http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/ Engadget Comments for Asus and Microsoft working an Eee-targeted version of Windows 7? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Jun 27th 2008 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://members.forbes.com/global/2007/1112/024a_2.html

I kid you not: straight from Forbes Magazine. Read it and weep.]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/
Why XP install BSODed on me after many months of usage and after a new install, BSODed again. My ASUS EEE 4G also had a fatal error (running XP) both on March 1st.

I installed Vista and I've yet to see my machine BSOD. I don't know what's going on.]]>Mar 5th 2008 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/
Try combining two sound cards in one machine (e.g. Creative and E-MU) or anything else involving slightly out of ordinary hardware setup (e.g. plug in a lot of USB devices, preferably through a hub, have multiple PCI slots occupied, use brand new video cards such as original version of Galaxy 8800GT, set up RAID etc.).

While almost all that I get are caused by bad drivers or bad hardware (even "top" VGA manufacturers such as EVGA sometimes release cards that are FACTORY overclocked beyond their capabilities and are prone to freezing) and can't be contributed to Microsoft, that's beside the point. BSOD happens still, with new hardware from brand names and not with any less frequency than on XP.]]>Mar 5th 2008 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/no one knew what was going on and were pressing space and enter and all of the function keys. i chuckled at the whole ordeal]]>Mar 5th 2008 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/
But I guess that's just another thing they left out of Linux!]]>Mar 5th 2008 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/makes one want to cry really. :(

though if vista worked (using less then 8 million gb of ram) it would be quite pleasant i suppose.]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 6th 2008 5:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/
But currently I have a stripped down version of XP (using nlite), and it just flies. Boots up completely in under 35seconds, but you can start launching programs in less then 30 seconds after hitting the power button. The size of the installation CD was less then 170MB, yet I still have all the features you would want for everyday computing.]]>Mar 5th 2008 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/
I'm planning on getting the 9" Eee, and would prefer to have XP installed. But that would take up more SSD space than Linux, and would increase boot times. If nlite cuts down the size of XP, and will work with SP3, then it'll calm my fears.]]>Mar 5th 2008 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/
@Mr. Stranger
Asus being a Taiwanese company it's natual that XP in traditional chinese is installed.

To be more precise, traditional Chinese characters are still used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea. (Though Japan has made a few modifications in their Kanji characters, but still not as radical as simplified Chinese.)]]>Mar 5th 2008 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/
You mean like how people still use Tiger instead of Leopard? Or are you going to lie to us and say that all Mac users upgraded?]]>Mar 5th 2008 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/
It certainly is. It's telling you that people are ignorant and run away from positive change.

Vista is a superior OS to XP. But because XP was around too long, people got extremely comfortable with it and became fearful of change.

But change is inevitable. Within two years, I'm sure the vast majority of XP-worshiper whining will cease.]]>Mar 5th 2008 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/
The fact is that Vista has to mature quite a lot before it could replace XP in all scenarios, and I'm afraid this won't happen before Win 7 (which is, more or less, Vista Reloaded).

XP also has a number of issues before SP1 and SP2, and keep in mind it was a relatively small incremental change over Windows 2000, while Vista is trying to redo a lot of stuff, which takes time to get right.]]>Mar 5th 2008 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/
Also, you losers need to stop complaining about Vista. It's nothing new that no one wants to upgrade to a new OS. It happens every time a new OS is introduced. Don't bother upgrading, just get Vista the next you buy a new computer. And do your homework and make sure you get enough Ram from the beginning.]]>Mar 5th 2008 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/
Cross platform, reads and writes MS-O files, and free, how can you beat that?]]>Mar 5th 2008 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 5th 2008 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 9th 2008 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/
we buy eee to get a cute and smart puppy that follows us everywhere not a monster :p

hope that brings some perspective for ya ;)]]>Mar 5th 2008 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/
But this leaves MS in a pickle. If they really do discontinue XP then they have nothing between Vista and Windows Mobile. One needs heavyweight hardware, the other is a toy. Which leaves them with no operating system for mid to low end hardware. And that's not just the eeePC.]]>Mar 6th 2008 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/
I wanted to love linux, I really did. but when i don't have the time to learn a new system and i wan't things to work NOW, then windows is, for most of us, the easiest and best bet.

Real answer.....

I wanted to use vpn with remote desktops for work on my little geeekbook.
4 days later and many forums trawled i finally had it up and running using repositories not designed for the system. It would work for up to around four hours before it would crash and i would have to restart.

Ok not the most enthralling of answers but i experienced many of these little niggles, which i knew how to edit and fix under windows in 5mins but now took at least a day per issue. Asus screwed up by not offering a full linux repository when they launched the eee.

The reason i got pissed and put XP on is that i had convinced myself to buy this on the proviso it was useful.
With the linux installed it was not able to do the jobs that i needed it for.
(if they could be done i would still not be able to as i would have spent the last two months setting everything up and hunting down information).

Don't get me wrong, for a home user... Wimin, Grannies, kids, non-geeks etc This machine is awesome and they will never need windows again.

For me and many others out there, there was no option but to change OS. I am feeling tempted by eeebunto though, might have to go grab an sd card for it.

Zing!]]>Mar 6th 2008 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 6th 2008 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/asus-and-microsoft-working-an-eee-targeted-version-of-windows-7/Mar 6th 2008 1:25PM