Just wondering, I'm on a Windows 7 Dell Netbook (hence the title) and have a PS3 which I play Skyrim on and I was wondering if I could mod on my netbook. If you're wondering why, it's because I'm still holding out for mods on consoles... *cough* lost cause *cough*.

Probably won't work and you'd need the PC version of the game anyhow as it's a prerequisite for the CK. The CK is more resource consumptive than the game, so even if a rig can manage the game, there's no guarantee it'll also run the CK.

Mods on console: Don't hold your breath. I'd get a desktop together and make the transition happen. You'll never look back.

When you say you want to mod - do you mean you want to make mods, or that you just want to run them?

If it's the latter, then obviously you'd to need buy Skyrim for the PC - but before you do that, do a check at system requirements lab to make sure it'd even cope with vanilla - http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/ (do this from the computer you'd be running Skyrim from, obviously!)

The results are usually quite over-optimistic - performance will often be lower than they report (ie. minimum specs would be higher).

If vanilla works, some mods will work fine if they're just tweaks - but graphics mods and mods that add loads of new spawns or scripting are likely to be an issue. If vanilla Skyrim works and you keep a small load order of mods, you might not have too much of an issue.