[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Many netbooks run Linux variants or older versions of Windows.

[mysterio]

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.

[Yo-Yo]

Target sells several sub $300 laptops that run either Windows XP or Linux.

[Moose4]

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

[wideawake]

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.

[ShadowAce]

[dartuser]

I wonder how Apple will fair with these computers on the market.

[Professional Engineer]

I’m typing this on an Asus EEE PC 4G with Xandros Linux.

[martin_fierro]

A buddy brought in the OLPC for me to try, but its keyboard well and truly sucked.

[dfwgator]

Guess it's time for me to finally upgrade from my Commodore 64.

[TomGuy]

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.

[tubebender]

Tech Ping....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

This is going to turn into an Arms race :

Dell skates line between netbook and laptop with Mini 12

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"Dell, here, is skirting the line between netbook and laptop, and it continues a trend for Dell of getting away from plain vanilla notebooks and desktops," said Olds. "It's interesting in that the Mini 9 is essentially only good as a device to connect to the Net. The Mini 12, though, is a full-fledged system, capable of handling a wide range of tasks. It won't be a speed demon, but it'll be fine for standard office applications, as well as downloading and listening to music."

Olds said that the Mini 12 is a good first notebook for kids but also would be useful for business travelers who are concerned about battery life and weight and want a variety of connectivity options.

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Says the Mini 12 will run Vista.