Aspire One Netbook

**Bman** · February 6th, 2010

My grandmother just bought the Acer Aspire One Netbook,

Intel Atom M450 1.66Ghz
1GB RAM
160GB Hard Drive & Windows 7 Starter.

Now I noticed that you can't right click on the desktop and press Personalize and it does not have Aero.

Will this system take Windows 7 Ultimate and run ok, or at least as good as it runs now, Yes I did the advisor and tells me I can run Ultimate, but that does not really say if it will run good, or as good as it is without Aero... Is there another way to install windows onto a netbook without a USB stick?

*I started the install from a USB Hard Drive, and it rebooted and ran perfect. System seems to run pretty good, can always turn off Aero anyways.

You can delete this thread now. Sorry about that.

**LeeJend** · February 8th, 2010

My wifes Aspire (same hardwrae) barely runs XP. Forget Aero. I'm impressed it will run Win 7 Starter ok.

**Bman** · February 8th, 2010

Can't be the same hardware then. Cause Windows 7 Ultimate with Aero enabled is running great, even a bit of multitasking is ok.

**dreamliner77** · February 9th, 2010

Originally Posted by LeeJend

My wifes Aspire (same hardwrae) barely runs XP. Forget Aero. I'm impressed it will run Win 7 Starter ok.

I find that surprising... Remember when XP first came out? Lots of folks were running XP on 750-850mhz cpu's and 256-512 of RAM. XP runs fine on my Asus eee.

**epk** · February 9th, 2010

whats the graphics chip on that netbook? cos my mom has a similar one, works good on windows 7 but aero kills it

adamlambert · 3 Weeks Ago

I used my friend's one and omg, it was sooooo slow! Not worth getting a netbook imo.

February 6th, 2010	Last edited by Bman; February 6th, 2010 at 12:18pm. \| Top \| #1
Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,425 Blog Entries: 105 Reputation: 1260 Power: 190	Aspire One Netbook My grandmother just bought the Acer Aspire One Netbook, Intel Atom M450 1.66Ghz 1GB RAM 160GB Hard Drive & Windows 7 Starter. Now I noticed that you can't right click on the desktop and press Personalize and it does not have Aero. Will this system take Windows 7 Ultimate and run ok, or at least as good as it runs now, Yes I did the advisor and tells me I can run Ultimate, but that does not really say if it will run good, or as good as it is without Aero... Is there another way to install windows onto a netbook without a USB stick? *I started the install from a USB Hard Drive, and it rebooted and ran perfect. System seems to run pretty good, can always turn off Aero anyways. You can delete this thread now. Sorry about that.

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LeeJend OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2003 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 5,192 Reputation: 2950 Power: 168	Re: Aspire One Netbook My wifes Aspire (same hardwrae) barely runs XP. Forget Aero. I'm impressed it will run Win 7 Starter ok.
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Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,425 Blog Entries: 105 Reputation: 1260 Power: 190	Re: Aspire One Netbook Can't be the same hardware then. Cause Windows 7 Ultimate with Aero enabled is running great, even a bit of multitasking is ok.

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dreamliner77 The Analog Kid Joined: March 2002 Location: Red Sox Nation Posts: 4,447 Reputation: 1004 Power: 152	Re: Aspire One Netbook Originally Posted by LeeJend My wifes Aspire (same hardwrae) barely runs XP. Forget Aero. I'm impressed it will run Win 7 Starter ok. I find that surprising... Remember when XP first came out? Lots of folks were running XP on 750-850mhz cpu's and 256-512 of RAM. XP runs fine on my Asus eee.
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epk OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: October 2006 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 1,258 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 830 Power: 62	Re: Aspire One Netbook whats the graphics chip on that netbook? cos my mom has a similar one, works good on windows 7 but aero kills it
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adamlambert OSNN Junior Addict Joined: June 2009 Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Aspire One Netbook I used my friend's one and omg, it was sooooo slow! Not worth getting a netbook imo.

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