Windows 7 is designed to run well on netbooks. While most netbook makers will likely offer computers running Windows 7 Starter Edition or Home Premium, Windows 7 Ultimate Beta runs great on a netbook with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a 10 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel screen. But you know […]
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Linux loses more netbook market share
A year and a half ago you would have been hard pressed to find a netbook (defined as a 10 inch or small mini-laptop for around $400) that came with Windows XP. The original Asus Eee PC 701, Everex Cloudbook, and other early netbooks all ran Linux. Today, 90% of all mini-laptops sold in the […]
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Windows 7 Starter or Home Premium for netbooks?
There’s been a lot of talk over the last few days about Windows 7 on netbooks. As we’ve known for months, the Windows 7 beta that’s currently available runs fantastically on netbooks. Performance is on par with Windows XP in terms of boot times, the speed with which you can launch programs, and multitasking ability. […]
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Triple Boot Video: Windows 7, XP and CrunchEee on my Eee PC
I finally got around to installing Windows 7 beta on my Asus Eee PC 1000H last night. I downloaded it shortly after returning from CES, but I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to use it. But last night I set aside a few hours to install Windows 7 and CrunchEee on my netbook […]
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Netbooks partially to blame for Microsoft layoffs
Microsoft missed its revenue projections, and the company will layoff 5,000 workers to help cut costs. Besides the fact that the economy stinks and everyone is suffering, you want to know one of the reasons Microsoft’s revenue ain’t where the company hoped it would be? Netbooks. In a financial filing, Microsoft says the company saw […]
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Windows Touch Remix: A netbook program launcher for Windows
Windows Touch Remix is a program launcher for netbooks or laptops running Windows. It’s designed to look and work much like the ume-launcher that comes with Ubuntu Netbook Remix or the easy mode interfaces that come with the Eee PC version of Xandros Linux or Linpus Linux Lite as it appears on Acer netbooks. The […]
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Windows 7 will run comfortably on netbooks with 16GB SSDs
According to Microsoft, Windows 7 will run comfortably on a netbook. No surprise there. The company’s been saying this for a while now, and we’ve seen a number of early adopters load up a pre-release copy of the operating system on existing netbooks. In fact even Windows Vista runs better than many people would have […]
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Asus to eliminate Linux Eee PC option – in the Philippines
You know how the other day we were talking about whether netbooks were a threat to Microsoft because so many of the little laptops run Linux? Yeah, apparently the answer if you happen to live in the Philippines is no. Because one of the top netbook makers has decided to stop offering a Linux option […]
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Are netbooks a threat to Microsoft?
Netbooks running Linux may be returned more often than computers running Windows XP. But netbooks are the first class of consumer oriented computers where computer makers and retailers are regularly offering Linux as an alternative to Windows. It’s cheaper (as in, typically free), which helps keeps costs down. And it’s incredibly customizable, allowing companies like […]
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More netbooks running Windows 7
We’ve already seen that you can load a pre-beta build of Windows 7 on an MSI Wind, Eee PC 1000H, or HP 2133 Mini-Note and expect decent, if not stellar performance. But just in case you need further convincing that Windows 7 will run on netbooks, here are two more examples. Sascha at Eee PC […]