Comments on: You can run Android on a netbook, but why would you want to?

By: help_please_:D

help_please_:D — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:44:00 +0000

I need some help here…
i’m still a teenager and i was looking around for a laptop for college.. and this one looks so cool and have so many amazing apps and functions, but my main interest is the Office suite

Since i’m used to Microsoft’s office (more precisely, Windows 7) :word, ppt, excel, etc.
can i still use those on this netbook, which runs on Android 3.0 Honeycomb. like can i just install it on the computer without windows 7.. this might sound stupid to some people, but i’m a newbie at this computer and high tech thing

By: P Grillo

P Grillo — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 04:59:00 +0000

I don’t really get it. I just found out that Android is not in fact another flavour of linux for mobiles, and it uses linux as a base to deploy a javamachine-like environment. I’m currently building it, and I just found out… How discouraging. The now well-known o.s. for mobiles happens to be a limited sandbox, which by the way I can’t see how this can help to improve performance better than a tiny linux setup. I just hope I’ll be able to use it to gather some drivers here and there, mess around, and use them to build a real linux image for my device, cause it’s taking LONG to compile. But even though I get it I’m thinking I’ll still have to use Android as a bait to attract people to my site rather than a not-limited less-known version of linux. This is just too sad.

As for the question, sadly enough the answer is:
-Hey, dude! Got android on my netbook, ain’t that kewl!
-Oh boy! oh boy! oh boy! (BTW what the heck is android? must be something really cool, gotta get me one)

By: Molbal94

Molbal94 — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:42:00 +0000

I want to run Andorid on my netbook to play Angry Birds.

By: core

core — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:52:00 +0000

boy where you all wrong!

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By: Cliff

Cliff — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:51:16 +0000

Its official now. Android is coming out on netbooks.

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090602/ap_on_hi...

By: Cliff

Cliff — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:51:16 +0000

Its official now. Android is coming out on netbooks.

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090602/ap_on_hi...

By: bluesnoise

bluesnoise — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:48:00 +0000

Why? Simple, Google Maps GPS. Can't get it anywhere else.
Android + Netbook = great carputer

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:16:04 +0000

This is just a Proof of Concept.

So as to prove you CAN port it to netbooks, not that it would be particually useful now, but the possibility is there down the road for something more robust.

,Michael Martin
http://www.googleandblog.com/

By: EricaJoy

EricaJoy — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:04:07 +0000

Why would we geeks want to run Android on a netbook when we can run Linux? Because we already know it and love Linux. However, netbooks are quickly escaping the realm of geekdom and becoming mainstream. For your average consumer who wants:

a) something that just works without them having to poke at it
b) access to the internet, a document editor, and a way to view their media
c) easy access to apps

the Android platform makes sense.

To be sure, I think the Eee support right now is really rough. Once the major kinks get worked out though, I would feel comfortable giving my mom a Netbook running Android. Not so with Linux as she already has a Ubuntu based PC that she doesn't use.

By: Netbook Insider Forum

Netbook Insider Forum — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:56:02 +0000

Yeah at this point I don't see why you would load Android on a netbook other than to say you did it. There are way too many better options than an excessively light weight Android OS.

By: tal

tal — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:25:23 +0000

Again your view is so different than those on umpcportal or jkontherun. and you are as always at least in my opinion right!
those fan boys imagine netbooks and smartphones to have the same requirements. i dont see this happening besides for a very silly niche market. maybe.

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By: njansen

njansen — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:59:58 +0000

Two words, 'Instant on'.

By: Mikez

Mikez — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:11:23 +0000

Wouldn't that just replace MS-tax with Google-tax?
- – - -

You have your thing about DRM – I have mine about OSS.

I once made a living, writing closed-source software – -
Got ripped off really bad and decided to just give anything
I write away (MIT Licensed anyway) from the get-go.