Windows 7 on Asus Eee PC 1005HA

The standard operating system (OS) of Asus Eee PC 1005HA is Windows XP. But the netbook users need to know about Windows XP can meet them requirement or not. Then, what we will gain if we upgrade OS to Windows 7.

Microsoft plans to release Windows 7 fully version on October 22, 2009 but users can download pre-release version, Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate), until August 20, 2009 and can try out the software until March 1, 2010. On the other hand, Windows XP has released since 2002 and systems, drivers, applications just seem backward.

You can install Windows 7 RC on Asus Eee PC 1005HA as well as the new OS support the new hardware on Asus Eee PC 1005HA very well. Windows 7 has a new graphic design and user-friendly that you will fully enjoy and easily use the new functions. And multimedia performance has improved in floating point.

Legit Reviews compares between Windows 7 RC and Windows XP by testing in many methods. The results of Windows 7 performance on Asus Eee PC 1005HA are slightly better in graphic and multimedia but it requires more performance of processor. So Windows XP performs a longer battery life.

The summary of the testing is not significant performance difference between Windows 7 RC and Windows XP. This is the first time to test Windows 7 on Asus Eee PC 1005HA and will do again when Microsoft releases the full version of Windows 7.