JP
We’ve seen plenty of netbooks coaxed into running the Windows 7 beta, and eventually doing so at a faster clip than Vista could ever manage, but how about a real challenge? The Amtek U560 UMPC was first demonstrated back in 2007, and uses an Intel A100 processor running at just 600MHz; it also only has 512MB of RAM. A tough prospect, but Windows 7 not only works but manages to give an Experience Index score of more than 1.
Video demo of the Amtek U560 running Windows 7 after the cut
In fact, the Windows 7 Experience Index rating for the U560 is 1.2. That might not sound like much, but considering many UMPCs only manage a score of 1 in the Vista Experience Index, the little Amtek is doing pretty well.
Installation required an external USB DVD drive and a copy of the Windows 7 beta, putting it on the U560’s 18GB of storage. The standard WiFi drivers didn’t work, so those for XP were offered up instead; the end result is a dual-booting UMPC capable of running both Windows XP and Windows 7.
[via Ultra Mobile PC Tips]
2 Responses to “Amtek U560 UMPC gets Windows 7: 600MHz A100 CPU, just 512MB RAM”
mahjong January 31, 2009
Hi all,
I’m the author of that video. You said that Wifi is not working… Wifi is working 100%. All I did was using the XP wifi driver and everything went OK.
As soon as you install, it’s true, the wifi wasn’t working so I went into device manager and click on update driver for the wifi. I pick up the XP driver for wifi that I previously saved using drivermax and the network started perfectly.
A probe? Just see the video, I’m posting at http://www.todoumpc.com from W7 in my U560. So it works.
Journal and writing recognition works like a charm. But todoumpc website has the choice to post using e-ink directly, that is what is shown in the video.
Best Regards,
Neutralmahjong
Chris Davies February 1, 2009
Hi mahjong, thanks for the comments. I did see that you used the XP drivers for WiFi; hence saying that they were offered as alternatives for Windows 7 and accepted.
Great to hear that the U560 has had a second lease of life with the new OS :)
Neutral