Got my oldest a cute little Asus netbook. We're pretty much all Macs at home, but his school uses windows software, so we got the Asus eee with a "starter" Windows 7 loaded. So far, so good. It's a nice little piece of kit.
My Asus XP book has met my expectations. I won't be migrating to W7, due to the giant back-up and transfer hassles. I hope your local W7 book continues to function adequately.
What are the issues? I guess msft is not making xp-->w7 a painless upgrade? Shame, w7 is getting great reviews. On the other hand, it's a netbook, as long as XP remains a stable base for a good browser (and email client), there's no big benefit to you upgrading OS anyway.
If you want to transfer from XP to W7, I have read step 1: back up all data elsewhere. step 2: format hard driver. step 3: install W7 on fresh machine. step 4: use "XP to W7 handy transfer macro" that is included in W7, once it is installed. The newest Mac/Windows John Hodegman ads reinforce this, with migrating users having everything in boxes.
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just out of curiosity, what kind of s/w do they use for school?
The dealbreaker is now Pages. The office stuff he'd been using, but office for Mac generally worked ok.
My Asus XP book has met my expectations. I won't be migrating to W7, due to the giant back-up and transfer hassles. I hope your local W7 book continues to function adequately.
What are the issues? I guess msft is not making xp-->w7 a painless upgrade? Shame, w7 is getting great reviews. On the other hand, it's a netbook, as long as XP remains a stable base for a good browser (and email client), there's no big benefit to you upgrading OS anyway.
If you want to transfer from XP to W7, I have read step 1: back up all data elsewhere. step 2: format hard driver. step 3: install W7 on fresh machine. step 4: use "XP to W7 handy transfer macro" that is included in W7, once it is installed. The newest Mac/Windows John Hodegman ads reinforce this, with migrating users having everything in boxes.
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