A tidbit not included in Engad's synopsis is that Asus' netbooks will bypass Vista and go straight from XP to Win7 (presumably for the touchy stuff). If the CEO wasn't just making wild swags, then that would mean a) Win7 is modular enough to fit within the netbooks' HW reqs, and b) MS will oblige with a low enough licensing fee to 'incentivize' Asus & gang to switch from XP. Or, of course, it might well be that Toucheees (you hear it here first!) will be the premium segment with beefed up hardware and pricing to accomodate Win7's "regular" requirements.
Either way, hasta la Vista. Can't say we'd miss ya.
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A tidbit not included in Engad's synopsis is that Asus' netbooks will bypass Vista and go straight from XP to Win7 (presumably for the touchy stuff). If the CEO wasn't just making wild swags, then that would mean a) Win7 is modular enough to fit within the netbooks' HW reqs, and b) MS will oblige with a low enough licensing fee to 'incentivize' Asus & gang to switch from XP. Or, of course, it might well be that Toucheees (you hear it here first!) will be the premium segment with beefed up hardware and pricing to accomodate Win7's "regular" requirements.
Either way, hasta la Vista. Can't say we'd miss ya.