Hi i am looking for some advice,
A family member has an Acer Aspire One netbook, and they would like a Windows Operating system installed. I have already installed my copy of windows XP Home on my own identical netbook, which runs fairly well, but not great. So basically i would like to knw if i got Vista or 7, would either of those run better than XP?
The specs of the AA1 are:
16Gb SSD
1.6GHz Intel Atom N270
1Gb RAM DDR2
Thanks, Rob
Hello Rob,
I would go with a Windows 7 edition instead of Vista. While the Windows 7 minimum system requirements are below, it would be best to have at least 2GB of RAM for better performance.
Hope this helps,
- 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor
- 1 GB RAM for 32-bit Windows 7 OR 2 GB RAM for 64-bit Windows 7
- 16 GB available hard disk space for 32-bit Windows 7 OR 20 GB for 64-bit Windows 7
- Graphics card or chip that supports DirectX 9 with 128 MB memory (to have Aero theme enabled)
- DVD-R/W drive, or bootable USB port with Windows 7 USB flash drive
- Internet or phone access to activate Windows 7.
Shawn
1GB is the bare minimum for Windows 7. It won't run exceptionally well. 2GB is the sweet spot for actually noticing a speed difference.
So basically, it's XP unless I upgrade the netbook?
OookkayyXP it is then, thanks for all the advice,
Rob
If that model of netbook has Windows 7 drivers available for it at Acer, then you could install say the 32-bit Windows 7 Starter or 32-bit Windows 7 Home Basic if you like. It's just that it will not run as well with 1GB as it would with 2GB or more. That's all. :)
I think most of the Acer Aspire One (new gen from last year) have drivers for "Windows 7 Starter & Basics" edition, at least...and the ability of 2GB Ram...
Knowing the price for 1Gb Ram (DDR2 it should be) so cheap actually, you can give a try for a Windows 7 edition even a Home Premium x32 bits are listed for Netbook Aspire One:
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You'll definitely need more storage space. A fresh install is around 10GB.
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