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Post by mrsjr on Sept 2, 2009 19:51:04 GMT -5
I have a little netbook, that I use all day long on the internet, works on wifi if I'm near one that I can log onto, works on routers, I use it on clearwire most of the time. The only way I have not been able to get it to go online was on a 3G usb device. It runs Xandros from the factory and I'm pretty happy with that, happier with it that a few other linux versions I tried on it. I actually tried to install windows on it and no go since it runs on solid state memory, not on a hard drive, I understand there is a way to do it I'm just not up on it. Anyway, sorry mrsjr, but vista is really sad.Anything you do on it you should be able to do with XP with no problem. I'd suggest taking your laptop to the store jr gets his fans at and asking for some help with that thing. Ok I'm still confused as we have 3 computers in our house, JR just got a new HP pavilion with all the lastest this and that and it comes with Vista just like I have on mine. Now maybe some know something I don't as I rate myself on a computer on a scale of 1 to 10 at an 8 because again I had computer classes in college but I have used XP and Vista and unless someone can tell me I don't know one thing that I can't do on Vista that I could do on XP?? Excel, Word, and especially Powerpoint! We use powerpoint a lot at school. I mean I'm really asking? Mrs JR
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Post by Rebel on Sept 3, 2009 0:57:39 GMT -5
Nope, you can do anything you want on XP that you can do on Vista, in fact probably a bit faster on XP than Vista. But then you asked that the other way around.
Power points also work well on Linux, they just use a different program to run them there, Open Office Suite. Open Office will run the Excel and Word files too. JR ought to like it because it is free to download and is available for Windows too.
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Post by theswede on Sept 3, 2009 3:12:02 GMT -5
Rebel,
Anything that can run Vista can run Windows 7 for sure. And almost everything else too. We have tried it on 3 year old Lenovo laptops, 5 year old Dell workstations and a couple of other systems, including some ~2 year old home-built PCs. Also tested on the latest Lenovo laptop models, and on a brand new home-built gaming rig with the latest AMD CPU and ATI video card. Works everywhere, and usually you don't even have to chase down drivers either, W7 comes with a _lot_ of drivers included and what it can't find locally it downloads automatically. The only compatibility problem I have seen so far is that my old HP LaserJet 1000 doesn't work as there are no drives for it yet. Apparently HP is about to release them soon though.
Word of warning though; if you are thinking of buying W7 when it comes out, DON'T go for the Starter Edition. That thing is intended for Netbooks or other systems with very limited performance, and MS has limited the number of concurrent applications you can run to 3. Yes. 3! So if you have Starter Edition, and autostart MSN messenger or Yahoo, maybe Skype and then launch a browser you can't even open a 4th app, the OS stops you. I suppose it might make sense on a Netbook with an Atom CPU (they don't multitask all that well), but I am quite certain people will be upset about this.
/Otto
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Post by xs650 on Sept 3, 2009 10:43:23 GMT -5
According to MS, the Starter Edition won't even be sold in the US in the retail aftermarket. Lowest version here will be Home Premuim.
Starter Edition may come pre-installed on some bottom end computers here, the article I saw wasn't clear about that.
I pre-ordered Ultimate for our three main computers last month when MS offered it at $100 off retail if you pre-ordered. I know some sharp computer people with decades in the tech end of the computer business. They all like 7 compared to any other MS offering.
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Post by Rebel on Sept 3, 2009 11:37:08 GMT -5
Hopefully they did it right this time, they have enough money and people they should be able to make it purr like a kitten, instead of hack like an old smoker.
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Post by harrywr2 on Sept 3, 2009 12:09:45 GMT -5
Hopefully they did it right this time, they have enough money and people they should be able to make it purr like a kitten, instead of hack like an old smoker. Doesn't matter if Microsoft gets it right. The price points and profit margins that Best Buy dictate means that hardware manufacturer's will have to cut corners and install a bunch of 3rd party adware and shoddy performance killing software to make a profit. HP et al get paid to pre-install a bunch of 'free' stuff that comes with the computer...how good can 'free' stuff that someone is paying someone else to install be?
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Post by jct842 on Sept 3, 2009 13:00:44 GMT -5
couldn't a person with an HP take and clean off the hard drive and just reinstall windows 7? It's been so long since I had any windows I don't remember much out side of windows 98 that kept blaming me for an illegal operation. using firefox and ADBLOCK I see few ads. I had a poloroid digital that came with a cd full of crap ware and the only thing I kept on the cd was the drivers for the camera. My current camera I have not even opened the cd that came with it. John
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Post by Rebel on Sept 3, 2009 13:16:15 GMT -5
Agreed, you get the "internet package" that will include several different ISP softwares, all of them will want to install and run, You'll get some utilities that will want to search the net every time you turn it on to look for updates. Just as the OS will do. Then MS will want to gather info on where you go and what you do so that it can sell that info to marketing firms, the list goes on and on. Ain't it grand.
I admit that I can not do everything I want to on my Linux machines. The Operating system though is really nice to use. When it comes to installing, well windows you can expect to be stuck doing that for hours. The longest time I have taken to install any version of Linux was 30 minutes and when I used the reinstall disk that came with this netbook it was done in literally 5 minutes.
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Post by montanarider on Sept 3, 2009 21:00:51 GMT -5
you can always learn about partitions and go dual OS
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Post by Rebel on Sept 4, 2009 0:56:21 GMT -5
you can always learn about partitions and go dual OS Thats what I do on this one, my home pc, I had it doing a triple boot but I really didn't like Ubuntu, so it just has XP Pro and Granular on it now. BTW, if you do a dual boot it is easier with XP than Vista, something about the boot sector tha Vista doesn't like to share I understand. A boot program called Grub makes it work very well with XP.
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Post by Rebel on Sept 16, 2009 18:03:37 GMT -5
OK, I have a complaint today about my Xandros Linux on my EeePC. I can't get it to install Gimp at all. Very frustrating and this is what the big problem is with the OS for the ungeek. The other problem is that not all versions of linux works on all machines. If I could get Granular or PCLOS to work on this computer it would be easier to work with. On the other hand I did have Ubuntu on it, but I just do not like that OS even though it was the first one I used to much success.
The EeePC has several options for other linux versions and I did try some of those but I didn't like the GUI they use. Guess I'm too picky. Now before you think I should install Windows, I tried that too at one time, but it does not like being installed on SD memory.
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Post by d3adeyes on Sept 18, 2009 17:36:04 GMT -5
the processer may not be fast enough for GIMP the atom chip would not like anything using that much throughwith
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Post by Rebel on Sept 19, 2009 2:18:50 GMT -5
the processer may not be fast enough for GIMP the atom chip would not like anything using that much throughwith THe guys on the EeePc forum say it will do it, I just need to know how to install it. I think when I had Ubuntu on it that it was there, I might just have to swallow my pride and go back to that. Or look fo another disto to use.
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Post by harrywr2 on Sept 19, 2009 11:06:40 GMT -5
I wonder why? My son logs into the network at his school using Fedora... strange. Vista has remote desktop built-in. So one can remotely run none web based Microsoft Applications. There is stuff like terminal server clients etc that would work too, but that would involve installing something on someone's personal computer, licensing etc.
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Post by Rebel on Sept 22, 2009 0:50:57 GMT -5
OK, I have a complaint today about my Xandros Linux on my EeePC. I can't get it to install Gimp at all. Very frustrating and this is what the big problem is with the OS for the ungeek. Yes you can... read this. -Rich Been there, done that, still wouldn't work. Doug
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