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First Look At Windows 7 On an Entry-Level Netbook

Posted by kdawson on from the could-be-worse dept.

davidmwilliams sends in his IT Wire review of how Windows 7RC1 performs on an Acer Aspire One netbook. Summing up: it runs, it won't win any speed competitions, you won't want to play Crysis on it, and it's pretty OK for light-duty, everyday tasks. In related news, several readers have noted that Windows 7 RC1 is now available; one anonymous reader notes "This time, Microsoft was smart not to limit the time that it's available or the number of keys. It will be up for download until July, so there's lots of time to grab a copy."

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  1. Ok, but what about memory? by alexandre_ganso · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Dos this version have the 3-app limit? What are the minimum memory requirements, and how much of that will be eaten by the OS itself?

    I remember previous versions minimum requirements being enough to open paintbrush and wordpad...

    Besides, those netbooks are not exactly known for their huge amounts of memory not for their easy upgrades...

  2. Re:Whoa by jkrise · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    netbook; it comes with 2GB of ram and a 160 GB hard drive...

    When netbooks first launched, the config was more like 512MB RAM and 4GB Solid State Drive. The spec you have stated is more a Notebook config; not Netbook.

    When a new vendor who is not bribed by Microsoft comes up with true Netbooks, Linux will win and Windows 7 will lose out.

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