A:Answer If the laptop can run those programs, I would bet that it would be extremely SLOW. This little laptop is really, really, slow. Everything you do on it seems to have a noticeable delay. Mine lasted less than 24hrs before the network card would no longer connect to any network. I returned it and swapped it out for the ASUS at only $219.00. The Asus is NOTICEABLY faster than the Thomson, and has already surpassed the 24hr window that I owned the Thomson. I recommend shelling out the extra $32.00 for the $219.00 ASUS, or HP. You will be happy that you did.