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Old 06-23-2009, 05:30 AM
olfart
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Re: W7 stuff


"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
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> In news:9m2045d9g4dv8c2r3ae6pgtlo4mevfjfg0@4ax.com,
> AJL typed on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:20:57 -0700:
>> "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:
>>
>>> 4G netbooks can't even handle XP with SP3.

>>
>> That is a problem with very small SSD netbooks. They pretty much are
>> limited to Linux. And the general public doesn't seem to care much for
>> Linux so I imagine that they will go the way of the Palm Pilot... ;)

>
> Naw... Windows 2000 SP4 only needs 700MB and runs very well on netbooks.
> At least on the Asus netbooks anyway. Still lots of new copies of
> Windows 2000 being sold on eBay too.
>
> --
> Bill
> Windows 2000 SP4 (5.00.2195)
> Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
>
>


PS...have been running WIN7 RC on my old Dell C610 with VG results and as
soon as I can scare up the drivers I'm going to try it on the 701


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Old 06-23-2009, 05:30 AM