Comments on: Windows XP netbooks’ days are numbered

By: B.M.

B.M. — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:47:00 +0000

still here with a netbook running windows XP, think again

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Linux on the cusp of 2010 « Limulus — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:53:41 +0000

[...] some notebook sales (see also here) and which tend to have Windows XP preloaded… at least for now; it uses MUCH less RAM than Vista did! Notebooks tend to use less RAM than desktop machines and [...]

By: jyur

jyur — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:43:14 +0000

you can change the desktop background with win7 starter. at least on acer eeepc's – if you go to the acer downloads section you can find a program to do it

By: tomleemullins

tomleemullins — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:59:30 +0000

I think Microsoft should redo WinXP and rename it WinNB. I think they should upgrade parts of it but without the bloat of Win7. They could charge more for it and have an incentive to keep it around.

Personally I am watching ReactOS. http://www.reactos.org
It is a 'light weight' free open soure clone of Windows. Since it is not a resource hog and require little to run, I think it would make an excellent netbook operating system.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:26:58 +0000

Surely some mistake… every netbook I've seen in UK stores since 7 launched now has Windows 7. It's a done deal and it works fine… you can still choose to set up OS to run for speed (just like XP) on your netbook.

By: Timmymac

Timmymac — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:13:34 +0000

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/psg/board/message?boa…
Not the HP 3600N color laserjet. HP has stated that they won't be releasing Windows 7 drivers for this printer.

By: Mikez

Mikez — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:21:06 +0000

What, no room for tongue-in-cheek humor?

By: John Morris

John Morris — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:03:27 +0000

Whether 7 replaces XP depends more on whether the major retailers and manufacturers succeed in replacing the definition of netbook. The original definition meant a small light and inexpensive machine mostly useful for Internet access. The new definition simply refers to the smaller end of the notebook range. Current 'netbooks' are not very inexpensive and are increasingly large and heavy. In that environment 7 has a shot.

However, if in a down economy customers start shopping on price 7 isn't in the game. Starter isn't likely to be popular once enough people get screwed by that turkey for the word of mouth to go around telling friends and relatives to avoid it. Windows 7 Home Premium carries, well, a premium. On an over $500 model people will probably pay. But if they go in the store with $400 as their maximum budget, nothing in that range will likely be offered with 7 Home Premium. So they will be looking at XP, Android or Linux. And Microsoft will have to keep giving away XP licenses to avoid losing market share.

And no sane 3rd party vendor will drop XP support until most customers move on. With a good percentage of hardware sold in the last year shipping with XP and a non-trivial percentage next year also shipping with it that hardware is going to be in the ecosystem for the next couple of years, ensuring demand for XP drivers and XP support. So ignore the FUD and buy XP with confidence!

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:24:56 +0000

Recognizes, maybe, but apparently on 79% of uses thought it actually worked with his printer:
http://www.bioticaindia.com/hp-officejet-5510.html

But it works well in Linux:
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/off…

BTW, much as I sympathize with Mikez, the command he suggests will wipe your hard drive. Personally, since most Windoze netbooks come with a conventional hard drive with plenty of room, I would recommend repartitioning the drive and dual booting. I almost never boot in to my Windows partitions (except to update Windows and to have a model to support Windows using friends), but every so often it comes in handy (e.g. using crummy hardware like my ancient Primascan parallel port scanner and Centron mp3 player).

By: lccurtis1

lccurtis1 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:33:26 +0000

Windows 7 recognizes all HP Printers.

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By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:31:56 +0000

I'm sure this is true. But I've personally explained the difference to
several people and they've told me that they value size, weight and price
over battery life and they opted for the lower capacity versions. To each
their own.

By: zoltandragon

zoltandragon — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:29:15 +0000

Brad, you are right – sorry. I am fully focusing on the battery issue as this is my top priority ( I don't really care about boot times, or if an os can run thousands of things and is flashy as hell), and I took battery _and_ responsiveness and general working as one, that's how I meant my comment. Although one never knows: some people say they have not experienced any battery reduction with windows 7

By: michael

michael — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:18:58 +0000

lots of people buy 3 cell due to ignorance, not really because they have different priorities. Most people get conned by the unscrupulous salesman. I think all netbook buyer aim for long battery life, that is why they buy something light and small. Otherwise, they would go for a notebook.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:52:51 +0000

I didn't say the operating system doesn't run well. I said it takes its toll
on battery life. I've noticed that some netbooks also get better battery
life under Windows XP than Linux, but I wouldn't say that means that Ubuntu
or other Linux operating systems don't run well on the hardware.

What's changed is that Windows Vista was a resource hog that took a long
time to load and felt sluggish on netbooks with Intel Atom processors and
1GB of RAM. Windows 7 is quick and just about as responsive as Windows XP.
The battery life issue may or may not be resolved in future software
updates, but the operating system still runs.

The point of the posts I've been running about battery life are that if
battery life is the most important thing to you, then you should think twice
about using Windows 7. Personally, I'm a big fan of long battery life, but
I'm always surprised at how many people pick up netbooks with 3 cell
batteries knowing full well that they won't get the 5 - 10 hours of battery
life you can get with a 6 cell battery because the 3 cell versions are
cheaper and lighter. Everyone has different priorities.