Gateway's LT series

Atom setup for the same price may have bluetooth, battery life, and may allow you to setup a hackintosh but will give great ground in video, memory (gateway can go up to 4gb), cpu slightly, and HD size department. Hopefully someone can post their score but my 32 bit win 7 scores are 2.2 Atom CPU, 4.3 memory (2gb Adata, in the past posted as Transcend, sorry for the misrepresentation), 2.0 Aero graphics Intel 950 GPU, 3.0 Game graphics, and 5.9 hard disk (Transcend 16gb fast ssd) out of a range of 1.0 - 7.9 scale. If you can see what the Vista score says in the store and you might be able to google what other netbooks are averaging.

Hey I was wondering if it is possible to increase the RAM in my Gateway LT3103u. It came with 2 gigs and I would like to increase it to 4 gigs. If this is possible, would it increase the speed of the computer?

Also, is there a way to upgrade the netbook to Windows 7. Would this be a good idea.

Basically I'm looking to maximize the performance of my netbook and these were two things I thought could help. Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks

Jesse

there are programs from companies that makes RAM like crucial that tells you which type of memory you can use, the max capacity of your laptop, etc., and will suggest their product.

These tend to be BIOS limited anyway. You'd have to toss the module you have and try a new 4 gig chip. If it works, you may still see only 2 gigs showing. Processor limitations will take away from any potential speed increase anyway. Even if all 4 gigs show, your 32 bit system is going to use only about 3. Windows 7 in it's most basic form will run just fine with 2 gigs of RAM.

upgrading to Windows 7 looks promising

upgrading the RAM isn't possible, wouldn't help anyway

So just to be clear, the best recommendation is to purchase Windows 7 rather than Windows Vista Basic?

Is there a particular version of Windows 7 I need for a netbook vs. a laptop?

What are the major differences between Windows Vista Basic and Windows 7?

I have 4 gigs of Ram currently on my netbook, will that be enough for Windows 7?

Thanks for all of the help, obviously I know little to nothing about this subject.

Correction I currently have 2 gigs of ram not 4.

I have installed win7 unlimited version on my Gateway. Works very well. Was having issues with the Vista after trying to use IExplorer 8, and now run only Firefox on the unit. Still only use the two gig that came with. Spent a month in Asia, and it worked perfect there. But this is a copy that I got loaded in Thailand, so could be a bit different here. While I heard that the 64 bit could be used, I settled for the 32 bit install..

in my work, I need to enter data via an Excel program. My work laptop is a dinosaur
and I'm wondering if I get my own netbook, or PDA or something, so
I could enter this data more easily on the
go, as well as check email. I'd also like to create documents in Word.

Would the Gateway LT be the best choice, or a very lightweight laptop? I don't really need
to "surf the net" or do media things on this device. I have a phone, so it doesn't even need
to do that.

Don't do that. Get a netbook at the very least.