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Archive for January 15, 2009
Windows 7 Beta and the Acer Aspire One 3G – It works, sorta
Jan 15th
“Now, after finding out that the download limit was lifted, I instinctively hit the link for the download. After signing in with my Live ID, I was redirected to a page asking for some personal details. After filling out a few boxes and answering a few questions, I was taken to a page showing the activation key for this build. Wrote it down and saved it into my Outlook Address look and hit the download link. A download manager pops up to help you resume the 2gb+ ISO download. 3 hours later, I was busy copying the files over to a SDHC card and was eyeing my victim for this experiment, my Acer Aspire One.”
Painless Windows 7b install
Booting into Win XP, I proceeded to install a partition management program. Because this was my on the go machine, I wanted to make sure that it would be operable and usable throughout this experiment. So, the safest option was to set up a dual boot configuration.
After creating a second 60gb partion, I named it Win7 for easy identification. A reboot later, I slipped in the SDHC card containing the extracted files from the downloaded ISO image and proceeded with the install. The screen and installer look almost identical to Vista at this point. After chosing to go with a clean install on the new partion, the installer was autonomous and left me as a spectator. A half hour later, the final reboot and configuration screens passed, I was taken into the Windows 7 environment. I won’t go through Window 7’s features or the pros and cons (countless sites and blogs have covered this) but I’ll get straight to the point with my findings.
Further reading @ http://asia.cnet.com/blogs
AspireOneUser Windows 7 Forum
Windows 7 Beta Download
Windows 7 Beta Videos
Samsung Leaks Out NC20 Notebook Info
Jan 15th
We’ve already told you about what could possibly be Samsung’s follow-up to the NC10 netbook – the NC20 which doesn’t seem like a netbook anymore. Well, anyway while we are waiting for the official launch of the said netbook, Samsung UK has already put up a page for downloading the NC20’s manual.
You may want to check it out here, but unfortunately it won’t be of any use if we you don’t have the NC20 yet.
We’re really interested to know whether this new ultraportable machine will still be marketed by Samsung as a netbook or just another standard notebook. Here are the specs of the NC20 which made us think it is not longer a Samsung netbook.
- 1.3 GHz VIA Nano U225 processor
- 12.1-inch display
- 160 GB Hard Drive
- 1GB RAM
- Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Ethernet
- 3-in-1 card reader
- 1.3 megapixel camera
Via Engadget
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
Samsung Leaks Out NC20 Notebook Info
How to Install (Not To) Windows 7 Beta on an Acer Aspire One
Jan 15th
If you’re a Window enthusiast, you’ve probably download Windows 7 beta by now and is already trying to install it on you machines. But since we are all netbook enthusiasts here, we are definitely interested to find out if Windows 7 can run smoothly on our precious netbooks, or at the very least have it installed on our little machines.
David of Electronicpig was nice enough to brought our attention his experiences on trying to install Windows 7 on his Acer Aspire One. His unit has an 8GB SSD and Windows 7 takes only around 2.5MB so you’d think he’ll not have a problem, right?
Unfortunately his first try was not as successful as we could think. Somewhere along the way, the installation process stopped and left him a nice message. David has all the requirements as detailed in the Windows 7 Beta Download site. So what could be the problem?
Anyway he trying to install Windows 7 again starting from scratch. If you are planning to install Windows 7 Beta on your Acer Aspire One or other netbooks, David’s step-by-step procedures might help you out in this endeavor.
And while you’re at it, you might want to check out a success story as well.
And yes, goodluck David!
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
How to Install (Not To) Windows 7 Beta on an Acer Aspire One
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