooding > 14. November 2011 18:22 > Dear all > > Sorry to bother you all, but I was wondering whether anyone could help with suggestions for basic QDA software that will run easily on a netbook? > > While on fieldwork, I'm going to be using a Samsung N145, details below: > Intel Atom Processor N455 - 1.66 GHz - 512 KB L2 Cache > Operating System Genuine Windows(r) 7 Starter > RAM - 1GB installed DDR2 Memory (800MHz) > Screen resolution - WSVGA - 1024 x 600 pixels > Hard drive 320GB SATA > > I'm looking for some QDA software that will suit the netbook. Most packages I've looked at talk about compatibility with windows XP or vista, but not windows 7 or windows 7 starter. I don't need to do complicated tasks, just basic code and retrieve. Also, I won't have reliable internet connection, so it needs to be something I can use offline. I'm no technical wiz (as you can probably tell from this email!), so something very simple would be ideal. > > Apologies that this is probably a very basic question - I'm new to CAQDAS and trying to learn from resources already on the web, but I haven't been able to find an answer for this. Thanks for your patience and I'd really appreciate any suggestions. > > Many, many thanks! > Kate