#Aspire one windows 7 install#
#Aspire one windows 7 drivers#
#Aspire one windows 7 driver#

So I start by installing the obvious applications (Firefox 3, Thunderbird 2, Open Office 3 + JRE, Skype and AVG Free) which all goes smoothly and performance is good. even the pesky light on the front that shows WLan connection status. all the aero effects work, WLan, Lan, Audio, Webcam. All over and done with in about 30-40 minutes and it was good to see everything working from first boot.

#Aspire one windows 7 install#

The install is as easy as you could hope for. I have this Windows 7 RC disk hanging around so I thought I'd give it a go. This didn't fix the WLan and nuked the X config - meaning I couldn't boot the machine and was faced with having to pick it apart and fix it. install was easy enough, but no WLan after the install, so plugged in a cable an opted to install all the updates that were listed as pending. I'm more than a little invested in Linux - I think it's an amazing alternative to MS Windows and has recently upped it's game to deliver something that is as easy to use and install as Windows XP (and takes considerably less time fixing once it has been installed).ДЇedora 11 is due out in a few days and it's my plan to review it soon after it is release, so I thought I'd take the next rew days to check out how well an old favourite, OpenSuse 11.1 worked on my nice new Acer Aspire One D150. If you have any questions or comments, click on the main Review link below.

#Aspire one windows 7 drivers#

The other chipset drivers (ICH7-M) did not change вЂ“ they still register as the default Windows 7 drivers (and they are probably Vista-based) вЂ“ Version. I will probably run some before/after benchmarks just to see. What those changes are, I havenвЂ™t looked at yet вЂ“ it could very well be related to Windows 7 (they are probably based on Vista drivers). These are the before and after Intel Mobile Express 945 chipset/graphics updates:ДЄs you can see, the 945 chipset/graphics drivers did change.

#Aspire one windows 7 driver#

On the right is the Atheros Ethernet (AR8121/AR8113/AR8114) driver that is installed through automatic update: On the left is the Atheros Wireless driver (AR5007EG) thatвЂ™s installed with Windows 7 by default. This is what the automatic updates includes: Here is before (left) you go through automatic updates and then after(right): I havenвЂ™t yet transferred any of the 3rd party software over from the original install (IвЂ™ve installed Windows 7 on a separate hard drive so as to preserve the original), but I will be taking a look at that later today. Arguably, some of the functionality provided by either Acer-specific software or third-party software is taken care of by built-in software and features that are included with Windows 7, so you may not even lose any functionality. With a few driver updates and installs, youвЂ™ll be at nearly the same level with Windows 7 as you would be with the original Windows XP Home installation that came installed.

No settings have been tweaked.ДЇirst off, you arenвЂ™t really going to lose any functionality. IвЂ™ll be running it before updating the graphics/chipset drivers. This is with the updated drivers (see below). LetвЂ™s get this out of the way now вЂ“ IвЂ™ll be running this a few times over the weekend, including with a new install, but hereвЂ™s what turned up the first time I ran it. вЂ“ 10-inch Acer Aspire One вЂ“ Windows 7 вЂ“ вЂ“ Synaptics Touchpad Drivers/Setup вЂ“ 10-inch Acer Aspire One вЂ“ Windows 7 вЂ“ вЂ“ Drivers, Updates, Networking вЂ“ 10.1-inch Acer Aspire One Review вЂ“ Part 2: Windows 7 вЂ“ 10.1-inch Acer Aspire One Review вЂ“ Part 1: 10.1-inch Acer Aspire One versus 8.9-inch Acer Aspire One