Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Windows 7 Starter Thoughts

I keep searching for a different OS for my netbook. I don't know why, either. My Asus Eee PC 1005PE came with Windows 7 Starter. It's fast booting, so far no crashes, and works well. No idea why I keep looking at alternatives. Not froggy about anything just yet, but looking.

The netbook has quite a few features I really like - there is a great touchpad that allows me to do things and do them well. Multi-touch gestures allow me to open new tabs, scroll, zoom, and many other handy features. The function keys allow for page navigation and the like, and also ways of adjusting volume, killing the touchpad, changing screen brightness, killing wifi to save battery, etc... I like it.

Hulu, web, email... all work.