Hello everyone, Additional notes: The system was running with the power setting on High Performance, and the battery was currently around 40% charge. Running Windows 7 Aero theme. My battery life with Windows 7 Ultimate averages around 5.5 hours. Sorry my Flip HD doesn’t focus on the screen very well. I recently purchased this gateway netbook from best buy for 0. Please feel free to comment and post your questions. Thank you, Jason Flittner Slickdeals link: slickdeals.net Recorded on …
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Asides 
The curtain has been raised (slightly) on the next installment of Microsoft’s Windows operating system – Windows 7.
Microsoft hope it will bring the internet, mobile phone and PC closer together. But reviews have so far been mixed, although reviewers have been limited to trying the (pre-beta version).
The full version is expected to be capable of working with a touchscreen screen, navigating documents and the Web similar to Apple’s iPhone. It is officially released at the end of 2009.
“I have seen the future, and it is bleak. Windows 7, the next big version, the one that was supposed to fix everything that was wrong with Vista, is here (at least in pre-beta form), and I can now say – with some confidence – that Microsoft has once again dropped the ball.
“Overall, I’m extremely disappointed with Windows 7. Far from atoning for Vista’s sins, Windows 7 simply carries them forward, visiting them upon yet another generation. Windows 7 is no panacea. Rather, it’s just more of the same: slow, bloated, and frustrating as hell.”
“When it comes to Windows 7, Microsoft hasn’t just learned from the mistakes of Windows Vista. It has picked up a thing or two from Apple’s OS X, judging by first impressions.
“It’s not clear how big the changes are so far. If you put the beta-build of Windows 7 side-by-side with Windows Vista, you’d be hard-pressed to spot the differences. Yes, some of the icons look slightly different and there’s no sidebar, but it’s essentially still the Vista look and feel. But that changes when you start to use Windows 7.
“For a start the OS won’t nag you as much; many notifications are banished to a control panel, you get to approve icons before they show up in the system tray and Microsoft has reined in Vista’s useful but annoying UAC prompts; you can choose which ones you want to see or turn them off altogether.”
“Initially Windows 7 looks similar to Vista, but there a lot of new features that have been added. Under the skin, Microsoft has been working hard. Boot times have been reduced, and certainly the review laptop Microsoft provided has a fairly snappy boot time.
“Microsoft has been working with OEMs to improve battery life – simple things such as reducing the timer frequency can improve battery life by up to 10 per cent. The networking stack has had new diagnostics added to help users figure out exactly where the problem lies.
“So, is this all a big deal? It’s not a change to the fundamental core of Windows, and most of the improvements sound relatively small. But taken together, they seem to address many of the issues people have had for Windows. I’m looking forward to trying it out, starting this afternoon.”
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at 6:01 pm
how did u put microsoft word on the netbook
at 6:01 pm
Since Acer and Gateway are the same, you can swap batteries. I have this and a Acer D250-1156 and they use the same shape and connection batteries.
at 6:01 pm
Took mine apart and I’ll post the pics on the slickdeals forum for this.
I watched a bunch of Acer one (older models) cooling mods and they had some good ideas. Sadly the heatsink fan combo on this thing is different (worst really) so I’m going to have to use my own drawing board.
at 6:01 pm
The good thing since Acer owns gateway, these netbooks are the same.
The wifi card is plugged into a seperate PCI-E slot (have to dissassmble to get to) so there’s another one behind a plate and you can install a 3G card or Broadcom HD decoder.
at 6:01 pm
If anyone knows of a fan control program that works on this model and newer Acer models (D250’s), post up.
AA1 & A1Ctl do not work on these.
at 6:01 pm
can you run counter strike source and day of defeat so I can see how it runs on this computer?
at 6:01 pm
Looks like I’m getting this one! This netbook handles Windows 7 amazingly.
at 6:01 pm
great review!
netbooks are progressing into fine pieces of technology, but it just doesn’t seem worth it invest in single core technology anymore. even at such a low price.
what do you think?
at 6:01 pm
What 2GB Ram did you upgrade with?
Specifically
at 6:01 pm
Urban, the majority of the drivers work just fine from the start with window 7, but I did have to plug on my ethernet cable to allow windows update to download my wireless drivers!! Windows 7 will automatically search for and install drivers if you are online.
at 6:01 pm
Bubba, from what I understand one of the limitations of Windows 7 Starter Edition is that you cannot easily change the background! In all other versions it is really simple.
Thanks
at 6:01 pm
is it true your cant change your backround with windows 7
at 6:01 pm
can yu download oovoo on this netbook?
at 6:01 pm
quick Q?
when you intalled win 7 how did you get the drivers?
at 6:01 pm
Hey~~nice review~~I was wondering how long can the 6-cell last?
at 6:01 pm
Hey!
Great review, I’m getting one this sunday
(My dad’s in Florida, and bought one for me)
Anyway, I was wondering, will any RAM do? (Any DDR2 200 pin stick?) Thanks in advance
at 6:01 pm
how much did the extra RAM cost, and who installed it? Did someone from Best Buy do it? I just wanna know what the total price of the netbook + extra RAM is, without tax.
at 6:01 pm
Awesome review! I tried to get the 3 cel version of this comp but Newegg ran out so I figured I could spring the extra money for the 6 cel.
at 6:01 pm
I found the answer! It’s the first one, if anyone needs help.
at 6:01 pm
I want to upgrade to 2GB, but which should I buy, the Crucial 2GB 667 Mhz CT25664AC667 DDR2 200-Pin SODIMM Laptop Memory or Crucial Technology CT25664AC800 2GB 200-pin SODIMM DDR2 PC2-6400 Memory Module? Also, if you could post a video on how to install it, that would be great! Thanks so much!
at 6:01 pm
im gettin this laptop 4 christmas :]
at 6:01 pm
I actually pulled this out of my Acer Laptop, purchased it quite awhile ago can’t remember where! I have been reading on the slickdeals link I have posted under more info on this video, others have posted links to purchase some ram for it
at 6:01 pm
It does not have a cdrom, but works well with an external usb cdrom, DDR2 is just a type of RAM (Computer Memory), and most netbooks don’t have internal cdroms as they don’t really need them!
at 6:01 pm
Ah agreed! I will probably install Ubuntu on mine as soon as I am finished playing with OSX
at 6:01 pm
Thanks for the review. I just picked one up at BestBuy today for $229.