Windows 7 on the 900HA - Dining Room Table Quickie

A quick look at Windows 7 Beta on the Asus Eee PC 900HA.

This is NOT a review since the operating system hasn't even been officially released yet.

The battery lasted two and a half hours through various use with the Wi-Fi turned on. However, since none of the Asus drivers were loaded on the 900HA, the computer wasn't using any of its power saving features, completely invalidating the results.

Memory usage after boot-up with only the AVG anti-virus running in the background stabilized at about 600 megabytes. This result is also meaningless since the operating system is still in Beta, and the memory consumption might drop even more following a few updates.

Jkk's evaluation of Windows 7 on different UMPCs and netbooks can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SyR1KU42ZM .

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[eXDi07]

how do you know if wifi is working? i formatted mine to windows 7 ultimate. im worried that my wifi wont work again. i really need your reply asap. thanks!

[TheCanadianPublic]

@eXDi07 Try connecting to your Wi-Fi at home or on a Wi-Fi hotspot. Heck, you don't even need to connect to anything! If Windows 7 can at least see a network ID, it works!

BTW, did you actually purchase Windows 7 Ultimate for a netbook? That's overkill. At most, Windows 7 Professional should have been more than enough for business use.

[eXDi07]

@TheCanadianPublic thanks dude. atleast i have the evidence of it working. thanks a lot. means a lot. haha..

i had a copy of windows 7 for my PC and installed it to my netbook through USB. i like ultimate more than any versions. thank!

[Nuclear793]

Canada Eh.

[thenight321]

i just put a full released version of windows 7 ultimate on my eee pc 900ha and it works fine. i haven't experienced any of the problems you mentioned so i guess they beed fixed.

[TheCanadianPublic]

I'm preparing a full review of the 1000HE. The choice between the 900HA and the 1000HE comes down to...

You'll find out next Monday. :)

[HoustonTechNet]

thanks for the reply.

i'm now considering buying a 1000HE and i heard really good things about it. newegg has it for less than $400 and i think it's a good choice.

[TheCanadianPublic]

Sorry for the delay. I was busy with the Salon Son & Image videos.

I didn't check the battery life or if all the drivers were installed. But what needed to work properly did work properly.

I also install Windows 7 on an Asus RS100-X5/PI2 rackmount server, and everything is working properly. I've even edited my Salon Son & Image video on it, and was impressed with the performance.

If Microsoft doesn't screw this up before the release, I'm definitely buying Windows 7 when it comes out.

[HoustonTechNet]

I forgot to mention that i will keep the xp on it though. not planning on putting win 7.

[HoustonTechNet]

Did you ever get the all the drivers and everything to work properly now? How's the battery life on win 7 if you get everything working.

I plan on buying a netbook and this is a good choice, priced currently at $300 at newegg. What do you think? Thanks in advance.