You can do this. The performance of the netbook depends on the services loaded at start up. I've even seen Windows 7 Ultimate run on a netbook with similar spec and had good performance, after a bit of tweaking, that is. _______________________________________ Have a pleasant day, Kind Regards and Best Wishes, Hussein. Hussein Patwa Tel: 0789 47 595 62 (UK) Tel: +44 (0)122 4433 954 (SIP) Twitter: www.twitter.com/hussein_patwa Skype: patwaspotterfan2 GoogleTalk: thewanderingwriter Web: www.patwanet.co.uk My Blog: http://patwaspotterfan.livejournal.com Find me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=510013486 From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke Sent: 19 November 2010 21:49 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Upgrading from Windows Starter to Windows Home Premium Could I do this on a netbook? It is Samsung N220 and has 2 GB RAM or would the Operating System slow down the netbook? Eleanor