{"id":6417,"date":"2009-02-20T05:09:03","date_gmt":"2009-02-20T10:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.small-laptops.com\/?p=6417"},"modified":"2014-05-25T22:30:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T03:30:50","slug":"101-inch-acer-aspire-one-review-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.small-laptops.com\/2009\/02\/20\/101-inch-acer-aspire-one-review-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"10.1-inch Acer Aspire One Review – Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Acer<\/a> Earlier this week, I posted part 1 of a review<\/a> of the new 10.1″ Acer Aspire One<\/a> (aka the AOD150). I was going to follow it with a closer look at the physical layout of the hardware, but several people asked me how well Microsoft’s Windows 7<\/a> runs on the 10.1″ Acer Aspire One, and so I’ve been playing around with it for the past few days.<\/p>\n

For the most part, if you are familiar with running Windows 7 on the original 8.9″ Acer Aspire One<\/a>, this is basically the same experience. I have installed 2GB of RAM in place of the original 1GB, which helps immensely when you have a few applications open, although even with Skype and Safari open, I was barely hitting 800MB used (out of the 2GB of memory).<\/p>\n

Installation:<\/strong>
\nI installed the Windows 7 public beta 1, build 7000, 32-bit. I installed it using an external USB-powered DVD drive, a Samsung SE-S084B<\/strong> to be exact (Amazon.com<\/a> and Amazon.co.uk<\/a>). You can usually find this drive cheaper -$70 – $90 USD. I prefer this or other small external optical drives powered by the USB bus, as they don’t require an extra power adapter, just a powered USB port, or two USB ports close together. It was less than half an hour to install – I’ll do another install this weekend and time it and compare it, as well as a USB-key install (no optical drive).<\/p>\n

Some quick notes:<\/strong>
\n– Battery Life:<\/strong> With around 88% of the battery life, I had just over 4 hours of battery life left – this is with Skype running and browsing the web in Safari. This is the higher-capacity battery that came with some 10-inch Acer Aspire Ones.
\n– Windows 7 \/ Vista \/ XP Compatibility:<\/strong> So far I have not had to install anything using the Vista compatibility mode.
\n– Skype<\/a> worked great with both video and audio chats. CPU usage was around %50-80 with video chat and a web browser open as well. It’s acceptable.
\n– Apple’s Safari<\/a> worked fine as well and was “snappy”. I prefer Firefox and will be setting up Littlefox, as jkOnTheRun<\/a> mentioned a few days ago. CPU usage was dependent upon the web pages of course (was there a Flash banner, etc.).<\/p>\n

Overall impressions:<\/strong>
\nPerformance is good. I prefer the Windows 7 beta over Windows XP Home – it feels faster, the networking interface is much better (especially if you are accessing multiple internet\/wireless connections throughout the day). I’ll need a few more days before deciding how the battery life is versus Windows XP, but I don’t see a gain or a loss at this point. I’ll be following this up with some more details sometime this weekend.<\/p>\n

10.1-inch Acer Aspire One Review – Part 2 – Windows 7<\/strong>
\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
\n– 10.1-inch Acer Aspire One Review – Part 1<\/a> – 10.1-inch Acer Aspire One vs 8.9-inch Acer Aspire One<\/p>\n

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