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Anyone have a netbook with Win7 Starter?
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:44 pm
by endboss
I need to get a netbook for my upcoming professional job! I'm going to be a yuppie! Yay me!
The thing is, everything's basically got Windows 7 Starter on it (well, the ones in my price range). I read somewhere that you can't run more than two programs at a time, can't change the wallpaper, and a bunch of other crappy stuff. I was going to use Ubuntu's cool netbook o/s if W7S is really too restrictive, but I'd really like to use Office instead of Google Docs (no, I'm not going to try Wine on a system with a cpu < 2 ghz and only 1 gb of ram!).
So, does anyone have any experience with W7S?
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:36 pm
by Bluestorm
hi there
just to let you know that i have a asus netbook that i use for work not abad
little computer just depending on what you need it for.i drive around quite abit
so i like the small size. i use open office not super fast opening up works well
when open i normally have 3 program running again it depends on what you are
running. there is a program "stardock my colors" that lets you change the
desktop thats one of the first things i did....any other questions you have
you can pm me if you like o yes i'm talking about win7s
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 11:19 pm
by endboss
Thanks, but I found a good sale on a cheap lenovo laptop (win7hompre) and I went with that!
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:54 pm
by Bluestorm
no problem aleast you will have a bigger screen that is one problem with these
types of computers
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:59 am
by ralary
lenovo can be a good netbook choice
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:27 pm
by endboss
I'm actually on it right now! It's a lenovo x100e. A little bigger than a netbook but pretty comparable specs wise. It's faster than I thought. Definitely really nice. The only thing that's kind of annoying is the Fn key to the left of the left Ctrl key that I always accidentally hit.
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:38 am
by endboss
Just thought I should post this in case anyone was wondering about Ubuntu's netbook o/s...
I downloaded it to a USB drive last night and popped it in (if you don't know, you can run the o/s straight from the USB to try before you install). I used it for about 30 minutes and experienced around 7 or 8 program crashes. Given the way Linux is constructed the crashes didn't bring down the whole system... but still. Also, it was actually slower than win7! It looks really nice though.
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:58 pm
by sadmemories20
endboss wrote:I need to get a netbook for my upcoming professional job! I'm going to be a yuppie! Yay me!
The thing is, everything's basically got Windows 7 Starter on it (well, the ones in my price range). I read somewhere that you can't run more than two programs at a time, can't change the wallpaper, and a bunch of other crappy stuff. I was going to use Ubuntu's cool netbook o/s if W7S is really too restrictive, but I'd really like to use Office instead of Google Docs (no, I'm not going to try Wine on a system with a cpu < 2 ghz and only 1 gb of ram!).
So, does anyone have any experience with W7S?
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