{"id":6422,"date":"2009-02-20T04:14:32","date_gmt":"2009-02-20T09:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.small-laptops.com\/?page_id=6422"},"modified":"2009-02-20T05:10:18","modified_gmt":"2009-02-20T10:10:18","slug":"10-inch-acer-aspire-one-windows-7-page-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.small-laptops.com\/10-inch-acer-aspire-one-windows-7-page-1\/","title":{"rendered":"10-inch Acer Aspire One – Windows 7 – Page 1 (Drivers, Updates, Networking)"},"content":{"rendered":"

– 10.1-inch Acer Aspire One Review – Part 1<\/a>: 10.1-inch Acer Aspire One versus 8.9-inch Acer Aspire One
\n– 10.1-inch Acer Aspire One Review – Part 2<\/a>: Windows 7
\n– 10-inch Acer Aspire One – Windows 7 – Page 1<\/a> – Drivers, Updates, Networking
\n– 10-inch Acer Aspire One – Windows 7 – Page 2<\/a> – Synaptics Touchpad Drivers\/Setup<\/p>\n

Windows Experience Index:<\/strong>
\nLet’s get this out of the way now – I’ll be running this a few times over the weekend, including with a new install, but here’s what turned up the first time I ran it. This is with the updated drivers (see below). I’ll be running it before updating the graphics\/chipset drivers. No settings have been tweaked.
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Hardware and devices (Device Manager):<\/strong>
\nFirst off, you aren’t really going to lose any functionality. With a few driver updates and installs, you’ll be at nearly the same level with Windows 7 as you would be with the original Windows XP Home installation that came installed. Arguably, some of the functionality provided by either Acer-specific software or third-party software is taken care of by built-in software and features that are included with Windows 7, so you may not even lose any functionality. I haven’t yet transferred any of the 3rd party software over from the original install (I’ve installed Windows 7 on a separate hard drive so as to preserve the original), but I will be taking a look at that later today.<\/p>\n

Here is before (left) you go through automatic updates and then after(right):<\/strong>
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This is what the automatic updates includes:<\/strong>
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On the left is the Atheros Wireless driver (AR5007EG) that’s installed with Windows 7 by default. On the right is the Atheros Ethernet (AR8121\/AR8113\/AR8114) driver that is installed through automatic update:<\/strong>
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These are the before and after Intel Mobile Express 945 chipset\/graphics updates:<\/strong>
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As you can see, the 945 chipset\/graphics drivers did change. What those changes are, I haven’t looked at yet – it could very well be related to Windows 7 (they are probably based on Vista drivers). I will probably run some before\/after benchmarks just to see.
\nOriginal Windows 7 drivers:<\/strong> Version 8.15.10.1590 (Oct 28, 2008)
\nUpdated Windows 7 drivers:<\/strong> Version 8.15.10.1620 (Dec 17, 2008)<\/p>\n

The other chipset drivers (ICH7-M) did not change – they still register as the default Windows 7 drivers (and they are probably Vista-based) – Version 6.1.7000.0 (Jun 21, 2006).<\/p>\n

If you have any questions or comments, click on the main Review link below.<\/strong><\/p>\n

– 10.1-inch Acer Aspire One Review – Part 1<\/a>: 10.1-inch Acer Aspire One versus 8.9-inch Acer Aspire One
\n– 10.1-inch Acer Aspire One Review – Part 2<\/a>: Windows 7
\n– 10-inch Acer Aspire One – Windows 7 – Page 1<\/a> – Drivers, Updates, Networking
\n– 10-inch Acer Aspire One – Windows 7 – Page 2<\/a> – Synaptics Touchpad Drivers\/Setup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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