http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/ Engadget Comments for First Acer Android netbook will dual-boot Windows http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 3:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/
Or Win-Ubuntu

Or Win-Win?

Or Ubuntu-Anything?]]>Jun 5th 2009 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 4:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 4:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 4:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 4:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Ironically, the only thing I can't do as well is play games...you know, those programs that let you use your computer like it's a...um...toy.]]>Jun 5th 2009 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/
Last time I checked, it's a free market, and some of us would like the chance to exercise that opportunity by not paying for products we don't want.]]>Jun 5th 2009 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 4:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/
Android needs to demonstrate it can compete with Windows and become as familiar and as accepted as the latter is. That's not going to happen this year or the next or probably the year after that.

That's why this dual boot is a shrewd move. Let people contrast and compare. Let them become familiar with the OS because that's how it'll win hearts and minds.

Android on its own? No chance. Android as an option? Yeah, that might work.]]>Jun 5th 2009 5:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/
Are you that vulnerable that a simple comment makes you feel that threatened? Funny xD
But anyway, Acer and others did some studies apparently and apparently there appears to be a nascent market for netbooks without Windows. At the razor-thin prices they're selling, manufacturers are earning back very little money out of them, so every dollar counts. Therefore it makes little sense having to pay for a MS license.

In fact, when netbooks started appearing, they only had Linux. Then the me-too company, Microsoft, rushed in with lower XP licenses to once again, kill all competition in the netbook market. Now it appears that the markets and manufacturers have found a viable solution to the Microsoft problem. Enter the smartbook, with Android running on chipsets where Windows cannot run and will not run. Good riddance.


http://www.pcworld.com/article/166009/microsoft_wont_offer_windows_for_smartbooks.html

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Dude, it's a computer OS. It's not a gorilla with a machine gun so why the hell would I be threatened?

The rest of your post boils down to "MS ran a loss leader campaign to annihilate the competition and succeeded. Some vendors, tired of getting their shit shoved in, have decided to dual load operating systems so they might, you know, actually sell them". ]]>Jun 5th 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/
That's the thing. PC vendors found a new market that just didn't happen to involve Windows. As soon as Microsoft realized this untapped source they rushed XP in to squeeze everyone else out.

Smartbooks have the capability to stand up and succeed on their own, without MS forcing their hand at shoving Windows along with Android. A dual-boot solution is no solution at all, only for MS.]]>Jun 5th 2009 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/
Netbooks were also a touted solution for open source. No-one wanted them.

What makes you think smartbooks will be any different?

I actually think that sucks but people like familiarity. That's just the way it is.]]>Jun 5th 2009 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 4:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Come on, android is ok for phones, but it has a loooooong way to go to be an OS for a netbook.]]>Jun 5th 2009 4:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/
I think this is a REALLY exciting configuration! Kinda like Splashtop, except your quick-boot OS is VERY powerful & NET-connected OS!

My vote is for this to be standard on all netbooks...perhaps with Windows sold as an optional add-on.]]>Jun 5th 2009 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/That's probably another reason why they are using an Atom processor. Full Flash support doesn't exist for ARM yet.]]>Jun 5th 2009 5:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 4:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 4:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 4:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/]]>Jun 5th 2009 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 4:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/]]>Jun 5th 2009 4:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 4:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/canonical-giving-ubuntu-the-gift-of-android-apps/]]>Jun 5th 2009 4:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/
When you say: "A number of people made the mistake to get Android ..." you seem to imply that Android is currently shipping on netbooks. Which company is shipping it? Acer will be the first "major" PC vendor.

If it's a small PC company, that might explain it, since they would certainly lack the kind of resources Acer has, to deliver a proper commercial product with a brand new OS.]]>Jun 5th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/
I do, however, suspect these will be HOT with the mobile operators. They will be able to generate revenue from cell phone calls, SMS/MMS, location-based apps & services, Android Market sales, etc., in addition to basic data contracts. The current generation of netbooks don't offer these same revenue opportunities to the operators.

HP & Dell better watch out! This configuration could propel Acer to the "preferred" netbook supplier spot, with mobile operators, unless they offer something comparable.]]>Jun 5th 2009 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/
But one night, when the Windows is sleeping, Skynet will be activated and the Android will join.

Don't trust robots.]]>Jun 5th 2009 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/
There is an article that describes it here:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/166039/taiwanese_netbook_runs_both_android_and_windows.html]]>Jun 5th 2009 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/
This would be awesome! You would run Android most of the time, but if you need OpenOffice, or any other Ubuntu-supported app (developers could even run Linux dev tools!), you could launch them.]]>Jun 7th 2009 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/
Could someone tell me how many consumers returned their machine just because

1. the learning curve isn't as easy

2. consumers know Windows just works despite the virus

3. Average consumer probably doesn't even know what the word 'Android' means or never heard of it.

4. Google's new motto is "Do evil by every means possible" (if u want examples, I can provide).

Look at every single google page and tell me why they need to shove that stupid "Install Chrome crap" button there.... So glad ad-block plus blocks that nonsense.]]>Jun 5th 2009 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/
2.)Fair enough. For all the crap Windows gets, it "just works" about as well as OSX does.

3.) I'm willing to bet the average consumer doesn't know what a Vista is. Non-nonsensical point.

4.)...Really? Could you please provide some examples? I mean, Google is getting more and more awesome lately. I love the fact they're finally advertising Chrome seriously; it's a far superior browser to Firefox, and I await the day it replaces FF. And then there's that whole Gmail thing; that seems pretty non-evil. And have you heard about Google Wave? Yeah, I'm not seeing much evil. I can provide you with more examples if you'd like.]]>Jun 5th 2009 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/first-acer-android-netbook-will-dual-boot-windows/Jun 5th 2009 8:17AM