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Installing Windows 7 on the Aspire One, or Any Other Netbook

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 18th Jan 2009 21:39 UTC

When we reviewed the Windows 7 beta, we did so on a standard desktop machine. However, the big thing in hardware right now is not the desktop, but the netbook segment. Since Microsoft claims that Windows 7 is geared towards netbooks, I decided to give the beta a go on my trusty Acer Aspire One. Read on for installation instructions if you don't own an external DVD drive, and a few very short first impressions.

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RE[3]: its called BETA for a reason

by sergiusens on Mon 19th Jan 2009 12:20 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: its called BETA for a reason"

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2007-09-01

"Get their act together? The OS isnt released yet and nvidia prolly havent time to iron out issues before after they considdered the API stable which maybe isnt that long ago.

The driver API is pretty much the same in Vista and 7. 7's kernel is (on purpose) just a slightly updated Vista kernel. "

So what changed in order to break the driver?

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RE[4]: its called BETA for a reason

by modmans2ndcoming on Mon 19th Jan 2009 13:39 in reply to "RE[3]: its called BETA for a reason"

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2005-11-09

nVidia's code

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