Look what we have here, after plummeting on top of the Amazon bestsellers lists, Windows 7  Eee PCs have been suddenly pushed down by a non-Windows 7 Eee PC. And guess what it is? – the Eee PC 1005HA running Windows XP instead.

Did that surprise you a bit? The Eee PC 1005HA running on Windows XP sells for $358.89 while the model with Windows 7 sells for around $376.99. It’s around $18 difference in price and you’d already have a faster Eee PC with better specs and features and yet the inferior model is still preferred by users?

What could be the reason then? Users still not convinced that Windows 7 is better than Windows XP? Users still want to buy some time before upgrading to Windows 7? Price is certainly not an issue since the price difference is not that much.

Let’s see if this trend continues as more and more reviews of Windows 7-powered netbooks come out. In the meantime go check out Amazon’s bestsellers and find out if your netbook is among them.

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So aside from Verizon Wireless which is now offering the HP Mini 311 loaded with Windows 7 OS, other carriers will also soon be launching their Windows 7 netbook bundles. Of course, we all know that AT&T will be launching the upcoming Nokia 3G Booklet pretty soon.

But aside from these two major U.S. carriers, other mobile companies in Europe are also said to be set to release their own Windows 7 netbook packages. These include T-Mobile, O2, Vodafone and Telia Sonera.

Germany’s O2 is also offering the Nokia 3G Booklet ahead of AT&T in the U.S. O2 is offering the said netbook for around $522 with a monthly rate of around $30 for two years.

T-Mobile will also sell the Dell Mini 10V and Verizon will also sell the Samsung N140 and Toshiba 200. All these netbooks will be running Windows 7 as well.

Finally in Sweden, Telia Sonera has also committed to bring Windows 7 to consumers via various netbooks from all major OEMs.

Of course what these all mean is that the netbook phenonmenon leaves on. Making netbooks available through various mobile data plans bring consumers more options and make the netbooks more affordable for them.

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It didn’t take Microsoft that long to put up the Windows 7 USB installer for netbooks who wants to upgrade their netbook’s OS.  The Microsoft online store now has all the procedures you would need to successfully install the OS to your netbooks. Granting of course that your netbook has the required system specs to run the OS.

There are some basic tips and hints that will help you decide whether you should upgrade and which edition of the Windows 7 OS you should be upgrading to. Right now, you can actually choose to get the Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate versions. If you’re looking for the netbook edition, well you’re in bad luck since Microsoft may have forgotten to include it just yet.

If you’re brave enough to do it, you can go directly to the Windows 7 download page below:

Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade

Windows 7 Professional Upgrade

Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade

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Here you go folks, if you’ve been wondering what netbooks and nettops are going to support Windows 7, Asus has officially released its Windows 7 product line up. Actually practically all Eee PCs netbooks as well as the Eee Box will have Windows 7 together with upcoming models announced previously.

So here goes, Asus Windows 7 product line up. Which one are you going to get to have a taste of Windows 7?

• Eee PC 1005HA
• Eee PC 1005HR
• Eee PC 1008HA
• Eee PC T91MT
• Eee PC 1101HA
• Eee PC 1201HA
• Eee PC 1201N
• Eee Box EB1501
• Eee Box EB1502
• Eee Top ET2002
• Eee Top ET2002T
• Eee Top ET2203
• Eee top ET2203T

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If you haven’t taken the brave route to installing the Windows 7 beta release to your netbook, you might be glad to know that Microsoft is releasing an online tool that will help you upgrade your existing netbook’s OS to Windows 7.

The trick is when you buy Windows 7 at the Microsoft online store you can have access to this tool that will guide you in creating a USB bootable drive that you can use to upgrade your netbook’s OS to Windows 7.

There’s just one hitch to this process though, and that is it will require you to tweak your netbook’s BIOS to look for a USB driver first before proceeding with the boot up process.

Although Microsoft will not recommend this to all netbook users, I’m inclined to believe that most if not all netbook users are computer savvy enough to be able to tweak their netbook’s OS.

