1kyle Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 (edited) Great News that most of the very very popular (8.9 inch) "Netbooks" are shipping with XP installed and NONE are shipping with VISTA. (VISTA would be a bit of a dog running on these). Some come with Linux but in general XP HOME is installed on them.Even Microsoft has been overwhelmed by the popularity of these -- and there are literally 100,000's now out there with XP HOME installed.SS and Simple burner work absolutely 100% on these. Users also aren't going to want to install a NEW OS with a computer only 2 or 3 months old so we might get a Windows XP SP4.These netbooks alter the whole timeframe of the lifecycle of Windows XP .Incidentally I've run W7 (32 bit) on one of these --works fine but don't even think of trying VISTA especially on a 1GB RAM netbook. Mine's got 2GB but even then I'm not running VISTA on it.Taking a Netbook also to a live gig is fine -- these almost slip into your pocket -- great devices and here in the UK you can even get a FREE one by signing up to some mobile Broadband services --even in a recession you can get some bargains.Cheers-K Edited February 16, 2009 by 1kyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian10161 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 I'm running Vista on my Aspire One and I'll say, it does run quite well. Windows 7 I didn't notice much of a difference in performance on it.Mine is the 1gb, 160gb model.XP definitely runs the best on them though, the Atom processor just doesn't have the guts to run Vista like my Core 2 Duo Laptop and Phenom X4 desktop. But, it is good enough for mobile internet and the like.I love my netbook! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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