If you thought cheap gigabyte hard drives meant no one is concerned about space on their computers anymore, think again. There are plenty of netbook owners out there who, because they opted for a solid state drive instead of a conventional one, have as little as 16, 8 or even 4 gigs of hard drive space.

If you think running a modern computer with only 4 gigs of space is impossible, I’ve got news for you: It is possible.

So, how do you manage this with such a small hard drive? Easily. Here are a few tricks you can use to free up space on your netbook.

Use Web Apps

Now-a-days everything’s on the cloud, and if you can find a desktop app to do something you can probably find a web app for it.

Avoid Large Programs

Software can fill your hard drive up quicker than you might even imagine, which is why it’s generally a good idea to avoid programs larger than is strictly necessary.

Use Dropbox

Here’s what I suggest you do: use your Dropbox as your “currently working on” folder. Thanks to Dropbox’s key feature – namely syncing files across all your computers – all of your current projects will always be on both our machines.

Do you have any space-saving strategies you use to free up space on your netbook? Share with us all.