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    HP Mini 1000 with Windows 7 ?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by the_forge.nz, Jun 19, 2009.

  1. the_forge.nz

    the_forge.nz Notebook Consultant

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    Gday
    do you think my Mini 1000 be able to handle windows 7 ??
    Currently it has an Intel Atom processor with 1GB of RAM

    Maybe I shoukd upgrade the RAM to 2GB , whch is what my xps1530 has with vista

    any way I think the mini is cool . It was an impulse buy. :D
     
    the_forge.nz, Jun 19, 2009
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    Infamous22 Notebook Deity

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    I believe Windows 7 requires 15-18 GB of hard drive space. That might be your only bottle neck. You would need to run everything without AERO obviously.
     
    Infamous22, Jun 19, 2009
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    chrixx Product Specialist NBR Reviewer

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    My Mini 1000 runs Windows 7 perfectly with 2GB of RAM (even 1GB is sufficient if you're not a heavy user). Aero is supported and does not degrade performance.
     
    chrixx, Jun 19, 2009
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    the_forge.nz Notebook Consultant

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    how did you get windows 7 on the hp mini ??
     
    the_forge.nz, Jun 19, 2009
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    chrixx Product Specialist NBR Reviewer

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    Copy the contents of the DVD onto a large USB flash drive or hard disk, make it bootable and boot from USB on the Mini. You can search on Google for how to do this.
    If you have an external DVD drive, you can burn it to DVD and install it that way too.
     
    chrixx, Jun 20, 2009
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