Windows 7 on an entry level netbook

jmke · 5th May 2009, 17:05

The Acer Aspire One isn’t cutting edge by any means, but nor is it aimed at the young, sporting an 8.9” screen and a keyboard suitable for fat fingered adults like myself. It has an Intel Atom N270 processor running at 1.6GHz, 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard disk drive.

Video is powered by an onboard Mobile Intel 945 express chipset running at 1024x600 resolution. This chip is not DirectX 10 compliant, but that’s no deal-breaker. You won’t be running Crysis on this machine! I made a fresh Windows 7 installation instead of opting to upgrade the existing Windows XP, but started clean. The installation was successful without errors or problems arising and without any missing hardware drivers afterwards.

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24805/1231/

5th May 2009, 17:05	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	Windows 7 on an entry level netbook The Acer Aspire One isn’t cutting edge by any means, but nor is it aimed at the young, sporting an 8.9” screen and a keyboard suitable for fat fingered adults like myself. It has an Intel Atom N270 processor running at 1.6GHz, 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard disk drive. Video is powered by an onboard Mobile Intel 945 express chipset running at 1024x600 resolution. This chip is not DirectX 10 compliant, but that’s no deal-breaker. You won’t be running Crysis on this machine! I made a fresh Windows 7 installation instead of opting to upgrade the existing Windows XP, but started clean. The installation was successful without errors or problems arising and without any missing hardware drivers afterwards. http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24805/1231/ __________________

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