Is Windows 7 the Linux-netbook killer?
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversWhen it comes to PCs and laptops, Microsoft had little to fear with Linux as much as it does the Mac. But now the new threat to Windows comes in the form of 'netbooks' - lightweight, low-cost laptops that typically use Intel's low-powered Atom processor and don't come with substantial amounts of RAM or powerful graphics processors.
They're designed mainly for browsing the Web, handling e-mail, writing memos, and taking care of simple word-processing or spreadsheet chores.
Netbook sales will reach an estimated 60% growth in 2010, compared with 18% growth for standard notebooks says a September BNP Paribas report. So obvious is the future in Netbooks. But the hardware demands of Vista can't be met by Netbooks (and a reason why Microsoft keeps extending XP's lifetime) and Linux is ideally suited for lower-powered netbooks. At least 30% of the existing low-cost netbooks run on Linux.
Microsoft sees Linux on netbooks not just as a niche market, but as a threat to Microsoft's desktop share as well. It's finally taking Linux seriously as a desktop operating system, and Windows 7 is looking to be the tool Microsoft has designed to kill Linux. At Microsoft's recent Professional Developers Conference, where the pre-beta of Windows 7 was unveiled, Steven Sinofsky, Windows Senior Vice President, showed off Windows 7 on his Lenovo S10 and said it used less than half of the netbook's 1GB of RAM.
Jerry Shen, CEO of Asus, announced that he plans to release versions of the Eee PC powered by Windows 7 in mid-2009, including a touch-screen version. With netbook return rates much higher for Linux than Windows XP versions, the high point for Linux netbook sales will be from now until the launch of Windows 7. After that will come the inevitable decline. Ultimately, consumers will be the ones to tell us what they really want in a device like this, and how they would use them.
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Comments(6)
i have an dell inspiron e1705 and have been running vista x64 since release. i have never
had problems. why even bother having a laptop at all, nobody uses a laptop for just
checking email and simple word documents. college students and professional use laptops.
they do more than that, i use mine for work and most of the time don't even use my
powerful home computer at home because the laptop is sufficient enough. i have linux and
xp installed for web testing purposes, and guess what i also go back to vista because the
other two are old and s u c k. i am forced to have those installed for the retards who
refuse to upgrade or linux fan boys that claim linux is the best os. get your facts
straight...
that's right, fck linux.
fck xp
fck os x.
freebsd ftw!
you're reply is the most retarded thing i've heard since sarah palin's katie couric
interview. you sir, are a dumbass.go smoke some more crack and get back to us when you
have your own mugshot to post.
wtf, i've been banned from the forums? i havent even posted anything, and i've been
banned!!!
how does that work?
they all do what we want of them don't they? i've linux and windows of all versions. i
like both.
windows is for people that start sentences "so, i was like..." or people that are
impressed with big numbers like, 1tb, 4gb, 3.5ghz or think that a pretty desktop makes a
good computer and for kids that want to play tomb raider so they can look at lara crofts
boobies.
linux is for people that want a good all round pc that does everything
reliably and safely but do not want to play the latest buggy directx enhanced pile of
money making poo games.
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By Who cares... on 26.12.2008 - 00:12