Netbooks and the End of Windows Vista

Business Technology ^ | October 29, 2008, 5:00 pm | Ben Worthen

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

H-P on Wednesday unveiled a “netbook,” a miniature laptop that costs $399. The announcement makes it the latest company to widely sell smaller, cheaper – and less powerful – PCs.

An H-P netbook

For years, success in the PC world was measured in improvements in storage and processing power. But several computer makers late last year introduced netbooks, which were initially aimed at people who couldn’t afford conventional computers. These computers have taken off like wildfire.

They emerged too late to make a dent in last year’s sales figures, but netbook sales should reach 10.8 million in 2008,

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Just posted this:

Asustek expects to ship US$200 Eee PC in 2009, says president

[martin_fierro]

I read too that Windows 7 is just a sneaky lame upgrade of VISTA, and it has the same inherent problems VISTA has.
Where did you read that?

Windows 7: Oops! Microsoft did it again!

[tacticalogic]

I read this. Quite a difference of opinion.

[killermosquito]

Do you think that Linux Mint would run ok on a Pentium II 300 Megahertz PC?

[dan1123]

Maybe the Fluxbox version. Both KDE and Gnome would probably be too big and slow for older machines.

[TomGuy]

I read too that Windows 7 is just a sneaky lame upgrade of VISTA, and it has the same inherent problems VISTA has.
Where did you read that?

Windows 7: Oops! Microsoft did it again!

I knew I read it somewhere. I just couldn't remember where. I had several "irons in the fire" yesterday.

Thanks for that link.