I booted the iso on my Acer Aspire 5742G, with Intel graphics, Intel i3 CPU, 4GB RAM, running it now, typing this post from it.Sage wrote: There must be something wrong with the .iso?
Triple check:
it runs on an ancient ECS/AMD 754/onboard SiS chipset/video - amazing. Should've stuck with the old bangers rather than pander to the Wintel cr*p. Except that it won't see my wired NIC by default (neither SNS nor Fris) - had this issue before! Unable to get DCHP to switch on.
Seems there's a number of rogue HW combos out here.
Booted, no issues, video resolution correct. Sound, wifi, working.
I bought that laptop in July 2011, so, not so new.
EDIT
saved the session, rebooted, wifi works. Typing from it right now.