Windows XP support ended - day 1

NiftyDigits

Lum wrote: »

I wrote "XP-only" for a reason. If they're shipping with a dual licence or some other sensible upgrade path then they're not XP-only.

There weren't that many that were "XP only". In fact I can't think of any off hand.

Lum

NiftyDigits wrote: »

There weren't that many that were "XP only". In fact I can't think of any off hand.

Wern't there some that shipped with terrible screen resolutions like 960x600 that don't meet the minimum requirements for Vista/7/8.

Though I guess if you include Linux, no netbook is XP only.

But yeah, we really are talking about bottom of the barrel crap that should never have been sold. Can't really blame MS for that.

virgo17

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Some of those Netbooks supplied with XP have the ability to be very easily upgraded. So not the disaster imagined. The MSI Wind U135DX a case in point.

Indeed!

I'm posting this from a Samsung NC10 Netbook on WiFi running Win 7 Home perfectly. I changed from XP two years ago without problem. At different times this netbook has also run various flavours of Linux.

securityguy

Lum wrote: »

Wern't there some that shipped with terrible screen resolutions like 960x600 that don't meet the minimum requirements for Vista/7/8.

Though I guess if you include Linux, no netbook is XP only.

For some years, my sole computer (well, sole computer on me: loads of stuff in the cloud) was a Dell Mini 9 which was running (whisper it) OSX. It even, with gross provocation and a certain amount of making coffee while it echoed characters, ran VMWare Fusion to handle a Solaris VM.

I've still got it (it was, to be fair, somewhat hot-rodded with some extra RAM and a a 64GB SSD) and was last seen running Solaris 11.1.

NiftyDigits

virgo17 wrote: »

Indeed!

I'm posting this from a Samsung NC10 Netbook on WiFi running Win 7 Home perfectly. I changed from XP two years ago without problem. At different times this netbook has also run various flavours of Linux.

It's not quite what I meant. In more plain language, a lot of Netbooks with XP installed in 2010 and possibly earlier, were shipped with the option to install a later OS.....
In other words they were designed for the later OS, but XP was installed to it instead.

hansi

Would an Acer netbook bought in 2008 on XP run Windows 7?

NiftyDigits

hansi wrote: »

Would an Acer netbook bought in 2008 on XP run Windows 7?

Yes. What's the full model number?

hansi

Its an Acer Aspire One Model No ZG5 1gb Ram 120gb HDD

NiftyDigits

hansi wrote: »

Its an Acer Aspire One Model No ZG5 1gb Ram 120gb HDD

Is that from 2008?? I have the same. Though mine has 1.5 GB and runs Windows 7 Starter smoothly.

Will put together a guide for you.

hansi

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Is that from 2008?? I have the same. Though mine has 1.5 GB and runs Windows 7 Starter smoothly.

Will put together a guide for you.

Thanks. Yes is the 2008 model., but unfortunately it doesn't have a CD drive and I've bought a Windows 7 Professional disk!