Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
Is your netbook a dualcore machine? Win7 can use several cores during the startup procedure, while XP uses just one, and Vista can use several but is set to use only one by default, for compatibilty and stability reasons (that's what they said anyway).

If the special desktop effects work fine it's probably got some sort of low-end 3d card or something in it. Keep in mind that using its power does make the batteries run out faster.
Single core, afaik. Intel Atom or something.

And yeah, my battery life takes a major hit when I have Aero on. There's probably a way to set it to turn off when my netbook isn't plugged in or something.