bttt
Buggy Whip Industry PING!!!!
My point is that you're not “married” to any of these OS’s when you purchase the netbook. In the case of Lenovo, there was no support for the Suse Linux that the system came with. There wasn't even a driver support page at Lenovo so it is obvious that a user is on his/her own, so why not experiment?
In the end, the netbook worked fine with all the Linux versions I threw at it, and it works quite well with
Windows 7. This thing is NOT a Linux netbook, or a Windows netbook. It is a netbook that can run most any of the mainstream versions thrown at it. IMHO, I think it is dimwitted of any manufacturer to hawk these things as having some sort of proprietary affiliation with the OS suppliers. The machine itself has no allegiance to either Linux or Windows. It is a very “bi” machine.
i’m in the market for a net book.
asus?
Some netbook manufacturers are just starting to put the Android OS (Linux based) on Netbooks. You will see more and more netbooks coming out with Android in the coming months.
"Nice little company ya got here. Shame if anything was to happen to it. Maybe you could use some help understanding how this business works..."Do you really imagine that suddenly turning tail and trashing Linux was an independent decision on the part of Asus? Color me skeptical.
Asus and Microsoft have started a join advertising campaign promoting netbooks with Windows. It basically comes to Asus and Microsoft saying that netbooks are better with Windows - that is, better than netbooks with Linux. "Windows helps you easily get online and connect to your devices and services - without dealing with an unfamiliar environment or major compatiblity issues." Mind that the emphasis is theirs, not ours...There's no reason why they couldn't continue to push netbooks without an OS, or with Linux preinstalled. Except that somebody strong-armed them...