Performance of S12 ION with WinXP?

I currently have Win7 on my S12 ION. I have 3gigs RAM on my S12 ION. I am seriously considering wiping my HD and putting WinXP on instead. I know there are people on these messageboards who own a S12 ION and have gone from WinXP to Win7, or from Win7 to WinXP. I am interested to read your thoughts...
- How is the performance of the S12 ION with WinXP compared to Win7?
- How difficult was it to switch from Win7 to WinXP?
- What do you miss in WinXP that you could do in Win7?
- How difficult is it to maintain WinXP and get it to work with everything you do?
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Hi and welcome .. as spiritedguy says...
but i think windows 7 (home premium is on S12 ION.. not the "ugly" starter edition ) .. is a younger fresher system... and forthcoming more accelerated and a better battery consumption driver will show as the power in the near future...
XP is good on S12 ION but i dont think that you got the most of it .. depending on the driver situation (and adobe newer flashplayer) ...
in conclusion you must decide on your own what is better or more convinient ... ...
The best solution in these times is a multiboot system... get the best of both
wish all a merry christmas time and a bunch of gifts
KalvinKlein
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Hi and welcome .. as spiritedguy says...
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Hi forum,
I received my Thanksgiving deal S12 ION last week. The size and format are perfect, the overall performance just what it needs to be, but the wireless performance is unacceptable. I work for IBM, and have a T60P work laptop and two Y430 laptops, all of which have perfect full bars of wireless signal throughout my house. But this S12 ION has only three bars in my office next to the wireless G router, and only one to two bars in the next room. From any other room in the house I cannot connect.
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I called Lenovo technical support. After waiting on hold, I was connected, then dropped after another 30 minute on hold. The second time I called in, I was told I needed to turn on the wireless using the switch. I informed the tech that I was already connected and that the issue was poor signal. He then suggested removing Lenovo readycomm, but that is not installed on this S12. Finally he told me that this is just a netbook, not a laptop and that if I do not like it I should return it.
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Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hi Forum,
I opened the wireless card slot after reading in other netbook forums that some have had loose antenna connectors. At first I thought that was what I had as one of the leads, the black one, was not seated. It turns out that the connector on the wireless card was bent open.
See pics:
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff283/skier757/Lenovo%20S12%20wireless%20card/PICT0004.jpg
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[IMG]http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff283/skier757/Lenovo%20S12%20wireless%20card/PICT0002.jpg[/IMG]
I bent the ring connector closed, reattached the antenna lead, and now I have great signal. Thought you would be interested in the pics.
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'Sweet', as I believe 'the kids' say these days.
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Hi , akaradar ... you can try to live with that "little blue alien laser", as my pre-poster says ....
or use your warranty ... call your local service ... i would try that ...
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Hi and welcome...
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Thanks for your reply.
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