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Install Win8 on Acer Aspire One

Discussion in 'Windows OS' started by lopdog, Nov 22, 2012.

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  1. lopdog TechSpot Maniac Posts: 378

    Hi!

    I have an old Acer Aspire One
    A150X netbook with the following specs:
    • 1.6 Mhz Atom chip
    • 1GB RAM
    • 160 GB hdd
    • 8.9 inch screen (1024×600)
    • Windows XP
    Does anyone know if it would be possible to run Windows 8 on this computer? I don't expect it to be lightning fast, I'd probably use it for internet browsing, Word, Excel, and to watch some movies...
    There is also a recovery partition, would I be able to us this after a clean Windows 8 installation, if it turns out to be too slow?
    Thanks.
    lopdog, Nov 22, 2012
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  2. Cobalt006 TechSpot Booster Posts: 838   +44

    You maybe able to but ,your systems specs are kinda outdated. You can try. If they are to old it will not install. Plus you will need to find drivers for your hardware. GoodLuck.
    Cobalt006, Nov 22, 2012
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  3. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,917   +119

    What is going to happen is it will install and boot fine, but when you try to launch anything you'll get a resolution too low error.

    I haven't tried on the retail yet, but I know the CP and the RP had different ways to address this (or maybe it was a beta and the CP that were different). One you could edit an ini file or install a different vid driver, and the other required a registry edit. In any case, I'm sure you can make it work, but it isn't going to work nicely 'out of the box'.
    SNGX1275, Nov 24, 2012
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  4. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,917   +119

    SNGX1275, Nov 25, 2012
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  5. Zoltan Head TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 259   +27

    You might have more joy with a Linux distro (Snow Linux or Slackware maybe?) if Windows 7 or earlier not working for you?:)
    Zoltan Head, Nov 26, 2012
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  6. misor TechSpot Booster Posts: 373   +48

    Most aspire one netbooks, if not all, are capable of running windows 7 starter (and by extention up to ultimate)

    (also that netbook is 1.6ghz not mhz)
    misor, Nov 27, 2012
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  7. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,917   +119

    Yeah, I have an Aspire One D250 (think it is cross modeled as something else too) and it came with 7 Starter on it. I also run (dual boot) Jolicloud 1.2 on it. Runs Jolicloud fine, but battery life on a 6 cell battery in Joli is about 4 hours, in Win 7 Starter it is about 7.5.

    My ex-gf had the same one and she tried to dual boot with the CP of 8 and ran into the resolution too low issue I described in my earlier post. The link in my 2nd post though tells you how to get around that. I think 8 is likely a better OS than 7 for netbooks, its just that resolution issue that most people won't attempt to overcome.
    SNGX1275, Nov 27, 2012
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