Comments for: Asus plans Windows 7-based Eee PCs for 2009

#2. Posted at 10:33 AM on Oct 21st 2008

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moose17145

Probably a wise choice to skip Windows Vista. So far my "Vista Experience" has been less than enjoyable. I enjoy many of the features, like Aero that in my mind make normal day to day stuff like browsing, word processing, etc more enjoyable, if for no other reason than it just makes a screen a bit easier on the eyes (so to speak), but overall i find the Operating system slow to respond, laggy network recognition, and even slower to shut down and restart. And i am not running it on a slow system by any means either. On an Eee with even more modest specs i couldnt even imagine how bad it would be.

Windows Vista = Windows ME V2.0

Hopefully Windows 7 will be to windows Vista, what Windows XP was to Windows ME.

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#8. Posted at 11:32 AM on Oct 21st 2008, Edited at 11:33 AM on Oct 21st 2008

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moose17145

D'oh! Was meant as a reply to 7

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#6. Posted at 10:54 AM on Oct 21st 2008

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dermutti

I hope that means that Asus is expecting Windows 7's hardware requirements to be significantly lower. Though it could just mean that they're expecting the horsepower of Atom/Nano based systems to improve quite a bit by then.

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#17. Posted at 02:47 PM on Oct 21st 2008

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Jakubgt

Vista isn't that bad

#1. Posted at 10:24 AM on Oct 21st 2008

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ludi

Shen also said Asus will introduce Windows XP-based Eee PCs with an "easy mode" desktop this quarter. On Linux-powered Eees, the "easy mode" takes the shape of a tile-based desktop with tabs and shortcuts to common applications. Users will reportedly be able to switch back to the "full" operating system if they want, though.

Uhhhhhh...you mean, pay for a Windows license so you can run in like the Linux version? What?

I think Asus has completely given up having a marketing strategy on these things, and is simply throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks. It's getting nearly as bad as trying to buy a video card.

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#12. Posted at 12:00 PM on Oct 21st 2008

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d0g_p00p

I know I am looking forward to Windows 7. XP SP3 is a great OS for me right now, however I would like to use the whole 4 GB of RAM I have in my system. if prices will be around the same cost when Windows 7 comes out I see no reason to have 8GB in my system and using it all via 64-bit.