I recently purchased an Asus Aspire One NAV50 (532h-2789), I wanted to use it for writing, but found it a bit too small for that task. It sat around for a few weeks while I figured out what to do with it… and figure out I did. Turn it into a gaming emulation machine running Ubuntu 12.04, DosBOX, and ScummVM.

To peak the netbook’s performance, I upgraded the RAM to the (max) 2 gigs, and also upgraded the manufacturer’s 160 gig HD to a OCZ Vertex II SSD (SATA II & 120 GB). A video outline the details concerning this […]