Hi Friends,

I have HP Mini 110. I bought it just one month ago. It has windows 7 starter in its package. But I feel its very slower than my earlier Toshiba L455, that has a celeron CPU and windows 7 home edition.

Please tell me, does installing windows XP on my HP Mini 110 can make a noticeable difference in its speed or not?

Thanks in advance for your help.It probably does not have XP drivers available so i would check into that 1st before considering switching...Moreover, if it shipped with W7 then it should work fine. What exactly "feels slower"?Allan,

Typical programs like Microsoft Word, Excel opens up very slowly. Also, when I resume it from hibernate mood, it takes too much time to work normally, though it has 1GB DDR3. It had Microsoft Office Starter 2010 in the package, and it was extremely SLOW. I uninstalled it and installed Office 2007. It is working much better now.

But generally, the PC is still slower. Is it because of Intel ATOM? And does installing XP can help games run smoothly?I'd expect Windows 7 COMPUTERS with only 1 GB memory to be rather slow for many programs.  You might want to check with HP and Crucial to see it can HOLD more memory to make it run faster.

http://www.orderingmemory.com/hpshopping/index.asp?product_code=P5300U%23ABA

http://www.crucial.com/

Note, however, that if you have a 32-bit version of Windows 7 instead of a 64-bit version, installing more than 4 GB of memory is useless - 32-bit versions of Windows have a limit on how much they can use, always below 4 GB and often around 3.5 GB.  Hard drives are accessed differently; this limit does not apply to them. Quote

I'd expect Windows 7 computers with only 1 GB memory to be rather slow for many programs.  You might want to check with HP and Crucial to see it can hold more memory to make it run faster.