Netbooks pros cons and 7

The only issue I have with my 1000he is the low res 1024x600 resolution, and how crappy flash is encoded that it makes my computer stutter. I can play 720 p divx files all day but a crappy youtube video bogs it down. Adobe get your **** together!

Boot times? I don't bother shutting down my netbook, the hibernate function kills any debate about boot times. I'm back in windows in 10 seconds or less. Battery life? 4 hours super performance mode, and 6 to 7 hours on battery saver mode. I usually run it in battery saver except when I want to watch youtube and I have move to performance mode (really adobe?really?

I'd say go for it, Win 7 by far has the best battery life.

Konceptz804 said:

I'd say go for it, Win 7 by far has the best battery life.

What testing have you done? My experience and pretty much the rest of the internet agrees that battery life is worse in Windows 7. At least until better drivers come out.

Tom's Hardware actually tested it, and XP SP3 killed 7 RC in the battery test on an Acer Aspire One. My general observations on an Eee 900HA agrees with these findings.

In fact, XP killed it in most of the benchmarks. I love Windows 7, but XP is (obviously) still faster on older/slower hardware.

Skitals said:

What testing have you done? My experience and pretty much the rest of the internet agrees that battery life is worse in Windows 7. At least until better drivers come out.

I have to agree.
I got my Asus Eee PC901 to take to Florida with me. I got two full films and an episode of Family guy out of it on the plane. This was with XP.
Last week i thought i would try the same test, same films, with W7 7600.
I got just about halfway through the second when the 901 shut down. I would say thats about 2 hours short.
I do notice the fan is on a lot more, in fact i fidn my home PC is also running its fans at higher speeds.
Ill stick with W7 because i like it and with my 901 having good battery life anyway its not a huge problem.
I really only using when travelling, to check emails, net browsing and as a portable entertainment system.
For me its ideal. Ive never owned a laptop due to their size/cost. My 901 fits in my guitar bag or rucksack just perfectly and most of the time i dont have to worry about taking a charger with me.

Skitals said:

What testing have you done? My experience and pretty much the rest of the internet agrees that battery life is worse in Windows 7. At least until better drivers come out.

Tom's Hardware actually tested it, and XP SP3 killed 7 RC in the battery test on an Acer Aspire One. My general observations on an Eee 900HA agrees with these findings.

In fact, XP killed it in most of the benchmarks. I love Windows 7, but XP is (obviously) still faster on older/slower hardware.

Well i dont know about you and the rest of the internet, but on my HP Elitebook 6930p, win 7 build 7264 x64bit performed far superior to vista ultimate sp2 x64. I wont have my daughter this weekend so i'll be able to load 7600 rtm on it and see what happens. I've never tried XP.

Konceptz804 said:

Well i dont know about you and the rest of the internet, but on my HP Elitebook 6930p, win 7 build 7264 x64bit performed far superior to vista ultimate sp2 x64. I wont have my daughter this weekend so i'll be able to load 7600 rtm on it and see what happens. I've never tried XP.

HP Elitebook 6930p != a netbook.
Vista != XP.

Enough said.

Skitals said:

HP Elitebook 6930p != a netbook.
Vista != XP.

Enough said.

netbook battery consumption isn't that much difference then a laptop, specially mine. And have you or toms hardware or the rest of the internet tested AGAIN with the MOST RECENT BUILD of win7????