More Windows 7
Since I was so impressed with Windows 7 on my regular laptop, I decided to try it out on my netbook. I’ve got a little Acer Aspire One job. Its got a pretty low end CPU (1.6 GHz Intel Atom), but its got a reasonable amount of RAM (1 GB) and HDD (120 GB). It also has no CD drive, so I had to google around to figure out how to install Windows 7 from a flash drive. Once I did that, the install went smoothly.
It started off running pretty choppy, it clearly can’t handle all of the visual effects being thrown at it. After about an hour of fooling around, though, I was able to turn off the non-essential things (transparency was a big offender) and get something that works pretty well. No way this sucker would run Vista regardless of the setting…
Summary: I continue to be impressed with Windows 7. Good day.
