Re: [LUG] On : Windows 7 basic

[alex <windswordcomputers@xxxxxxxx>]

just installed 7 on a few zoostorm fizzbooks 10'',dual core atoms with 1 
gb of ram,they seem to run ok.


On 03/08/2015 20:25, Rob Beard wrote:
> On 2015-07-24 09:15, Daniel Robinson wrote:
> > That will be perfect,  and the limitations dont seem that bad at all.
> >
> >  I guess the naming changed after vista.  Thank you for your
> > assistance.
> > On 24 Jul 2015 8:44 am, "alex mclennan" <windswordcomputers@xxxxxxxx
> > [3]> wrote:
> >
> > > would 7 starter not do
>
> Is Windows 7 Starter available to non OEMs?  I've not even seen it 
> offered on eBay.
>
> You'll probably find if the machine has less than 2GB of Ram these 
> days it'll throw up an error message about having a lack of memory 
> when installing Windows Updates.  I found that recently when 
> installing Windows Thin PC (a cut down enterprise only version of 
> Windows 7) on an Asus Nettop with only 1GB Ram.  Once it was installed 
> though it worked okay for such a slow machine.
>
> Other option, old ex corporate laptops are getting really cheap now.  
> You can probably pick up a reasonable ish Core 2 Duo machine with a 
> couple of GB of Ram for under Â100 on eBay, or SCH Trade have HP Core 
> i5 machines for Â115 (really tempted to replace my trusty old Acer 
> which now has a dead backlight).
>
> Rob


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