Cool little "laptop"

So, for $89 I picked up a little netbook... Asus eeePC 1000HE(sold with XP) with 2gb(max) ram and a 160gb hard drive with Windows 10 loaded. It actually runs pretty well, except it takes a bit to load a netflix movie, but once loaded, it runs fine. I put all my Line 6 software on it, so I can use it with Pod Farm and the Variax 500, and still send it by 1/4" to the I/O for Sonar. I am gonna get an SSD today. I'll get a 500gb and swap out the 256 in this pc and put the 256 in the netbook. I loaded Audacity for recording purposes, as I would guess 2 gb of ram could be an issue with Sonar. Now I can see a need for a mobile version, just for quickies......I think 10 runs better on it than 7.

I've use my ASUS HE 1000 for playback at live gigs since I bought it when they first came out.. 
First thing I did was up the memory to 2 Gigs which was petty maximium back then. 
Just last winter I added an SSD drive. Boy did that perk it up a lot. It's very solid and well built. 
I never had any issues with it and use it for not only my live playback device but was my main surfing and E mail computer for a few years. I also put on these Burn it Smart workshops and used it with a projector and power point for 3 years. It is so small and portable it fits in the projector gig bag.  
It came with a lot of bloatware so all I did was the usual housekeeping and optimizing and it has always been quick and responsive. Battery life is amazing and you can fly to Hawaii from Vancouver and still have 2 hours left over. The SSD drive even added longer battery life to it. And it say's around 10 hours when you unplug. ( more like 7-8 ) 
 
It runs fine on XP 32 bit. Because of the 2 GIG limit I would never even think of installing a newer OS. I get all I need from XP, And just note that XP is still getting updates and I've had no weird issues with it since they abandonded it last spring. XP still has its strong points if you know how to set it up properly. 
 
I was toying with getting a tablet to replace it but I need to use the USB ports for my foot control and this cheezy Behringer audio interface I'm using. I used the Real Tech on board for years without issue. It is dead quiet though the PA. I have found many laptops are noisy when using the on board output. Here's the HE1000 and my live rig. ALl fits in a small case. 
http://www.cactusmusic.ca/johns_rig.htm
 
 

I thought you needed 4 gigs or more to run 10,,,

I've got a similar ASUS netbook that runs like a pig on 32bit Win10 (Atom chip 2gb). Figure if it does not speed up by the end of the year via Windows update I'll wipe it and install Ubuntu Linux on it. That will make it fly.

Was hoping I could get Addictive drums to run on it as a standalone app but sadly was too slow (close but no cigar).

They fixed the screen resolution thingy. OS 10 is DESIGNED to run on  multiple platforms/chip sets. Technically speaking, there is no way XP, 7, or 8 should compete with 10 on a netbook. Strictly my opinion, but backed by some research..

I would never pretend to want to run Sonar on it, but for Pod Farm like dealios and such, it is prefecto! I have an iPhone 6+ and used to have an iPad mini. I prefer the big phone and a netbook with Win 10 over the mini and Android phone I had 6 months ago. Can't really afford an iPhone AND mini.....

Cactus Music
I thought you needed 4 gigs or more to run 10,,,

I have an IBM ThinkPad (before Lenovo bought the line) with a Pentium (single core) processor and 1 GB RAM. Those specs were NOT what kept Win10 from running on it. The problem? The display driver. It was never upgraded to Win7, much less Win10. It runs Win7 (without Aero) sort of OK, but I only use it now as a terminal, to configure my cable modem/router. A shame, really. I expect that it would run Win10 better than Win7, but will never get to try.