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eCS on an Asus X55U?

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BigGoofyGuy:
I have an Asus X55U laptop computer. Windows 8 is slow and driving me nuts.  >:( For some reason Microsoft thinks the start button is no longer needed. It makes finding things more difficult. The 'start screen' is really frustrating. I want to try installing eComStation onto it. Will it work or will it be a lot of frustration?  8) I bought eCS 2.0 not long ago.

shortslim:
What I did for my Windows 8 Laptop, is I bought Startdock's Start8 program.  It makes Windows 8 desktop look like Windows 7.  It cost me about 9 USD.  I don't know about ECS on your laptop, but on my desktop with an ASUS P8B75-m, it only partially works.  I am trying to solve a couple of problems with it.  I am waiting on ECS 2.2, which I hope will solve at least one of my problems.

jdeb:
One way to find out. Drop a spare HD in it and go for it. Lets us know if it does.

BigGoofyGuy:
I don't have a spare HD to drop in it but I will check out the Stardock Start8 program. Thanks for the information.  8)
http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/

If waiting for eCS 2.2 is better choice than trying to use eCS 2.0, I might try installing eCS 2.0 onto my netbook with Win 7 limited on it.  8)

Doug Bissett:

--- Quote ---If waiting for eCS 2.2 is better choice than trying to use eCS 2.0, I might try installing eCS 2.0 onto my netbook with Win 7 limited on it.
--- End quote ---

I would think that eCS 2.2 GA would be better than eCS 2.0. If you have access to Software Subscription, you could try eCS 2.1. The current beta eCS 2.2 is not usable, unless a new one has been released, as I write this. If you do decide to try eCS 2.0, you should review the information in: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/doc/eCs-2-on-modern-laptop-win7-rev-1.zip and http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/doc/TAMING_WIN7_V0_2_1.zip.

One thing to be sure that you do, is create the recovery disks (DVDs), so you can get back to where you started.

Another option, is to try eCS (any version, but 2.1 or newer is best) in a Virtual machine. I find that eCS 2.1, and a patched up eCS 2.2 beta, works pretty good in VirtualBox, under Win7 (home premium and PRO 64 bit). Just be sure to enable the virtual machine extensions, in your BIOS.

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