Windows 7 + Netbook = Amazing
I can’t remember being so excited for a Windows release. I was actually up early on a Saturday morning to get the download. Sadly though, Microsoft was overloading. I waited and waited, and still no sign of the download.
Then came a link from Daniel, which pointed me to NeoWin. And guess what they had? Direct links to the ISO’s on the Microsoft site.
The Install
I was amazed how quickly Windows 7 installed, took around 15-20 minutes using a USB attached CD-ROM. Apart from that it’s not too different from Vista, though there are a few less screens.
I was also able to do a clean install of the 32bit version. Not sure why people were saying you needed Vista SP1 to go anywhere…
Running it
I knew that Microsoft had been promising us it will run on a netbook, but I still had doubts given how badly Vista runs on them. How wrong I was, it runs amazingly – even with Aero turned on. My whole machine feels as fast, if not faster than it did in XP, and the battery life seems to have improved which is nice.
Driver support, for me at least, wasn’t a problem. Only my card reader didn’t work on the first boot, but a quick Windows Update later and everything seems to be going! Even bluetooth which had caused me quite a few problems in XP.
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More coming soon!
Posted By My Little Blog at on 23/04/2009
