[QUOTE=KyserSoze, post:4, topic:279435]
Is windows 7 REALLY better than XP?
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Yes. Here’s a list of what W7 Starter is missing:
Aero Glass, meaning you can only use the “Windows Basic” or other opaque themes. It also means you do not get Taskbar Previews or Aero Peek.
Personalization features for changing desktop backgrounds, window colors, or sound schemes.
The ability to switch between users without having to log off.
Multi-monitor support.
DVD playback.
Windows Media Center for watching recorded TV or other media.
Remote Media Streaming for streaming your music, videos, and recorded TV from your home computer.
Domain support for business customers.
XP Mode for those that want the ability to run older Windows XP programs on Windows 7.
I like W7 enough that I’m running it on both a previous Woot Acer and a desktop machine (both Home Premium edition). And at work we’re going to W7 Pro exclusively. XP was a good OS for Microsoft; W7 is what Vista should have been.
[QUOTE=orubin, post:23, topic:279435]
For those who will ask about Hackintosh
Bluetooth ???
Wireless NO
Ethernet NO
USB yes
Sound yes
Audio I/O yes
QE/CI yes
Video out ???
Trackpad yes
Sleep NO
Power Mgt Yes
Card Reader Yes
So, it can be made to work, but without any kind of network, why bother?
Update: if you are willing to hack open the unit and replace the wireless card inside: Take a Dell 1505 Wireless N Card, rip apart the net-book, and swap in that card. Low and behold, you have a functional Mac NetBook. Sadly, they cost around $100!!!
So if you can find that wireless card, and are willing to operate, this could move to a maybe on Hackintosh.
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ty for this as i dont have to check out the forums. i still wish i could get my hdx-9010nr to boot after installing snow
There’s a difference between hacking something apart and removing one medium-sized Phillips-head screw.
And yes, the memory and wireless are under panels with one screw on the bottom. There’s also a little plastic latch that physically holds the PCB in place on both.
There is NO SUPPORT of any kind on this - need a question answered on where to buy a back up battery? Try 3 days and I still had no answer. Acer has nothing to do with support - they run it through some non-English speaking slugs at Walmart! If you call Acer, you get a prompt to press whatever number if you purchased from Walmart! You get blown off.
LOVED the purple color! Nice crisp screen. Cute (sorry boys) pink tear-drop diamonds on the sides.
Internet only use, no questions about it, IT savvy and can update to Win 7 - no problem.
Love my ACER Netbook. Small, perfect size for on Airplane. Yeah, it is a bit slow, but the only laptop I’d travel with! Netflix works great, upload and edit my photos, e-mail, and a bit of internet play.
[QUOTE=iamfbermanwoot, post:92, topic:279435]
Can I install a student version of microsoft office, and if so, HOW, since this doesnt have a cd drive?
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Yes.
Oh wait you wanted to know how
**If you have physical media - **
An external USB CD/DVD drive or access to a Desktop/Laptop with optical drive. You will also need a flash drive, external HD, flash memory card (that works in this netbook). You can borrow all of them from a well prepared geek friend. Do not run out and buy all these things, most geek types have them laying around and can loan them to you for your project.
Copy the contents of your CD(s)/DVD to the external media and then run the installer once you connect it to the netbook. Bing Bang Boom.
If you have an ISO/downloaded image from the MS Store/school -
There are several program that will let you open or mount iso images in a “virtual” drive on the machine. You can mount (think of it as putting a real disc in a real drive…but in your mind) the image into the virtual drive and the computer thinks it is a CD/DVD drive. The install then will go as normal.
Either method will work.
I often suggest OpenOffice, it is Free Open Source Software (a good thing), and it is very close to being a true MS Office “clone”. Openoffice.org can show you the differences and explain all of the virtues. (and yes it can save and open things in MS Office Formats).
I bought one of these a few months back when it came with XP pre-loaded. I installed Windows 7 premium (not Starter) and it runs flawlessly. The 3 cell battery is pretty anemic as some have mentioned, but you can get a 6-cell battery on E-Bay for less than $30. Also, the memory and hard drive are easily accessible, and therefore, easily upgradeable.
A very nice Net Book, and this is a good price. I’d jump on it if I didn’t already own one.
This is not Windows 7. It is Windows 7 Starter. It is a step up on Vista, but still very unstable. Windows XP is the most stable operating system that Microsoft ever made.
OpenOffice has problems! To be compatible with Office, users must save documents in Rich Text format, which is NOT the same as Word. Also, it does not carry over highlights and other formatting. A few of my students use OpenOffice and both they & I have problems with it.
[QUOTE=Invisiblemoose, post:11, topic:279435]
Eh, I don’t know. I think I’d rather have XP than crippled Win7 Starter…
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I have this unit, and the eMachines version. The only thing that is “crippled” is the eye candy that uses a lot of memory and the DVD player software. Add VLC media player and do without the “Aero” look and you’re fine.
