Steve,
Since you are local to me, if you aren't aware of Micro Center in St. Louis
Park you need to check them out. I checked them a couople of weeks ago on a
new ASUS netbook with the new duel core processor I could replace 1 gig of
memory with two gig for $40. which took the total price of that netbook with
2GB RAM to $389 at Micro Center withthe duel core processor and a 250 GB
hard drive. It is the ASUS EEEPC 1015.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Jacobson" <[email protected]>
To: "WE English mailing list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: WE and Netbooks
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.
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