Impressed With Windows 7

Posted by Paul Colligan on Monday, September 7, 2009

I grabbed a $300 netbook from Costco the other day and put Windows 7 “Starter Edition” on it.  For those of you not familiar with it – it’s a stripped down version of Windows that they’ll start selling with Netbooks very soon – something to counterbalance all those Netbooks sold with Linux installed.

This thing is fast.  With all the lame fancy graphics tricks stripped from the OS, we have a really clean and zippy option for Netbooks. 

Guys, this is solid, reliable, attractive and robust – all the things we want from Windows.

And, as a bonus, I’m writing this piece on Windows Live Writer.  I’ve heard about this for awhile as well and, well, it too impresses me.

Combine this with the promise of the Zune HD and, well, am I excited about Microsoft again?


 
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  • andysmithseo

    How was your dinner with Bill the other night? :D

    But seriously, sounds good, how much RAM does the notebook have?

  • http://www.winnerscirclecoaching.com/ Pamela Enders

    What kind of netbook did you get? (There are many options.)
    Thanks.

  • http://twitter.com/colligan Paul Colligan

    1 gig. It's the out of the box Acer 1 I bought at Costco. The Win 7 upgrade came from my Microsoft MVP stash.

  • http://twitter.com/colligan Paul Colligan

    The Acer One that they're selling at Costco right now. P

  • http://www.adelaidedj.com/ Adelaide DJ

    i'll have to tell my lil sis, she's in the market for a new notebook right now! twitter(at)locspoc

  • stanleyuroy

    Thanks for the post. Very helpful. You are always on the edge for development.

  • loans4urachelil

    Paul,

    have you or anyone reading that bout that notebook tried to use a Flip Mino HD on it?
    I was told by Flip that if the processor is les than 3 Ghzit will nor work
    My current Laptop is 1.6 and i can't use the Flip on it have to use my desktop which is a bummer.

    let me know thanks

    Racheli Smilovits
    Senior Mortgage Advisor

    http://www.loans-4-u.com
    Bio http://www.MeetRacheli.com

  • loans4urachelil

    Paul,

    have you or anyone reading that bought that notebook tried to use a Flip Mino HD on it?
    I was told by Flip that if the processor is les than 3 Ghzit will nor work
    My current Laptop is 1.6 and i can't use the Flip on it have to use my desktop which is a bummer.

    let me know thanks

    Racheli Smilovits
    Senior Mortgage Advisor

    http://www.loans-4-u.com
    Bio http://www.MeetRacheli.com

  • http://www.r4carteds.com Carte ds

    Well I am not impressed, in fact, I do not like it, I think Windows xp is better.

  • paulcolligan

    Well there we go.