Even I have had a breif go with Windows XP on a netbook. But it's just wrong. The whole point of a netbook was to be small, cheap, robust, portable ... not something that is inherrent with Windows XP.
This article http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/06/microsoft-boasts-that-96-of-netbooks-now-run-windows/ explains how Microsoft is feeling pleased with themselves about their market saturation. If the numbers are true, then it's a pity. The linux community offers a belief in it's own product and a clarity of vision that has long been missing from Microsoft.
So the question is: why have XP on all these netbooks? Because of one simple fact: Windows XP make things easy. There are no hurdles to overcome, no difficulties in achieving simple or complex tasks. Downloaded software just installs and works. The drivers for the hardware always exist.
That is the one thing that the Linux community needs to learn from Microsoft - make it easy. I shouldn't have to do *anything* from the command line to make something work.
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Yes, that's why I switched back to WinXP (and to the EEE PC 1000HE)! However, I'll eventually doing a dual boot with SOME Linux Netbook Distro shortly -- definitely not EasyPoopy, probably Eeebuntu again, which I had on the EEE PC 1000. I spent so much time configuring the 1000, I started to hate it!
ReplyDeleteYep - I'm looking for a Linux distro that doesn't need 2 days of tweeking to make it workable! So far, Mandriva and EeeBuntu NBR have come closest ... but still not quite ready to run straight out of the box.
ReplyDeleteUbuntu 9.04!!..... works a treat, 1st hand experience on EeePC 900, 901 and Acer Aspire One A110 and D150. Just great!
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