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Not that it bothers me, i have Windows 7 loaded on my Dell Mini 9 and i will be staying on there for good, and it didnt cost me a dime, not even when the RC *officially* runs out *cough*]]>Jun 12th 2009 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/
If the manufacturers don't want to build the cost of Windows into their systems, they're free to use Linux. They almost all do, on some systems. However, it's already been shown that consumers are willing to pay a premium, usually $30-50, for Windows on netbooks. I just don't see what they're complaining about.

Yes, some people (like you, apparently) will likely pirate Windows regardless of how little Microsoft charges for it, but Windows 7 is easily worth the price that Microsoft has set. ]]>Jun 12th 2009 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/Jun 12th 2009 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/
Windows on the other hand haha. When they make a decent product i will buy it.]]>Jun 12th 2009 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/
Windows 7 is better than decent, and offers a lot of features that you can't access nearly as easily as on other platforms. It's easier for the average user than Linux, and it's cheaper to run than Mac. If it meets your needs, like it does for 95% of people, it's worth the $50 asking price.]]>Jun 12th 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/Jun 12th 2009 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/Jun 12th 2009 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/i have two mini 9's.


one white one with 32GB runcore ssd and 2gb ram running osx
one black one with 32gb runcore ssd and 2gb ram running win7.

the win 7 one does many thing much faster than the osx one.

the osx one does a few things faster, but not many.

overall, i'd say the win 7 one runs faster, but neither are speed demons.
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In Australia before netbooks we could regularly buy a 15" laptop with a more powerful Celeron processor, dvd burner and larger hard drive for $499 to $699.

Now manufacturers have replaced these budget laptops with netbooks which are of course cheaper to manufacture. More powerful $499 laptops have been replaced with crappier $550 netbooks, with 10" models even going up to $850.]]>Jun 12th 2009 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/
Manufacturing costs are about same as making a cheap laptop and slighty more expensive are about the same.

The shrewdest thing netbook makers did was starting to offer it with preinstalled linux. Microsoft can't afford to let linux gain any ground on desktop as even a entry level might get people acquinted with linux. If they started to use it in other machines than netbooks microsoft clientbase would shrink.]]>Jun 12th 2009 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

not even close.
as most people who know will tell you, there are more windows based netbooks than linux.
by a very large margin.
even dell reported this to be true.

the reason is simple.
no manufacturer wants to offer a GOOD linux build on their netbooks.
instead of the current Ubuntu version (jaunty) or the netbook specific remix, you get 8.04LTS.
Why?
because it's an LTS, meaning that it won't change for YEARS, instead of every few months and the training to support it, or setting up your special version (Dellbuntu anyone?) isnt a time consuming change it every few months task.

so all the really nifty things that linux geeks want, aren't in the LTS versions, and this also goes to a lot of the "look at that cool thing" gee whiz items that normal users see on a linux geeks laptop and then can't get easily on their netbook.

so most netbooks are sold with windows because it's comfortable, available and in some cases, no more or very little more money.

]]>Jun 12th 2009 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/Jun 13th 2009 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/Jun 12th 2009 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/I ran my Dell Mini 9 with Win7 RC1 (thanks to the tutorials out there!) and while it ran okay and was pretty slick, it DID make things a bit more cumbersome for that lightweight machine.

I've since reverted to XP Pro and it's way snappier doing the same stuff.

My only real regret is that XP doesn't see my Samsung i910 Omnia for it's Internet Connection Sharing tethering over USB, but I'll work that out somehow.
(the wifi tethering works, but is slower and uses battery power rapidly)

Regardless, XP does seem like the best Windows option for resource-limited machines.]]>Jun 12th 2009 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/Jun 12th 2009 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/Jun 12th 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/Gotta be honest here. I'm going to give Win7 another go, if for no other reason than to get my mobile internet back.

Well...that and the fact that it's just so damn slick. I really like 7.

Thanks for the feedback folks! ]]>Jun 12th 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/Jun 12th 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/Jun 13th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/

I must say I'm totally happy, and it's rock solid. I even run Visual Studio 2008 Proffesional on it, with no complaints]]>Jun 12th 2009 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/Me either.

]]>Jun 12th 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/
Also, a netbook is not a computer, it is a device. I would never even consider paying a dime more than $250 for one, and more realistically, $200. I'm sorry, but I would use a Netbook as a little carry-around device to check the web and play media. It's basically competing against my smartphone. I feel I'm not alone in my opinion. So to manufacturers, figure out how to do it, or netbooks simply won't survive.]]>Jun 12th 2009 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/Lots of people seem to forget the original target audience of the netbooks, namely the people who just check e-mail, surf the web and type a document now and then.
Before the netbook there was a large percentage of the current users paying a lot of money for something they would never use to its full extent.
Thats also the reason nettops are coming out now.

My father is the perfect example of this, a few years ago he spend close to a €1000 (thats more or less the same in dollars) for a then top-off-the-line PC.
And it served as his electronic solitaire arcade, inbox, and videophone, ok later he learned to print photo's with it but you can still do that with a computer only half its price.

Not to mention its filled with taskbars and screensavers he obviously does not need, if you ever need an argument for Linux this is it.
Besides the custom version of Xandros Asus originally shipped its EEEPC with had a nice and simple tabbed interface.]]>Jul 19th 2009 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/Jun 12th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/Jun 12th 2009 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/Jun 12th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/
I have reverted to XP since the 7 install used up too much of my 16GB SSD. This was the only reason though.]]>Jun 12th 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/atom-n270-n280-based-netbooks-may-be-stuck-at-windows-xp/
my win7 install on a mini 9 is less than 6 GB total.
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Google, how's 'bout making that happen?
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