Should windows 7 hom premium run alright on my wifes netbook?

[brandonjb85]

She has a newerAcer Aspire One 532h-2326 with a n450 Intel processor. I am just wondering because I was thinking about upgrading it for her.

I ran Windows 7 Ultimate on my Asus 1000HE and had a few problems but mostly it worked. PCWorld got mixed results in their review of W7 on a netbook.

The first question I would ask is why would you want to upgrade. Do you have a home network that needs HP? Unless you have a free copy it will cost you some money. Is there some feature in W7 HP that you must have?

I'm still running XP Professional on my Asus 901 and during my studies today it worked fine. I don't really need Professional on the netbook. I connect at school with a browser and that would work even with Starter. Pro was what I had.

All that said, give her the best of whatever you have. She doesn't need to start thinking that she just gets leftovers or that's what you might get too. My wife and I have matching setups. Same computers, same software. Mine's mine and her computer is for her alone.

[brandonjb85]

I like how you put that answer netbooking the reason I am thinking about upgrading it for her is because to tell the truth I am getting it free. My teacher at college is going to give everyone a free copy but they are gonna have to bring what ever they want it installed on with them that day at the end of the semester. i figured since i already have windows 7 on my notebook that is mine i thought she might like it on her net book so she could get some dvd play back with her netbook since i bought her a external drive. So what do you think I should go ahead and give it a go then. I already made a back up disc of the factory image.

won't hurt, you can always go back later, the number one job any man has, and can do, is to be nice to wife, can't always make the best money, can't always be the best house husband, can't do a lot of things but wife needs to know you like her and she can say to her friends husband is really nice to me, were me since the software is free is go out and buy a gift to go with it, make it a twofer

read up on 7 in your model of computer, there are sometimes bios problems, sometimes wi-fi problems, sometimes this and that, check it out

read this

[ThisIsNot]

Sure, go ahead. You and your wife should not have any issues running Windows 7 Home Premium on her netbook. In fact, Microsoft has spent an extensive amount of time trying to get Windows 7 Home Premium to run on netbooks. I would do this only if they are going to give you the Windows 7 Home Premium disc though. You could create a backup image right after the Windows 7 install but I think it would be a lot easier just to download all of the necessary drivers that your wife's netbook needs for Windows 7 (should take all of 2 minutes), burn those to a disc (or back them up onto something), and then just use the Windows 7 disc for a clean installation. Either way you shouldn't run into issues but I prefer having a physical copy of an operating system instead of relying on a backup image. That is just me though, I grew up in an era when backup images weren't really used and new versions of Windows came out about once every 2 years.

On a side note, you might want to check out this website. Scroll down until you see MSDN AA Copy of Windows 7 and find your university. You might be able to download Windows 7 Pro for free. This download would be an ISO file that you use to burn Windows 7 Pro to a DVD. It is worth looking at. The university I graduated from is offering Win 7 Pro for free, I think they are charging $15 to send you a physical copy of the disc.

[brandonjb85]

Originally Posted by ThisIsNot

On a side note, you might want to check out this website. Scroll down until you see MSDN AA Copy of Windows 7 and find your university. You might be able to download Windows 7 Pro for free. This download would be an ISO file that you use to burn Windows 7 Pro to a DVD. It is worth looking at. The university I graduated from is offering Win 7 Pro for free, I think they are charging $15 to send you a physical copy of the disc.

See I've already done that for my laptop and its one time for a student.

brandonjb85, don't bother about jumping through any MSDN AA hoops for a download when you have a free offer in hand IMO. The idea of only doing it if you get the disc is so outdated *belt* and *suspender* old style thinking too. Netbooks typically don't have CD/DVD drives anyway. A two minute download of drivers won't happen either. Get the free install and learn backup.

Now, you have two different viewpoints. Mine where you take what's offered and use it or TIN man's where you wait on options not available to you and you miss out.

Don't forget the gift for your wife.

[ThisIsNot]

Originally Posted by netbooking

brandonjb85, don't bother about jumping through any MSDN AA hoops for a download when you have a free offer in hand IMO.

There aren't any "hoops" to jump through for an MSDN AA copy of Windows 7 Pro. In fact, the OP has already done this. All you have to do is log into the MSDN AA website for a specific university and click download. Many, my damn legs hurt after jumping through all of those hoops.

Originally Posted by netbooking

The idea of only doing it if you get the disc is so outdated *belt* and *suspender* old style thinking too.

I guess that makes since as I am an "old woman."

Originally Posted by netbooking

Netbooks typically don't have CD/DVD drives anyway.

Doesn't matter. The main form of distribution of software and other various media is still through some optical form whether it be a DVD, CD, or Blu-ray disc.

Originally Posted by netbooking

A two minute download of drivers won't happen either.

Yeah, even on a connection speed of .5Mbps, it would take all of two minutes to download the appropriate drivers for a netbook. I have done this multiple times with my HP Mini 110 and even my custom made desktop. Then again, I guess that never happened.

Originally Posted by netbooking

Mine where you take what's offered and use it or TIN man's where you wait on options not available to you and you miss out.

I guess I missed something in my posts... What exactly would they miss out on if they went with my option? I told them to take up the offer but I would only do it if they offered a Windows 7 disc (or a chance to copy it). That is because I wouldn't want to risk someone messing up on the installation of the OS and then creating a backup of a flawed install. Installing the OS myself (or having the OP install it on their netbook) would ensure that issues aren't encountered during installation and that all driver problems would be solved.

Here's a link to Microsoft activation which is all one really needs with an install. I took my student copies as downloads. No disc is needed. A free install sounds like a good deal to me.

[brandonjb85]

Just so you guys know i do have a external dvd drive for her net book so it wouldn't be a problem installing from a cd