Would XP Home run better on a netbook?
dave81uk
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My netbook did come with XP home but as soon as I got it I put W7HP on it, it runs ok, not fantastic but it does the job, but I can't help but wonder if XP would run better but dont want to go through all the hassle for very little difference.
Its a bog standard eeePC 1.6 atom 1gig ram
Its a bog standard eeePC 1.6 atom 1gig ram
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Did you actually use it with XP to see how it ran?
I'm willing to bet it was perfectly adequate.
Can you just automatically roll it back to XP or does it need a fresh install (and all the updates)?
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2010/11/17/the-best-netbook-os-xp-windows-7-or-ubuntu/
Works fine and the new features make using it much easier - networking for a start is far simpler.
XP is most likely going to run faster.
If it were me, I would have tried to dual boot XP with 7 and take it from there.
Runs fine, not slow at all. even runs Football Manager 2010 on it, abeit a bit slowly