Upgrade Asus G1 to SSD and Win 7/8?

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gkitf16

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I'm tossing around the idea of upgrading my Asus G1 HD to an SSD. Been looking at OCZ, Corsair, etc. I've currently got Win XP Pro on it now, which is still OK but it's a tired OS. Been using Win 7 64-bit on my Asus P7 desktop and love the OS.

The laptop is a 15" Asus G1-AK024C, with 2GB memory, 250GB 7200 rpm HD and Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz CPU. Would it be worth it to switch to an SSD of around 120GB (~$150-180) and put Windows 7 or possibly 8 on it (~$139)? How much, if any, would my battery life improve? On a full charge it shows roughly an hour. It's a couple years old, so I'm sure there's a bit of aging.

Being this is a 32-bit machine, will this be a good investment or no? I don't want to waste a fresh license of Windows 7/8 if I can get a newer laptop for the same $$$ or better. Whaddya guys think?
 
I figured probably not. The screen drags most of the juice I assume. I usually plug in unless it's something quick I need to do for less than an hour. And that's one of the reasons I'd like to get an SSD, is the great boot times and normally disk-intensive applications will benefit. Snappier performance in general that doesn't rely so much on CPU horsepower.
 
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