Can I upgrade Windows 7 Starter on EEE PC1015b?

[yeshekathy]

HI all,
I have an EEE pc 1015b 5 months old and have already upgraded the RAM to 2 gigs because it ran soooo slowly when I got it. It came with wondows 7 starter - can I upgrade to the proper windows 7 (would like the media player options) without losing even more performance. It's still pretty slow and freezes if it has to do too much - like use our 32" tv as a monitor to show pictures or videos.
Any advice about the upgrade - or about why it freezes and what I can do about that would be great.

 

[Rabbit01]

Here's a how-to article: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/14943/how-to-upgrade-your-netbook-to-windows-7-home-premium/

 

[yeshekathy]

Thanks - what a speedy reply - will look into it - I am worried about the netbook running even slower... do you think it will?
Can I reverse the upgrade if it does?

 

[Rabbit01]

According to Microsoft's article, it's possible to uninstall Windows 7 and revert back to your older OS (scenario 1): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971762

Performance wise, I'm not sure. Probably not much worse. The Aero theme might cause a bit of a lag.