Can by Netbook run any type of chess engine

I was just wondering could my Netbook run any chess engines. I will not be using it to go deep into middlegame theory or analysing super hard positions I will be using my head a lot more than the engine I just want somewhere to be able to store and comment on my games without having to store it in some copy book.  My netbook is an acer Aspire 1 it that is relevant information

cheers not what chessbase wants you to believe

Netbooks suffer two limitations:

1. Memory. If your chosen engine can't be set to work with the memory you have (or tune itself, even better) it won't work well

2. CPU: it's possible (but I don't know how likely; not very I suspect) that your chosen engine will want to use a CPU instruction that isn't implemented on your notebook CPU. Since software developers tend to like their software to run everywhere, it's likely that it'll be coded to some base level, with possible speedups if there are useful instructions in higher end processors. (I really have no idea; I don't know much about the x86 instruction set, nevermind what recent extensions there have been, outside of 32 bit v. 64 bit and virtualisation.)

So: presuming your netbook has an x86 processor (which it will, unless it's a tablet) and that your OS is compatible with the software, you're _likely_ good to go. No warranty though; free advice and all that. :-)

I own a netbook also (Atom-CPU) Most netbooks can only use 1GB of RAM since no expansion slots are available for additional RAM (ready boost is an alternative if you own a usb-memory stick that is fast. Low cost you know and this is also the reason why the CPU is unable of performing so called "out of order instructions" which also is a disadvantage . So the netbook will be calculating slower but detecting tactics quickly enough. Deep Fritz works fine together with mine:-)

ok thanks I am going to do it