Xp or W7 for netbook?

[zod96]

I've got a Netbook coming in a few days. It will have 2GB's of ram and a 160GN 7200 RPM HD. It comes with the Intel Atom N270. What would be better to run, Xp or W7?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Smaller is better with a netbook so, of the two, XP gets my vote.

 

[poofyhairguy]

OSX

OSX loves N270 netbooks....

 

[Emulex]

if you have a decent SSD (x25-v/vertex) or hard drive then windows 7 ultimate with 2gb of ram is fast as poop.

really. its faster than XP. i didn't believe it till i saw it myself.

those cheapo SSD they sell 8,16,32gb those are not real SSD imo - they would suck.

 

[zod96]

Wait you can put OSX on a netbook?

 

[poofyhairguy]

Totally. The Dell Mini 9 is one of the most popular hackintoshes ever.

My current netbook is the 11.6 inch HP Mini 311, an ION Netbook. I have 3GB of RAM, a 64GB SSD, and its overclocked to 2.2GHz. OSX runs like a dream on there, only thing not working is ethernet after sleep. I also have a 10 inch Acer Netbook, also running OSX.

As I was saying, N270 netbooks are the best for OSX. Pinetrail and later netbooks (and especially CULV models) use the Intel 4500 GPU which doesn't work in OSX. In a way Intel and Apple got together and killed the hackintosh netbook market.

But if yours is a N270 model, you have hope. Which one is it exactly? I will try to help more....

 

[zod96]

I'm getting the Samsung N130. I would love to put OSX on their.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Yep, that model looks very compatible:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=214137

Only thing you will have to replace is the wireless card, which is normal. Actually, that looks like it will be a sweet hackinbook. I am a little jealous....

 

[WoodButcher]

I have an Acer w/ the same specs. It came with XP on a 5400 rpm drive. I installed win 7 on a 7200 200gig drive and I liked it better.

 

[zod96]

Yeah Mine is coming with a 5400 RPM 160GB HD. But I have a Seagate 7200 RPM 160GB HD that is about a month old that I will use with it, and turn the one that came with it into a external HD. The 7200 RPM drive also has 16MB cache which is also good. I got the Samsung netbook from tigerdirect for $240.

 

[cbn]

I've got a Netbook coming in a few days. It will have 2GB's of ram and a 160GN 7200 RPM HD. It comes with the Intel Atom N270. What would be better to run, Xp or W7?

Are you trying to compare Windows XP to Windows 7 starter? Or are you planning on installing Windows 7 Home Premium?

 

[zod96]

Windows 7 Home Premium

 

[CurseTheSky]

I'd take any flavor of Windows 7 over Windows Xp, as long as you have adequate memory (1GB minimum, 2GB would be better). While Xp is a bit more lightweight, SP2 and SP3 run like crap on a low-end system anyway. If it's going to be slow in Windows 7, it'll probably be slow in Windows Xp.

For me, moving to Windows 7 was a lot like migrating to a SSD. It was a nice change, but not a huge night-and-day performance jump at first. However, going back to a Windows Xp machine feels like I'm moving back into the stone age, much like using a system with a SSD and then working on one with a mechanical drive.

 

[zod96]

Yeah it will have 2GB and a 7200 RPM HD. I just came back from Frys and all the netbooks their had W7 starter on it and they ran pretty darn smooth. Although they had the N450 in their where my new netbook will only have a N270. I wonder if that makes a big difference..

 

[poofyhairguy]

N450 is NOT a big difference over the N270. Just a little bit faster- still pales to an overclocked N270.

 

[DivideBYZero]

I'm running W7 Starter on my original Acer Aspire One AOA150, with 1Gb RAM and the standard 120Gb disk.

I had XP on it prior and I would never go back now.

 

[EarthwormJim]

I have Windows 7 on my Eee PC 1000HA. I will never go back to XP. System memory usage is about the same discounting what readyboost is using. So basically the OS footprint isn't any bigger and you get all the caching speed enhancements of 7.

Battery life is no worse too.

 

[zod96]

Yeah I ended up going with W7 and its fine. Runs nice and smooth

 

[CurseTheSky]

I don't see why people still cling to Xp. Unless you have an application that simply will not support Windows 7 (and Vista, for that matter), I don't see any good reason not to upgrade.

Glad it worked out for you.

 

[zod96]

I do agree their. W7 is by far MS best OS to date.....

 

[GullyFoyle]

Just purchased an Asus eee PC netbook for my daughter. N450/1GB Ram/250 Gb HD.

It comes with Win 7 starter. I have excess licenses for Win 7 Pro, 64 or 32 bit. Should I install one of these on the Netbook? Or will it take too much memory/hd space?

Thanks!

 

[WoodButcher]

It comes with Win 7 starter.

Thanks!

What, you don't like it?

 

[GullyFoyle]

What, you don't like it?

Actually, we haven't even received it yet.

 

[erikistired]

i have windows 7 on my mini 10v, and i much prefer it over xp. it runs just as well, if not a little better, and i have all of the visual stuff turned on as well. 2gb of ram and 320gb 5400rpm hdd.