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Windows 7 Discussion on Windows 7 and operating it on the Dell Mini series.
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| Junior Member Posts: 20 Join Date: Jun 2009 |  Windows 7 impressions. -
08-23-2009, 05:50 AM
Well i have had windows 7 on my mini now for a week and i have to say i love it.At first i was unsure,it took forever to boot up but i got a tip from jej.514 about AVG causing it to boot slow so i unistalled it and now it boots up really fast and it shuts down really fast.And once it is up and running it is every bit as fast as XP.........maybe faster but its too hard to tell really,but the interface and look is way better than XP.I also noticed better video performance.I have msn messenger and when watching a video with xp if i got a message pop up the video would start to stutter really badly until the pop up went away but now the video just keeps running smoothly even when i get the pop up.And when i bring up the task manager i swear the processor is running at a lower percentage.It still won't play hd video but i don't think this thing ever would be able to no matter what you had for a OS.I have to say i am very impressed by its performance,and using the task manger to see what the ram usage is i would say that for what i use this thing for 1 gb of ram is more than enough to run W7.I am just kicking myself now for not pre ordering it when it was on sale for half price.But i am going to get it when it comes out for sure,it really runs great on a netbook. |
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| Junior Member Posts: 4 Join Date: Mar 2009 |
08-24-2009, 01:23 AM
I like it. I havent decided if I like it as well as OSX. The Mini 9 feels so underpowered. I may just but a lightweight flavor of Linux on the thing and be done. |
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| Junior Member Posts: 13 Join Date: Feb 2009 |
09-03-2009, 02:24 AM
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| Senior Member Posts: 282 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: DeKalb, IL (near Chicago) |
09-03-2009, 12:12 PM
94f1camaro - I'm going to second your endorsement of this OS on the Mini (in my case, a 9). I haven't even thought about going back to anything else after installing W7. (Although I do occasionally use Ubuntu for the fun of it, W7 is my default and preferred OS--on all my machines, now.) Enjoy! Jeff Windows 7 Home Premium |
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| Junior Member Posts: 13 Join Date: Aug 2009 |
09-03-2009, 12:32 PM
Yeah on the mini 9, even though it takes up 4GB of my 8GB drive, I absolutely love it. I hated Vista, loved XP, but I love Windows 7 even more  Highly recommended! |
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| Junior Member Posts: 9 Join Date: Jul 2009 | 4gb install? -
09-09-2009, 07:38 PM
hey, how did you get a 4g install of win7? did you use a particular guide, because the one i used ended up being about a 6 gb install? |
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| Expert Member  Posts: 867 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA |
09-20-2009, 12:45 PM
Windows 7 seems like the OS that my Mini 9 was MEANT to run. Now where do I get a Win 7 sticker for my lid? Former Inspiron Mini 9 Owner, Modder, Enthusiast |
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| Senior Member Posts: 159 Join Date: Jan 2009 |
09-21-2009, 02:43 PM
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In the end win 7 just plain kicks ass and like the guy above me it seems as though it was made for the mini it runs so well... i cant imagine what its gonna be like on my desktop when i get around to it! | |
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| Expert Member Posts: 867 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA | 
09-21-2009, 02:51 PM
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Former Inspiron Mini 9 Owner, Modder, Enthusiast | |
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| Retired Mini user  Posts: 1,577 Join Date: Oct 2008 |
09-21-2009, 03:00 PM
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