Hi, I am using a Netbook with Windows 7 starter and WE with 2GB of RAM and am pretty happy with it. I have not really had any particular frustrations with Windows 7 Starter. If you have trouble with it, though, it is pretty easy to upgrade as all versions are available on a Windows 7 computer with it being a matter of authorizing different features. I do sometimes find Microsoft Word to be a little sluggish on my netbook, but it certainly can be used. Also, the smaller screens make battery life very nice. However, if you look at the price of a Netbook plus the price of 2GB of memory, It is probably at least worth looking at what a low-end laptop would cost. Most netbooks that I am aware of will not allow you to just add 1GB, you have to replace a 1GB module with a 2GB module so it may cost you $80 plus something more if you need it installed. Unfortunately, low-end laptops often have large screens and battery life is poor. However, if you find that you really do need more than Windows Starter so you are looking at upgrading Windows plus adding memory, checking into a laptop that already has the memory and the version of Windows you want might make sense. For whatever reason, I don't feel that my Asus Netbook with 2GB of memory and Windows 7 Starter is as responsive as my 4-year-old Dell Inspiron laptop with 512MB of memory under XP. I don't know why, though, as I have also read that Windows 7 is optimized more for Netbooks. My experience is also that a Samsung Netbook that my wife has with 2GB of memory and XP also does not seem to be as responsive as my old laptop, so I don't think that my observations are really a reflection on Windows 7 but more something with netbooks. Anyway, I hope that this is helpful and doesn't just confuse the issue.
Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:22:22 +0100, David wrote: >Now that the new version of WE is about to be released, I was wondering a bit >on how well it will work on Netbooks. I have been browsing a bit here locally, and almost all the netbooks available, only comes with 1gb of ram. With the new ones, comes Windows 7, and it seems to be quite popular with the starter edition. I don't know why, but that is what most of the local netshops offer. How well would WinEyes tie in with such a unit. 1gb sounds rather low to me, even under XP, where I am today. And experience gives me the feeling the newer Win7 OS won't be less agressive on the RAM. Am I right in that one? Or, has there been a positive development in the combination of the newest OS and newest WE version, as to RAM usage? Little use in buying a brand new unit, only to realize it doesn't give enough efficiency due to lack of RAM. So any feedback will be great here. Oh yes, I do know, a netbook never will be anything but a secondary unit. I am just planning on using it for some Emailing, browsing on the net, and also using it with Excel and word. But I don't want a unit that makes me eat my lunch for every single tiny operation to be completed. Smile! Thanks for any inputs. >If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. >If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to >GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage >your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
