Peterism » acer http://peterchuang.com/blog NOT just random thoughts Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:15:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Acer TM8210 Running Windows 7 http://peterchuang.com/blog/2009/11/315/ http://peterchuang.com/blog/2009/11/315/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:02:19 +0000 Peter http://peterchuang.com/blog/?p=315 Purchased in Oct 2006, my Acer TM8210-6880 came with Windows XP SP2. I tried installing Vista 64-bit and 32 bit on it, but the performance just wasn’t as good as it was on XP with ATI (now AMD)’s MobilityRadeon X1600 driver. Now that Windows 7 is officially out, I decided to give it another try.

Since I wasn’t able to find a 64-bit optimized graphics driver, I decided to installed Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit.  I gotta say that after additional drivers (for OrbiCam, SmartCard Reader, etc) have been installed, Windows 7 certainly runs pretty smoothly with the polished Aero look.  Here are some screen shots:

Screenshot of Windows 7 Ultimate on Acer TM8210

Screen shot of Windows 7 Ultimate on Acer TM8210, screen resolution at 1680x1050.

TM8210 on Windows 7

TM8210 on Windows 7

TM8210 Windows 7 Performance Index

TM8210 Windows 7 Performance Index

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