A 4GB USB drive is also required if you are following Microsoft’s online tool for upgrading to Windows 7.

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Following our recent posts about the pricing details and release date of the Eee PC 1201HA, Netbook Italia has unearthed the manual of the said netbook right from the Asus Taiwan site. And the said manual revealed that there will be two other Eee PC 1201 models – the 1201N and 1201T.

The Eee PC 1201N will have an Nvidia ION platform and HDMI output while the 1201T will have a slightly different design and will have no HDMI capability.

As for the Eee PC 1201HA details, it’s still the same Intel Atom Z520 CPU, 2GB of Memory, 250GB of HDD and of course Windows 7.

In addition, the Eee PC 1201HA will have the following ports on its sides – memory card slot, headphone output jack slot, microphone jack and 3 USB ports.

The Eee PC 1201HA will be available next month in Italy for around 399 euros.

If you’re looking to upgrade from XP or Vista on your netbook, or perhaps you already have, then here’s some great news for you. Some netbook makers have already updated the driver download pages to include Windows 7 drivers which should work better than Vista drivers you may be using instead. Most Asus netbooks now have drivers for Windows 7 from their support page.

Other companies have updated their support pages but, not all companies support many netbook models. There is support from Toshiba for the NB205, while Acer are providing Windows 7 drivers for the Aspire One 751 and AOP531h with AOD250 to follow. Dell are listing drivers for the Mini 10v and Mini 10 but not the Inspiron Mini 9 or 12. HP on the other hand have support for discontinued netbooks, such as the HP Mini 2140. They’ve also got support for the 110, 5101 and other models. Lenovo have also updated their support page to include manuals but, no drivers yet. This could change soon though.

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So aside from the Eee PC 1005HA and 1005HA Business Edition, Asus is also releasing another variant of the Seashell series. This time it is called the Eee PC 1005HR.

Aside from running Windows 7, the Eee PC 1005HR would also have a 10.1-inch display with in 1366×768 display. That translates into a full HD-display capability.

The Eee PC 1005HR is currently available in black and has a price tag of around $389. This is the same price as the original Eee PC 1005HA.

Other details and specs of the Eee PC 1005HR include – Intel Atom N280 CPU, 1GB of RAM, GMA 950 graphics, 250GB HDD, 0.3MP webcam, various ports, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 6-cell battery which is good for 8.4 hours of use.

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Gigabyte is joining netbook manufacturers who are taking the easier route to adapting Windows 7 on their netbooks. Instead of coming up with new netbooks, Gigabyte is updating it’s older netbooks to run Windows 7 Starter Edition.

According to Gigabyte Japan, there will be two netbooks who will be preloaded with Windows 7 Starter, the M1022X and T1028X netbooks.

The Gigabyte M1022X is a a remodeled version of the previously released M1022M. It features 10.1-inch display (1366×768), 6-cell battery with up to 8 hours battery life, Intel Atom N280 Processor, 1GB of RAM, 160GB HDD, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GMA 950 graphics chipset.

Gigabyte Japan has announced refreshed versions of their Gigabyte netbook lineup (2 of the 3) with Windows 7 Starter.

The other Windows 7 netbook is the T1028x tablet convertible with 10.1-inch touchscreen, 1GB of RAM, 160GB HDD, 1.3MP webcam, Bluetooth, 6-cell battery.

The Gigabyte M1028X is available now in Japan for $738 while the T1028X is available for $804.

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With a few days before the official release of Windows 7, netbook makers who were not able to come up with new netbooks that would run the OS are doing the quickest way to join the Windows 7 bandwagon, by upgrading their current netbooks and preloading them with Windows 7 with Windows 7.

As a review, the Onkyo/Sotec C405 is loaded with Intel Atom N280, 1GB of RAM, 250GB HDD, 10.1-inch display and WiFi. While the C205A3 comes with Intel Atom N270, 1GB of RAM, 32GB of HDD and WiFi.

Both Onkyo/Sotec netbooks are available now in Japan.

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