Hello Everyone,

Before I ask my question, I should state that I am a technosaur. I am WAY behind the times of current technology. I do not understand alot of the terms and things that most of you use everyday.

I am considering getting myself a netbook. I am thinking along the lines of an Acer Aspire One or an HP 110-1046NR . Cheap and basic, for my entry into this era.

My question is, is it a PC? Meaning can I run programs, that I run on my desktop, on them? I need to be able to use stuff like MS Word, I need to install TurboCad, .pdf software etc. These things, and other programs, I have on CD's. I understand that there is no CD drive on these mini's, but I figure I can connect to my home network, allow sharing, and utilize the drives from my desktop. But do you just install programs onto these netbooks, just like it was another regular computer? Or do I have to find actual applications, made for these netbooks?

I know my question is worded poorly, but not quite sure how to ask it any better.

Thanks for any help.