In news:7afhgtF1vabn4U1@mid.individual.net,
olfart typed on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:44:28 -0400:
> "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
> news:h1u08s$7rg$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> In news:7abvu8F1ublh4U1@mid.individual.net,
>> olfart typed on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:26:00 -0400:
>>> 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
>>
>> Something I should try as well. <grin>
>>
>> Bill
>
> problem is that Win7 needs about 8gb of HD space for all it's temp
> files during install and finishes out around 4.5-5gb. Going to try to
> load it on a bootable flash drive or card when I get some time.

Oh Windows (I don't know about W7) can't boot from a flash or an USB
(not without registry hacks anyway). I have two 8G machines, so if it
doesn't need more I should be ok. I'm also thinking about buying just to
play around with a 16G MLC SSD anyway. So that should be plenty.

--
Bill
Windows XP Home SP3 (5.1.2600)
Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC