"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
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> In news:7afhgtF1vabn4U1@mid.individual.net,
> olfart typed on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:44:28 -0400:
>> 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...
>
> Is there a special version for netbooks? As this one requires 16GB of free
> disk space.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win.../download.aspx
>
> --
> Bill
> Windows XP Home SP3 (5.1.2600)
> Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
>

I should have been a little more specific about Win7. I'm just starting to
get into it to the point where I can start to chop some fat. On my homebuilt
3.2gb 4gb RAM box my win 7 basic installation is about 9.6gb. There is a
2,2gb page file, 1.6 hibernate file and a .5gb file called backup....which i
assume is system restore. Getting rid of these could knock it down to about
5.4gb. And I'm sure there are other files I could trim once I have time to
fool with it. The 8gb and 4.5-5gb figures are some I read somewhere and I'm
using them for a target. The 8gb for installation(temp) files might be
closer to 10 to 14 gb depending on who you talk to. I also installed it on
an old Dell C610 laptop and without any modifcations yet....except running
in best performance mode to cut down the eye candy....and it reuns very
well.
Haven't had a chance to try out alot of the features yet, but so far I
really like it....as opposed to Vista...which I now use as an expensive
coaster(:>). Some of the features like email, etc are left out of the basic
install and you can d/l them if you wish or use your own progs.
Am into some other home projects right now, but plan to get back on Win7 in
a few weeks.