Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Now Windows 7 has finally shipped I thought I’d update my series of posts on getting Windows 7 RTM (Release to Manufacture) up and running on the Samsung NC10.
So here we go… How to get Windows 7 running on the NC10…
After installing Windows 7 Enterprise and running Windows Update ...
Tags: Hardware, Netbooks, Windows 7
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Tom’s Hardware has a a reasonable article comparing performance if Windows 7 RC and Windows XP SP3 running on the Acer Aspire One D150. Windows 7 Versus XP: Which Belongs On Your Netbook? They conclude: At first glance, one might come away from our ...
Tags: Hardware, Netbooks, Windows 7
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Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
How efficient is your PC? Here’s a thought… How about taking some ideas from the peopl e who run data centers? Turns out data centers use a measure called Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) to assess how energy efficient they are: Power usage effectiveness (PUE) is a ...
Tags: Green IT, Hardware
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Update: New version of this for the final Windows 7 release is here!
I’ve been making regular updates to my Windows 7 RC on the Samsung NC10 Netbook post. If you’ve put Windows 7 RC on your NC10 and have had problems or figured out workarounds post them in the comments ...
Tags: Hardware, Netbooks, Windows 7
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
Update: New version of this for the final Windows 7 release is here!
Here’s an update on my Windows 7 Beta on the Samsung NC10 Netbook post from January. I’ve installed the Windows 7 Ultimate RC on my NC10.
I’ve only been running it for a few days but so far ...
Tags: Hardware, Netbooks, Windows 7
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
A lot’s been going on in the world of PC hardware recently, manycore processors and massively parallel graphics cards. More importantly the software is now available to make use of this. Microsoft’s Parallel Extensions to .NET 3.5 and Nvidia’s CUDA parallel computing architecture both allow developers to leverage the full ...
Tags: Hardware
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
I updated the Building a Green Windows Home Server and Samsung NC10 Memory Upgrade posts to include links to the latest hardware on NewEgg. Some of the items were no longer available so I added alternatives.
The Complexity Pig post has finally eclipsed the 100+ comment will never die Windows 7 on the Samsung ...
Tags: Hardware, Netbooks, Windows Home Server
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Update: New version of this for the final Windows 7 release is here!
I’ve updated my post on Windows 7 on the Samsung NC10 Netbook to include links to the newer, better Samsung utilities and how to enable two finger scrolling.
Couple of other posts worth reading that show off some of ...
Tags: Hardware, Netbooks, Windows 7
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
Update: New version of this for the final Windows 7 release is here!
The Windows 7 Team just announced a public beta and I’ve been itching to give it a try. I thought I’d see just how netbook friendly the Windows team have made Windows 7 and if a typical netbook ...
Tags: Hardware, Netbooks, Windows 7
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Sunday, December 21st, 2008
The Synaptics Touchpad on the Samsung NC10 supports two finger scrolling but the driver they ship doesn't enable this feature. Considering the touchpad is so small two finger scrolling sounds pretty attractive as it allows you to turn off the virtual scrollbars on the sides of the pad.
Lucky for there's an ...
Tags: Hardware, Netbooks
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