Windows 7 on a netbook?

[DMGrier]

I looked it up, I can upgrade my netbook to 2 GB, could it run windows 7 smoothly?

 

[aviation_man]

I take it that this is a netbook with an Intel Atom N270? Then yes, it will run smoothly.

 

[Laquer Head]

Yuppers..

I got it on my Acer Aspire One with the N270 atom chip and it runs perfectly fine with 1GB ram and 160 hard drive..plus aero runs perfectly fine!!!!!

Made a wonderful improvement over the XP that came with it...

I recommend to do it!!!!!! 32-bit only though!!!

 

[linkin]

if you do run 7 on a netbook, make sure you can use Aero and you use 32 bit only, unless your netbook has 4gb of ram.

 

[DMGrier]

What is Aero? Did you guys have any problems with your drivers?

 

[Laquer Head]

My acer was perfect...did everything right away...then you just run windows update for any extras.

Aero Glass is the 3D interface that was introduced with Vista and carried over to Win7..gives you see though menus and other neat visual effects!

 

[linkin]

^ yes, and without it vista and 7 just aren't the same. sometimes i just open and close folders to see the effects.

 

[DMGrier]

Thanks guys, glad to hear that 7 will run. XP isn't bad but I like 7 more and I don't like being two OS's behind.

 

[The_Other_One]

Still running XP on my Acer, but they do come preloaded with Windows 7, and are typically configured with only 1GB RAM. The ones I saw weren't running Aero either, but I know they are capable.