Has Anybody Installed Windows 7 on this Samsung? Any performance pros or cons when compared to XP SP3?
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i have windows 7, runs fine but I stopped the desktop window manager functions to preserve battery life and enhance performance. otherwise, everything runs slowly. I also didn't upgrade the RAM so maybe that's why things are slower with the desktop manager on.
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Yes, I have only Windows 7 and I have been using this Small Wonder since I had xp. Wonderful little gadget.
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I have Windows 7 and have no problems at all, I'm not sure if its Home Premium or not.
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I've had issues in the past with Plugable brand as well. I've used this product for a few months now, and while there have been a few times after a windows 8 crash, when the screen wasn't seen by the OS, XP is much more stable than the newer versions of windows. I'd say yep, even with SP3 on the media center.
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Forget about windows 8, it's a piece of junk. Get windows 7 instead; not as good as XP but a hell of a lot better than 8 and you can run a XP format from windows 7.
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I installed one on my Windows 7 Pro system (upgraded from XP). It works just fine.
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HiReally depends on the age of your machine. This version is for system builders, meaning you'd have to wipe windows xp and install win7 fresh. This won't upgrade an existing windows installation.If your machine is older than 4 years, I'd suggest a new machine.The install took 15gb of my hard disk
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The unit advertised here has Windows XP. I would not purchase a PC with XP at any price. Can this XP machine be upgraded to Windows 7...I don't know. What I can do is give another review of my W7 machine. When I purchased this unit in 2010, it came with Windows 7 Starter. I did two upgrades...to Windows 7 Home Premium & increased RAM from 1Gb to 2Gb, the max the motherboard will allow. It has a 250Gb HD which at the time was larger than the combined HD capacity of my two very old Dell desktops on XP. I installed Office 2003 at the time & last year added Office 365 since I was permitted up to 5 installs. Now 4 years down the road I can say that this is a fine piece of equipment, very reliable. But it's beginning to show it's age...it's getting slow in the processing & boot-up seems to take forever. I will be replacing it with a Surface Pro 3 but due to finances, it'll have to wait til next year. When it is replaced, this unit will not go to waste, it will be given to a teenager in foster care and carry on.
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I am not able to answer because I kept Windows XP and installed Windows 7 (32 bit) on a separate partition of my PC. I have re-installed on Win 7 all the programs I had on the XP partition and had no problems. All run fine. The same goes for the drivers.
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I dual boot win 7 and 8.1 and haven't experienced any issues. I find 8.1 to boot up fastest and overall better performance. Win 7 works great though!
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I use Windows 7 Ultimate - 64 bit.But any version of Windows 7 will be great.I loved my Windows XP Professional version. But Win7 rocks! I mean it .....Windows Vista sucks. It always has from the get-go. I went from XP straight to Win7 and never lookin' back.I even prefer Win7 to Win8. Win8 is like a smartphone system.This LG drive works super great & I know it will for years to come. It's very quiet.I got it solely for it's Lightscribe ability. I already had the Lightscribe software, so this was a perfect choice.It actually was THE ONLY place I could find a SATA connected CD/DVD drive that ALSO has thecapability to burn images on the top side of the disc's with Lightscribe burning technology. I still highly rec' this item. I use Windows 7 Ultimate - 64 bit.But any version of Windows 7 will be great.I loved my Windows XP Professional version. But Win7 rocks! I mean it .....Windows Vista sucks. It always has from the get-go. I went from XP straight to Win7 and never lookin' back.I even prefer Win7 to Win8. Win8 is like a smartphone system.This LG drive works super great & I know it will for years to come. It's very quiet.I got it solely for it's Lightscribe ability. I already had the Lightscribe software, so this was a perfect choice.It actually was THE ONLY place... » Read More I use Windows 7 Ultimate - 64 bit.But any version of Windows 7 will be great.I loved my Windows XP Professional version. But Win7 rocks! I mean it .....Windows Vista sucks. It always has from the get-go. I went from XP straight to Win7 and never lookin' back.I even prefer Win7 to Win8. Win8 is like a smartphone system.This LG drive works super great & I know it will for years to come. It's very quiet.I got it solely for it's Lightscribe ability. I already had the Lightscribe software, so this was a perfect choice.It actually was THE ONLY place I could find a SATA connected CD/DVD drive that ALSO has thecapability to burn images on the top side of the disc's with Lightscribe burning technology. I still highly rec' this item. « Show Less
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I had one of these and 2gb was the most it can handle. It came with 1 and I upgraded to 2. I used Windows XP and it was designed to use XP , XP professional or Vista. I am not so sure it has the processor speed or ram to use windows 7,,buy the time 7 came out these were pretty obsolete. Good machine though.
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I'm running it in my Dell XPS with Windows 8 Pro so far no worries, runs great!
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I'm not a fan of Windows 8, but when used with a touchscreen (which it was designed for) it works well. You can load 7, but expect some difficulty.
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I am running Windows 7 on 2GB and it runs amazing. Only thing is the boot time, which is about 1 minute and 45 seconds. Other than that it works great.
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Yes you can load windows 7 on it no problem. Drivers are available from dell.com
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On this particular one for sale, Windows XP Home Edition SP3 is pre-loaded. You would personally have to upgrade it to Windows 7.