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    Atom N230 - XP or Win7 x64

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by michaeljean, May 10, 2010.

  1. michaeljean

    michaeljean Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys I have a acer aspire revo 1600 as my little home server /media pc and it works good with win7 32 bit. It's not super fast which I don't think any atom is but it plays movies downloads torrents and other basic stuff I need it to do.

    It came with XP and I'm thinking of going back just because xp is so light and simple compared to windows 7, I have 4gb or ram and 512mb set to video.

    Is xp a better performer than win7 overall?
     
    michaeljean, May 10, 2010
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  2. Angelic

    Angelic Kickin' back :3

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    Do you have Windows 7 Starter? That edition is as light as XP, resource-wise. You won't really see any performance gains going back to XP, so I'd stick with W7. If you have W7 Home Premium and want it to be a little faster, just disable some graphical features. :)
     
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  3. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    My Toshiba NB200 works fine with Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bits, quite smooth actually. With 4GB ram your comp should be having no issue with W7.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, May 11, 2010
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  4. ajreynol

    ajreynol Notebook Virtuoso

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    Win7 easily.
     
    ajreynol, May 11, 2010
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  5. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes NvGPUPro

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    I want to say Win7 64-bit any edition.. but that is on the faster Atom desktop that my mother has... it's a Nvidia ION, with an Atom N330 (dual core 64-bit, 1.6Ghz), with 2 GB of RAM. It runs very well under it, very smooth. I don't think it will cause a trouble in your case, although I have no idea if your GPU can handle Aero... I don't have a netbook to know or have looked into the all GPU options.
     
    GoodBytes, May 16, 2010
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    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Try using eboostr 4, and use the hidden ram inaccessible to your computer as ram cache or optionally allocated some ram to cache your revo. The result will make your nettop feel as fast as a quadcore desktop.
     
    jackluo923, May 16, 2010
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  7. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes NvGPUPro

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    Fast read/write and access time doesn't mean faster processing. So no it doesn't make it as fast a quadcore desktop, but raher a system with a really really really really really really fast SSD that we does not exist today.
     
    GoodBytes, May 16, 2010
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