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Netbooks and the End of Windows Vista
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| October 29, 2008, 5:00 pm
| Ben Worthen
Posted on 10/30/2008 10:32:45 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: ShadowAce
Many netbooks run Linux variants or older versions of Windows.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I have a linux-based ASUS, and for what the average person uses a computer to do, its perfectly adequate. It cost 299 dollars, and will never have a virus or a pop-up window from Microsoft.
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posted on
10/30/2008 10:36:04 AM PDT
by
babble-on
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Lighter and faster is going to be a big part of the future of computing. Google chrome (their first web browser) is an example of this.
If Google ever creates a light and fast operating system, look out, Microsoft.
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posted on
10/30/2008 10:37:08 AM PDT
by
mysterio
To: All
The interesting stuff is in the comments section .....
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
10/30/2008 10:37:41 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Vista’s user experience isn’t bad (not for me, anyway) but it’s just a bloated corpse of an OS. When I boot up my machine (Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, 4 GB RAM) under Vista Home Premium 64-bit, and check my memory usage, the OS and the few utilities I load are taking up almost 1.4 GB of memory. Before I do ANYTHING with the machine. That’s just insane.
}:-)4
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posted on
10/30/2008 10:38:10 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(http://moosedroppings.wordpress.com -- Because 20 million self-important blogs just aren't enough.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Roger that. I read them all.
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posted on
10/30/2008 10:39:00 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(HM2 USN M/3/3 Marines RVN 66/67)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Vista is absolute garbage. Selling it as an OS is criminal fraud.
The fact that Microsoft ran an ad campaign that rested on the premise that Vista is not as horrible as most people have been led to believe is proof.
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posted on
10/30/2008 10:41:03 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(Why is it that those who like to be called Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
10/30/2008 10:41:20 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: babble-on
I have this and love it with XP on it.
Asus 1000H
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posted on
10/30/2008 10:41:54 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(Palin's record is on the record, while whole years of Obama's life are engulfed in fog - T. Sowell)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I wonder how Apple will fair with these computers on the market.
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posted on
10/30/2008 10:42:33 AM PDT
by
dartuser
("If you torture the data long enough, it will confess, even to crimes it did not commit")
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Peanut Gallery
I’m typing this on an Asus EEE PC 4G with Xandros Linux.
To: babble-on; frogjerk
Me too!
To: martin_fierro
CARL: "Awesome! Frickin' Awesome!
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posted on
10/30/2008 10:54:35 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(Palin's record is on the record, while whole years of Obama's life are engulfed in fog - T. Sowell)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; All
A buddy brought in the OLPC for me to try, but its keyboard well and truly sucked.
To: martin_fierro
Thanks for the info...signing off for a while.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Guess it's time for me to finally upgrade from my Commodore 64.
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posted on
10/30/2008 11:05:00 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(I hate Illinois Marxists)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Tigerdirect has several of those smaller (abt 9”) screen computers for under $400. I noticed they were mostly XP or Linux.
I read too that Windows 7 is just a sneaky lame upgrade of VISTA, and it has the same inherent problems VISTA has.
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posted on
10/30/2008 11:07:28 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: Moose4
I paid $70 for 4 gig of RAM so memory is not an issue. I run Vista 64 on 6 gig now. It works great for me.
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posted on
10/30/2008 11:15:10 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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