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    Windows 7 performance on netbooks?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by canonyau, Nov 21, 2009.

  1. canonyau

    canonyau Notebook Consultant

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    I was about to get an Eee PC 1005HA and have found there to be quite a considerable price difference between the Windows 7 starter and windows XP versions. The question is, is Windows 7 starter worth the upgrade from XP on this particular platform?

    There are plenty of reports of netbooks with windows 7 starter having worse battery performance by about 15%.

    I was wondering whether anyone has run any benchmarks making comparisons between these 2 OS's specifically on netbooks.
     
    canonyau, Nov 21, 2009
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  2. Tinselworm

    Tinselworm Notebook Deity

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    Better than Vista
    Better than XP
    Better than OS X
    Better than Ubuntu

    What am I?

    *angels chorus*

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    But yeah, windows 7 SHOULD hold better performance etc- as to the battery life, try changing the powerplan...
     
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  3. hypdotspec

    hypdotspec Notebook Evangelist

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    I'd stick with XP over Win7 Starter...

    you can have only 3 programs open in Win7 starter and can't run full aero.

    Win7 Home Premium is another animal though, and i'd definitely recommend that one...
     
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  4. booboo12

    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    I can't wholeheartedly recommend Starter. It's lacking some basic XP features like Fast User Switching, and can't run the Aero UI, which not only looks pretty, but has several usibilty enhancements as well.

    However, Starter can run as many apps as you want it to. It is no longer limited to 3 apps at once. :)
     
    booboo12, Nov 21, 2009
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  5. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes NvGPUPro

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    EEEPC with XP... is cheaper because XP is older than Win7, and want to finish with the XP system to make room for newer systems.

    I recommend you look for Nvdia ION platform netbooks. Lenovo makes one, and I think ASUS is going to have one in the near future, IIRC. It provides you with greater performance, and will run Windows 7 full without issues.. for a netbook that is.
     
    GoodBytes, Nov 22, 2009
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  6. Szadzik

    Szadzik Notebook Evangelist

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    I have a Samsung NC10 with 2GB memory and 1.6GHz CPU and Windows 7 Home Premium runs great with Aero on.

    No need to look for some fancy stuff, just change 1GB RAM into 2GB and you're good to go.
     
    Szadzik, Nov 22, 2009
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  7. jnjroach

    jnjroach Notebook Evangelist

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    I have the nb205 from Toshiba, upgraded to 2 GB of RAM running Win 7 Ultimate with-out issue and it runs just as well as XP did. I get 6.5-9 hours of battery on each charge depending on usuage which is what I had with XP.


    Jeff
     
    jnjroach, Nov 22, 2009
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