Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 4th Sep 2008 21:33 UTC
A few weeks ago, I reviewed the Acer Aspire One notebook, the variant which came with an Acer-modified version of Linpus Linux. This version was locked-down and difficult to modify, so not too long after I installed Ubuntu, and was reasonably pleased - despite the amount of tweaking it took to get it working. A few days ago, however, I realised Linux wouldn't be ideal for me on my netbook. Due to pragmatic reasons, I'm now running Windows XP.
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2006-09-22
Thom, I'm not really surprised you were able to get better performance with XP for the following reasons:
1) It's a five years old OS. Your netbook has more similarities with an old desktop than with a modern one. But as long as it covers your needs...
2) A fresh XP install is fast. It's been fast for a few hardware generations. The problems arise when you start adding stuff like... your software, which includes crap like antivirus and antispyware tools. And I bet that, in a few months, your netbook won't feel as snappy as it feels now.
3) XP was, and still is, extremely configurable resource-wise. A friend of mine is able to strip a non-nLited XP install to a bare 40 megs of memory consumption. Before installing apps, however.
I'm a Linux user and I wouldn't install XP on my netbook for sure but, hey, the right tool for the right worker for the right task
On a completely unrelated note, I'm a bit disappointed by the Aspire One SSD performance, I was really looking forward to get one and install Ubuntu in it