Seven steps to netbook marital bliss with Windows 7.
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More than fifty million netbooks have been sold since the phenomenon's beginnings in late 2007, and of those, only a small fraction run Windows 7. With cheap licenses available in family packs and academic discounts, and XP installs increasingly decrepit, ugly, and vulnerable to malware, lots of Windows 7 upgrades are going to happen. However, a quick install from a USB DVD-ROM or thumb drive won't let users get the most out of a netbook. As with the Hindu Saptapadi wedding vows, there are seven steps to optimizing your netbook for maximum Windows 7 performance.
Nice read. I've got Windows 7 Professional installed on my Advent Milano netbook, and surprisingly it works really well by default. It wasn't pre-installed, so I had to format the netbook and then install from scratch with the default settings.
I haven't even done any customising really, but it works like a charm. I'm very impressed by how well it runs, especially since on a previous netbook I owned I had XP installed, and that didn't run too well.
System Manufacturer/Model Number Advent Milano & MacBook (Dual Boot) OS Mac OS X, Windows 7 & Windows XP CPU Intel Atom Processor N270 Memory 1024MB DDR2 RAM Graphics Card Intel Integrated GMA 950 Sound Card High Definition Audio Device Monitor(s) Displays 10.2" Widescreen Screen Resolution 1024 x 600
Hard Drives 160GB Internal
30GB Portable External
500GB External Internet Speed 8MB Broadband & 3G Mobile Broadband
i've considered a netbook purchase but after using my cousins HP model for a very short period i noticed it really made my hands start to cramp up. do any of the have a decent keyboard?
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition CPU Intel Core i7 Extreme 3.33GHz Motherboard EVGA X-58 SLI Classified Memory 12GB DDR3 Graphics Card 2x EVGA 285 2GB in SLI Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi ExtremeGamer Monitor(s) Displays 30" Viewsonic
PSU Thermaltake 1000w supporting quad SLI Case Thermaltake Armor Full Tower Cooling Thermaltake V1 CPU+DIY Liquid cooling Hard Drives 2x1TB Western Digital 7200RPM in RAID 0/1TB WD My Book External HDD
Quite a few of the newer 10" models have really nice keyboards. The best thing to do is to go to a computer store where they have display units and check them out for yourself. If your cousin had an earlier HP model, it's probably smaller than the newer ones. The first netbooks started off at 7", then 9", and are most commonly now 10".
System Manufacturer/Model Number Advent Milano & MacBook (Dual Boot) OS Mac OS X, Windows 7 & Windows XP CPU Intel Atom Processor N270 Memory 1024MB DDR2 RAM Graphics Card Intel Integrated GMA 950 Sound Card High Definition Audio Device Monitor(s) Displays 10.2" Widescreen Screen Resolution 1024 x 600
Hard Drives 160GB Internal
30GB Portable External
500GB External Internet Speed 8MB Broadband & 3G Mobile Broadband
i've considered a netbook purchase but after using my cousins HP model for a very short period i noticed it really made my hands start to cramp up. do any of the have a decent keyboard?
I have a Samsung N130 and the keyboard is of a very high standard. But I suppose it depends on the size of the user's hand.
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built OS Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) CPU Intel I5 2500K 3.3Ghz Stock Motherboard Asus P8H 61-M LE USB 3 Memory 8Gig Kingston DDRIII HyperX Blue 1333 Mhz Graphics Card Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 460 OC Sound Card Creative Fatality Pro Monitor(s) Displays 27" BENQ LED Screen Resolution 1920X1080
Keyboard Some Logitech type. Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU 700W Coolermaster Stealth Pro etc Case Coolermaster Scout Cooling Some fans Hard Drives 1 x OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD
1 x Seagate 250GB
1 x Toshiba 1000GB
1 x Western Digital 1000GB Internet Speed Wireless 8mb Other Info Canon Scanner
Epson Printer
Nikon DSLR 3000
Wacom Tablet
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