First Look At Windows 7 On an Entry-Level Netbook

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 5, 2009 @12:08AM 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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Re:At the risk of being redundant by Anonymous Coward · 2009-05-05 05:41 · Score: -1, Redundant

Why is it that the faster computers get, the code gets slower. Just because you have X amount of cores, running at Y Ghz, doesn't mean you need to use up all avilable RAM and processing power. I bet Windows XP runs twice as fast as Windows 7, offers the same stability/features while being faster on newer hardware.
Fuck Win7.