Windows 7 on an Eee PC 900 (with a Celeron processor)

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We’ve already seen that early builds of Windows 7 run pretty smoothly on netbooks with 1.6GHz Intel Atom processors including the MSI Wind U100, Asus Eee PC 1000H, and others. But what about an older machine like the Asus Eee PC 900 which sports a 900MHz Intel Celeron CPU?

It turns out Windows 7 runs reasonably well on the  Eee PC 900 too. Blogger multimolti has even put together a tutorial explaining how to install Windows 7 on an Eee PC 900 using a USB flash drive (in case you don’t have a USB DVD drive).

While Windows 7 will run on this machine, it’s worth noting that the Eee PC 900 doesn’t seem to be capable of handling the Aero graphic interface. Of course, the computer probably runs faster with Aero shut off anyway, but it’s always fun to install eye candy just to impress your friends for a few minutes before you decide you actually need to be productive and turn off the unecessary graphics features.

You can check out a video of Windows 7 in action on the Eee PC 900 after the break.

via Blogeee


Posted on Friday, December 19th, 2008, 9:02 am by Brad
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  • It never ceases to amaze me the machines on whihch people try to squeeze things like OS X and Windows 7... Well done all!

    Garu
  • fdaman
    Brad -

    Where can I score a beta copy of WINDOW 7? I've tried my usual places online and have been unsuccessful...and I reallllly want to play with it! Any leads on how to get a copy? Thanks

    FDA
  • Nicholas
    I don't like this window gives me problem in my computer
  • yeahbaby
    aero won't run? compiz runs great on my eee 900.
  • smiffy6969
    I actually did this on windows 7 BETA download, I found it like a dog to run, not to mention how long it took to install (2+ hours).

    Bootup took around a minute, programs hung when starting, and there seemed a general lag.

    No way this will be usable as is, I lasted about an hour then got cheesed off with the lag.

    Think I'll try android next, but by far the best experience I have foudn out of the box is mandriva with kde4.1, works smooth and all hardware supported
  • Chronos
    Ubuntu fits a lot better on these, no matter what m$ will say...
  • Erik Dolor
    how the hell does w7 fit on the eee 900? it has only 4 g disk and one of 16 g, wich is slower, and the system requirements for windows 7 say that it needs 16 g...
  • Sebastian Xavier
    For those that are wondering what the truth is and just getting annoyed by the other comments: Yes Windows 7 runs on the 900 and runs WELL. The previous users did something wrong. Windows 7 runs as fast on my Eee as XP.
    BUT, you need to vLite it if you only have the stock SSD, you need 2G of RAM (most likely), and install does take a long time. After that it's smooth.
  • Amanda
    I too would like to know how this is possible. I want to try this, but as other people have pointed out, this machine only has 4GB SSD. Is that right? Did the machine you did this with have more than that? Help!
  • sohai
    lol...wat a noob comp..
    windows7 requirement is lower than vista
    n the new windows7 on tat noob comp is new install tats mean no 3rd party soft on it but still slow like shit on booting...throw it to recycle bin!!
  • Illiterate
    lol yesah u tail him liek it teh truth is!!!
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