hi, I have a acer aspire one AO751H and i wondering what is the fastest version of windows seven is the best to put on it out of all of them, im looking for speed more than anything and also as it has a 720p screen so 720p play back would be nice. i have xp on it now it work ok just not the hd play back as it in laggy, all i want to do is get the most out of the system i have. here is the spec sheet of the netbook, Processor CPU Type Intel Atom 1.33Ghz CPU Speed Z520 CPU FSB 533MHz CPU L2 Cache 512KB Chipset Chipset Intel SCH US15W Display Screen Size 11.6" Widescreen Display Yes Display Type WXGA Max Resolution 1366 x 768 Display Feature LED backlight & Acer CrystalBrite Technology Graphics Graphics Processor Intel GMA 500 Video Memory Shared system memory Memory Memory Speed DDR2 667 Memory 2GB Hard Drive HDD 250GB Hard Drive RPM 5400 RPM Hard Drive Interface SATA Dimension & Weight Dimension 11.18" x 8.54" x 1" Weight 2.97 lbs. Netbook Camera Camera Type Acer Crystal Eye webcam Communications LAN 10/100Mbps WLAN Acer InviLink 802.11b/g wireless LAN Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) Expansion / Connectivity USB 3 x USB 2.0 Video Ports 1 x VGA Audio Ports 1 x Headphone/Speaker/Line-Out Jack 1 x Microphone-in Jack Audio Audio Optimized Dolby Headphone technology Integrated digital microphone Microsoft DirectSound compatibility Speaker Built-in stereo speakers Input Device Touchpad Multi-gesture touchpad with two buttons supporting circular-motion scrolling, pinch-action zoom, page flip Keyboard 84-key full-size Acer FineTip keyboard, inverted T cursor layout, embedded numeric keypad, hotkey controls, international language support Card Reader Card Reader Multi-in-one card reader: Supports optional MultiMediaCard, Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO or xD-Picture Card With optional adapter supports optional Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, miniSD, microSD Power AC Adapter 30-watt AC adapter Battery Battery 6-cell lithium ion Battery Life up to 7.0 hours
keep xp on it, the atom is designed for xp. I had windows seven lite version on my acer d260 atom450 and it was very slow to bootup and to shutdown, programs took forever to open up. Now its a speed demon with xp on it, I also tried ubuntu and it was quick to start and shutdown but harder to use. Worst case scenario I would use ubuntu before I go back to windows 7. In your situation probably a 7200 rpm drive will speed up your computer, I only have 1gb of memory on mine and don't notice any slowdown. But netbooks aren't the best computers to play HD video due to there low power cpu's and video chipset. They can play HD but barely.
xp or windows vista/7 take a look at flashfire.org Ive used it on both my acer aspire ones and it makes a huge difference.
Thanks guys I've put seven on it now but I think I will go back to xp, I might try xp darklite, do you know anything about this modded vershion of windows?
