Comments on: Windows 7 Prepared to Replace Linux on Netbooks in 2009 http://www.mobile-computing-news.co.uk/mobile-computer-news/netbooks-mobile-computer-news/848/windows-7-prepared-to-replace-linux-on-netbooks-in-2009.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:27:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rick http://www.mobile-computing-news.co.uk/mobile-computer-news/netbooks-mobile-computer-news/848/windows-7-prepared-to-replace-linux-on-netbooks-in-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-772 Rick Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:43:01 +0000 http://www.mobile-computing-news.co.uk/?p=848#comment-772 Oh Boy! ANOTHER Windows bandage bundle?? Woo woo! Linux is great, but still has to realize that Not ALL of us have the ability to sit around strokin' code!! I NEEDS to become way more user friendly!! And fast. Not that Windows on any level is deemed as 'competition' Oh Boy! ANOTHER Windows bandage bundle?? Woo woo!

Linux is great, but still has to realize that Not ALL of us have the ability to sit around strokin’ code!! I NEEDS to become way more user friendly!! And fast.

Not that Windows on any level is deemed as ‘competition’

]]> By: Saist http://www.mobile-computing-news.co.uk/mobile-computer-news/netbooks-mobile-computer-news/848/windows-7-prepared-to-replace-linux-on-netbooks-in-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-771 Saist Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:53:04 +0000 http://www.mobile-computing-news.co.uk/?p=848#comment-771 I might be a bit biased here... since i do run a Linux support site... but from what I've seen of the NT6 kernel in Vista... I pretty much fell out of my chair laughing at the idea of even a modified version of that kernel and it's supporting systems ever being paired down, or cleaned up, to the point of being usable on a system with the performance of an Athlon4 from 2000 and memory counts under 1gig. The fact is, the Windows 7 release put out... what? a month ago? was little more than Vista Service Pack 2. Microsoft's fooling nobody this time around. I might be a bit biased here… since i do run a Linux support site… but from what I’ve seen of the NT6 kernel in Vista… I pretty much fell out of my chair laughing at the idea of even a modified version of that kernel and it’s supporting systems ever being paired down, or cleaned up, to the point of being usable on a system with the performance of an Athlon4 from 2000 and memory counts under 1gig.

The fact is, the Windows 7 release put out… what? a month ago? was little more than Vista Service Pack 2. Microsoft’s fooling nobody this time around.

]]> By: HereAndNow http://www.mobile-computing-news.co.uk/mobile-computer-news/netbooks-mobile-computer-news/848/windows-7-prepared-to-replace-linux-on-netbooks-in-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-766 HereAndNow Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:22:14 +0000 http://www.mobile-computing-news.co.uk/?p=848#comment-766 The prices for some Netbook may end up being too low for Windows 7. For example, if the price of the netbook is $100, how much can Microsoft charge for a Windows 7 license? $5? The low cost machines will probably always have to run Linux or perhaps Android. Since Windows 7 is essentially an "improved" Vista, I suspect it will always need beefier hardware to run than Linux/Android. The higher hardware cost AND the Windows 7 license could end up making the lower cost Linux/Android machines that much more attractive. The prices for some Netbook may end up being too low for Windows 7. For example, if the price of the netbook is $100, how much can Microsoft charge for a Windows 7 license? $5? The low cost machines will probably always have to run Linux or perhaps Android.

Since Windows 7 is essentially an “improved” Vista, I suspect it will always need beefier hardware to run than Linux/Android. The higher hardware cost AND the Windows 7 license could end up making the lower cost Linux/Android machines that much more attractive.

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