Comments on: Windows 7 on a netbook: looks good so far

By: paul

paul — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:19:11 +0000

video doesn’t play well on my hp 2133, any ideas for me?

By: Mark Schneider

Mark Schneider — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:46:47 +0000

I heard Paul Thurott on Windows Weekly say that Steve Sinosky uses a Netbook for his day to day Windows 7 machine. So I guess that must be a criteria for the OS.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:50:27 +0000

Yes, I enabled the unlocked features this morning and have been playing with the new taskbar features. More to follow…

By: Ash Ganatra

Ash Ganatra — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:39:37 +0000

Did you run the hack to enable the new start bar?

By: mark schneider

mark schneider — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:02:16 +0000

I’m looking forward to WINDOWS 7, I was using the HP 2133 running Vista Basic and was surprised how well it worked. I’m still waiting for the best keyboard and a faster Atom processor.
I gave up on Macs largely because of the poor hard drive access on y old Powerbook. Now I hate the new screens. Frankly Vista is fine for me I don’t miss OSX at all. 7 looks even better.

By: Luscious

Luscious — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:07:27 +0000

I’m also thinking that MS will kill XP when Win7 is released, but I’m certain the netbooks that will be shipping by the time Win7 is out will have a next-gen Atom/chipset inside that will handle the OS better.

That’s not to say you need to be a VP to tell where this is all headed. Without the XP restrictions, you would already have a netbook today with a 1280 screen, 2GB ram and up to 500GB hard drive. The C7-M CPU on the 2133 mininote runs 720p video flawlessly, and can be ordered with draft-n wireless.

While today’s netbooks may indeed be limited in use and function as just a simple notebook, I’m fairly certain that tomorrow’s netbooks will have the bells and whistles you find in a C2D notebook today – 64-bit CPU/OS, 4GB ram, 1280 screen and large/fast storage.

If a great notebook can replace a desktop, there’s no reason why a great netbook cannot replace a notebook.

By: Samuel Nd

Samuel Nd — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:57:28 +0000

Microsoft will kill XP when Win 7 comes out. Therefore nutbooks need to step up its bye-bye. Looks like AMD is getting into the game. Look at the notebooks.com site. AMD veep talks what he wants to see in a netbook. He calls them "mini-notebook." Sign of things to come? Here: http://www.notebooks.com/2008/10/30/my-perfect-mini-notebook/

By: W&7

W&7 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:54:02 +0000

Why such eagerness to try Windows 7 on an netbook? it hardly seems worth it, is not like one would gain any advantage whatsoever from doing so…other than killing time waitng for the economy to improve, that is.

By: AllanCJ

AllanCJ — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:11:08 +0000

I have been wondering whether people who buy XP-installed netbooks now will be able to install Windows 7 when it becomes available, and whether they can expect to see an improvement or a deterioration of performance.

By: Ian Dixon

Ian Dixon — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:00:16 +0000

I have Windows 7 working on my Q1, but the sound is not working