Tips & Tricks
There can be no doubt that Netbooks have taken the world by storm. These handy little ultra portable computers are seen everywhere. Their low price tag and exceptional battery life have made them the gadget of choice for people who want to communicate and surf the web on the go.
However, the diminutive price tag comes and lower power consumption with a downside. The average Netbook is not exactly the most powerful machine in the world.
System resources are usually fairly limited and they are not designed to run heavyweight applications.
Should we consider the actual operating system a heavyweight application though? Well in the case of Windows Vista, there can be no doubt that this ill fated OS is something of a resource hog.
Many people who have installed Windows Vista on their Netbook have been disappointed with its performance. They want the nice features and the new look and feel of Windows Vista, but the resource overhead is too great.
All this has changed, as Windows 7 enters the arena. Initial tests have shown that running Windows 7 on a Netbook offers significant performance gains over Windows Vista on the same machine.
Windows 7 uses some 30% less system resources on idle, and upon a low spec machine like a budget Netbook, this is a serious saving.
Boot times are also much faster, with the Windows 7 login box often appearing in half the time the Windows Vista one took to arrive.
The benefits do not stop at the OS level, because there are more system resources left free once the OS has loaded, applications have more resources to use for themselves. The result is that the entire system becomes much more responsive.
If you are currently using Windows Vista on a low spec Netbook, then consider switching to Windows 7 to improve your computing experience.
