http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft reportedly bans netbooks with hybrid storage systems, MSI's Wind U115 caught in the middle 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/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/
And yes, they are MUCH more evil than Apple because it's easy to avoid Apple if you don't like Apple. Try avoiding Douche-Microsoft. They simply count your processor orders from Intel and demand a payment. They are EXACTLY like a government tax because you can't avoid it. And because they are as big as a government, they can afford to have Douche-shills show up here and act all puzzled.]]>Jun 6th 2009 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/
Umm, what about the restrictions that Intel impose?]]>Jun 6th 2009 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/

lol...sheep.]]>Jun 6th 2009 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/
All it does is speed the demise of the duopoly.

This kind of practice is just the kind of shot in the arm that Linux and ARM based platforms need.

Also, hopefully this will solicit another, bigger fine from the EU.]]>Jun 6th 2009 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/
I agree with you, and that's why I run Linux.]]>Jun 6th 2009 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/
Ubuntu or other distros would be the ONLY smart choice to begin with.]]>Jun 6th 2009 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 7th 2009 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 7th 2009 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 7th 2009 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 7th 2009 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 7th 2009 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/
if it performs well there, I'm waiting till 7 comes out and buying the best netbook on the market preleaded with Linux, and putting 7 on it. Windows XP on an EEE sucks ASS though, so its 7 or Linux.

And yes, I am eagerly awaiting giving Microsoft however many hundreds of dollars they demand for 7. I have historically hated MS, and used Linux wherever I can, and pirated anything I need. Of the 60+ computers that have made their way through my home network, I think 1 MIGHT have been legally licensed. The way I see it? One legal license, one person, many computers with that. I know that's not how MS looks at it, but I'll be more open to buying 7, so I may have a few legal copies. ]]>Jun 7th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/
Here's your proof...

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2009/06/04/microsoft-no-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage/1]]>Jun 8th 2009 3:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/
"Hybrid storage works in the Wind by installing the OS onto the SSD portion of the U115, then offering 160GB of standard 2.5" hard drive as additional mass storage which can be turned on and off on a whim to save power: it's just like having a big-ass USB key, but built in. And faster."]]>Jun 8th 2009 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/
Stop hating on Apple because Apple sells computers...and makes their own OS to put on there. They don't tell anybody ELSE what to do an that's 100% legit. Complaining about OSX is like complaining that BMW won't sell engines in Fords.]]>Jun 7th 2009 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 7th 2009 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 7th 2009 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/great mgs reference!
i lol'd]]>Jun 6th 2009 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 7th 2009 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/
rrrrrrrhghghgg Drebin .. stop your monkey from stealing my smokes..]]>Jun 7th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/
Netbooks dragged the bottom spec right down to below Vista's minimum usable spec. So MS were forced to keep XP around for much longer than they expected. It was supposed to be end of sales last year.

XP could be sold for next to nothing, as the development costs were paid long ago. Not so with Vista and 7. And people are beginning to get the idea that they are not bound to take what they are given these days. Many have expereinced the pain of OS upgrade for the first time, and the unavoidable orphaned hardware and software.

Netbooks are so much cheaper than a laptop that it is next to impossible to hide the cost of Windows in the price. Especially if the same maker decides to sell a Linux version, so MS must provide a special netbook version. Ever wondered why it was so hard to find a Linux netbook and an XP netbook of the same spec at the same location?

Problem is.. What is a netbook?

Unless MS defines exactly what it is, they risk the OEMs defining more and more powerful netbooks, and putting the cheap Windows version on them.

Personally, If I was an OEM, I'd mention my plans to have a 12 inch netbook with hybrid storage, 4 gig memory and a dual core processor running Linux ready for the Christmas sales period, and see if they shifted their position. This could get interesting. Especially if the OEMs smell blood in the water. ]]>Jun 7th 2009 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/
How could that be considered a netbook by any stretch of the imagination?]]>Jun 7th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/
Windows has always been sold to run on any reasonably current x86 platform. As an OEM you could basically configure any machine, anyway you wanted and sell it with Windows, and as a consumer you can purchase Windows and install it on anything capable of running it. This is what is what I like most about windows. The problem for Microsoft is that XP is a really good operating system, and Vista is not. I don't want to get into a Vista / XP discussion, but for most users XP is better than Vista simply because most people are very familiar with it, and it does everything they need it to do (browse, email, solitaire), and Vista is just different enough and slower enough as to be frustrating to the average user. This configuration basically means that there is no reason for the average consumer to upgrade to Vista or probably Windows 7, or even have a desire to get it.

I am OK with Apple restricting OS X because, A, Apple makes computers (where as Microsoft does not) and B, OS X is not, and never has been sold as stand alone for any computer. It is sold for Macs, period, compared to Windows which is sold for anything. Now, some of you may not like that fact, but Apple hasn't arbitrarily changes the rules with OS X, where as Microsoft has. IMO Microsoft is the bigger douche in this case. Instead of restricting the sales of XP, they should make an operating system that people actually want to upgrade to. We will see if Windows 7 is that OS. Forcing you customers to do something they really don't want to do, but have no choice, is a great way to get them to buy a Mac...

]]>Jun 7th 2009 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 7th 2009 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 7th 2009 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Sometimes MS acts all tyranny just for fun, it seems.]]>Jun 6th 2009 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/
And I'm not that great with the working of computers. How does the hybrid storage make the software run quicker? I thought that was a function of RAM and processor speed.]]>Jun 6th 2009 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/So really, Microsoft is making no sense here.]]>Jun 6th 2009 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/06/microsoft-reportedly-bans-netbooks-with-hybrid-storage-systems/Jun 6th 2009 6:21PM