Windows 7 on an old Laptop

[greggpb]

Installed Win7 on my hold msi s260
1.6ghz
1gb ram..

and its snappy...

very cool os...

 

[Park@82]

yep also running it on a similarly specked hp without a problem.

 

[PeterCH]

and its snappy...

When you say it's snappy do you mean it opens Explorer windows quickly - ie maximise, minimise or your large applications start up fast and respond to all your commands in a 'snappy' way?

 

[killadoob]

Well i run windows 7 on my mini dell note book and it runs very well.

My fiancee also has it installed on her celeron 1.4ghz and she says that the best thing i ever did for her laptop was remove xp and load windows 7.

She says it's faster and also after 2 months it's running just as fast as when i installed it for her unlike xp which after 2 months took like 20 seconds to open firefox

 

[PeterCH]

She says it's faster and also after 2 months it's running just as fast as when i installed it for her unlike xp which after 2 months took like 20 seconds to open firefox

Now she and you can each cough up R2000 and upgrade to 7.

 

[DJNgoma]

Now she and you can each cough up R2000 and upgrade to 7.

And XP Pro costs...

 

[ponder]

If you guys are running Win7 on low spec hardware like netbooks etc it might be a good idea to strip the install dvd down with vLite.

 

[greggpb]

When you say it's snappy do you mean it opens Explorer windows quickly - ie maximise, minimise or your large applications start up fast and respond to all your commands in a 'snappy' way?

I mean the interface is responsive and web browsing and mail is quick enough.



Wrt price XP is currently 2k, lets hope ms realise that the cheaper it is the better..