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i installed win7 over a flash drive before. there was a guide, i'll see if i can find it again.
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Netbook: Buy or Wait
- Thread starter hydrata
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i installed win7 over a flash drive before. there was a guide, i'll see if i can find it again.
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that was exactly what i used!
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I've read a lot of people using Win 7 on netbooks. Seems to run smooth. If i ever jump and grab one it'd be what I run. Love it on my desktop.
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Well, just wanted to update my netbook status: I'm going to sell my Asus 1000HE.
My biggest beef with it is, running XP and firefox, the Atom seems to choke up on any sort of multitasking. I've had to disable javascript on a lot of sites because it really hangs for 5+ seconds, and by hang I mean I can't even hit stop or alt-tab.
IMHO, surfing the web means being able to load 2 arbitary tabs at the same time, regardless of javascript or embedded flash videos, without any noticeable delay. Unfortunately, these "netbooks" still can't even do that.
Honestly, the atom is seriously underpowered.
My biggest beef with it is, running XP and firefox, the Atom seems to choke up on any sort of multitasking. I've had to disable javascript on a lot of sites because it really hangs for 5+ seconds, and by hang I mean I can't even hit stop or alt-tab.
IMHO, surfing the web means being able to load 2 arbitary tabs at the same time, regardless of javascript or embedded flash videos, without any noticeable delay. Unfortunately, these "netbooks" still can't even do that.
Honestly, the atom is seriously underpowered.
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well as far as i knew win7 isnt retail yet... im running the RC but those in the MS network can get other versions i think. the RC im running on my desktop is a win7 ult version.
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MSDN. I've got all versions. Running Pro on my desktop, downloaded Starter for the netbook.
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Got my 1008HA in the mail this morning. Got Win7 Starter loaded and running. Loaded it from a USB stick, details here. Installation finshed, rebooted an hung at the 'starting windows' with animation screen for over an hour. Disabled quick boot in bios and it booted up fine to the well known 'Win7 Black Screen'. Haven't fixed it yet. And theres an unknown device in devmgr I can't find a driver for.
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Bailed on Win7, couldn't find a way around the black screen- and I tried a lot. So okay, I'll 'settle' for XP right? HA! I tried LOTS of things to load xp from a usb stick, to no avail! Theres some pretty standard methods and they just didn't work for me. So I broke down and pulled the HDD, put it in my desktop and loaded XP on it. Swapped back and it just half boots to BSOD. Awesome. So I bought a external dvd-rom drive from BB and XP claims I have no hard disks!! GRRR. The eeePC cd runs setup fine, but I didn't want that. I downloaded Ubuntu 9.04 netbook remix and installed it a usb stick and that loads FINE. I only took half the hdd for linux so I'm going to try to get xp on there when I'm done. Ridiculous. Good site for getting ubuntu running on this thing.
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Just stick with ubuntu IMO.
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Im waiting for 3rd gen netbooks with win 7 =)
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Ion 2 and a 12" screen and I would be a very happy camper.
