I had a Mini 9 and Mini 10. Both brilliant and run Windows 7 spot on.

Idea when onsite to RDP into the office and configure networks. Not really powerfull enough for everyday use though.

You will not get Windows 7 running on the 8GB SSD either. I tried removing and disabling everything but still kept running out of space :lol:

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I have a mini 9, fantastic machine for on the move, hook it up to an external monitor, keyboard and mouse at home!

I did consider the 9 but it's just too small :(

PC World have a Dell mini 9 for 150.

I still fancy one of these but want Ion and that means 300, which isn't far off a better laptop.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/179804

It comes with XP, but I'm consider wiping it and installing Ubuntu instead...

Noooooooooooooo!

Not an SSD in the acer I hope? Windows 7 starter only allows 3 programs open at once, how shit!

Decided to go for the Acer in the end. Only £199.99 from eBuyer :cool:

Yeah there is an icon on the start menu called 'Windows Anytime Upgrade' I think it is. Not sure how much it costs to change it to home/pro/ultimate. I haven't found a real need to do it just yet though

Well I've seen on eBuyer the Acer netbook for £199.99, but for £249 I could buy the Dell Mini 10v with Windows 7 (from the Dell site directly). Hmmm...

I read on some blog site apparently any Windows 7 install has the full super dooper version install, you can just upgrade to Premium/Ultimate or whatever and the license key "unlocks" those features.

I've got win 7 ultimate on my hp 2133 netbook and runs loads better than when I tried XP and vista home prem.
Deffo get 7

Yeah I assume you can although I haven't looked into it.

Windows 7 works fine on it, no slow down at all when ran on normal settings, If you put it into power saver to extend battery time then response is a little slower.

Although I have read that its recommended to upgrade any of the netbooks to 3gb which is cheap and easy to do, I'll be doing it soon.

As far as I can tell, Starter is windows 7 with some features removed/limitied

I presume if you wanted to install a different OS you could boot from a USB stick (seeing as they have no DVD drives)?

Does this Windows 7 Starter work OK on it (i.e. not slow)?

I have the Asus, only had it a week or so but is really nice. Good build quality, keyboard feels good to use.

8+ hours battery is pretty good, although you can't be doing high demanding things for that time.
It has 'Windows 7 Starter' on it, which is a limited version but does pretty much everything you need to on a netbook.

Boot to using it is well under a minute.

I haven't tried the Acer, I was deciding between Asus and the Samsungs.

Any other specific questions let me know

Any of you lot have either netbook? If so, what do you like/dislike about them.

I need to buy one of these today and am unsure which one to get - they seem similar spec wise.

On another note, Dell sell the Mini 10v which I think looks OK. Can get it with Windows 7 for an extra £20 (normal OS is XP) - won't 7 be really slow on such a device?