Eboostr and My Dell Mini 12-XP Pro Netbook

**attyallanlatras** · June 22nd, 2009 08:34 AM

I have successfully installed Windows XP Pro on my Dell mini 12 which has a slow processor (Atom) and a non-upgradeable RAM (1 gig max). BTW, my laptop was pre-installed with a Vista OS and it crawled literally (it was sluggish to say the least) on some applications. Hence, the downgrade in the OS.

My XP now runs smoothly. I wanted to have the applications (2 encyclopedias- Encarta 2009 and Britannica 2009) on my netbook run faster. Then I came across Eboostr on the net. Its technology is similar to that of Readyboost in Vista but quite more powerful. Moreover, I used my entire 8Gig USB to act like a RAM and it work quite well for me.

BTW, prior to downgrading to Windows XP, with the Vista on my mini 12, I also tried readyboost. But sad to say, there was no visible difference between having readyboost or none. Besides, readyboost is limited only to 4gig on my 8gig USB...

**Horsepower** · June 22nd, 2009 08:55 AM

Sell it and get a real notebook. Don't worry, I and the other tsikoteers are willing to help you out choose a new one. No point in suffering due to a slow netbook.

There's an Asus notebook (LED backlit screen) here for around 28+K. you can stuff 8gb RAM in it and it comes with 250gb hdd already (and a dvdrw of course).

**Horsepower** · June 22nd, 2009 08:59 AM

I forgot to add, a decent Dual Core OoOE* processor running at 2.0GHz

atom is an IOE processor. That is the main reason why it's dead-turtle slow.

**ghosthunter** · June 22nd, 2009 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by Horsepower

Sell it and get a real notebook. Don't worry, I and the other tsikoteers are willing to help you out choose a new one. No point in suffering due to a slow netbook.

Netbooks have a distinct advantage with weight and battery life. The DELL Mini-12 is just a bad netbook, with it's memory limited to only 1gb among other things.