[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Typical Microsoft: FUD

Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

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[padre35]

In the words of M$:

“You can’t compete with free”

[MrEdd]

Why would anyone getting a netbook buy Dell?

They run 40 to 60 dollars higher than comparably performing machines from Asus or Acer. And certainly Asus and Acer are as good on customer service as Dell has become these days.

[ShadowAce]

[M203M4]

Running Windows programs under Linux using WINE. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software) and http://www.winehq.org/.

Progress in application compatibility according to test results from Wine AppDB.
(silver)Software that runs flawlessly
(yellow) Software that runs flawlessly with configuration
(gray) Software with minor Issues
(orange) Software with major Issues
(tan) Unusable software


More and more of your Windows software can run flawlessly on Linux+WINE with no tweaking needed. Just install WINE, install the software, and run as you normally would. Yes, even graphic-intensive software (i.e. games, visualization, 3d-rendering, photo/movie editing).

[aft_lizard]

For one Microsoft wasn’t the one initially making this claim, this author needs to get his linux-bot facts straight. It was MSI which was backed up by Ubuntu themselves. Dell themselves are really a minor player in the netbook market compared to Asus and MSI.

http://blog.laptopmag.com/ubuntu-confirms-linux-netbook-returns-higher-than-anticpated

[Tribune7]

See that? People like their Ubuntu.

[Tribune7]

See that? People like their Ubuntu.

[Billthedrill]

The original issue was drivers just as it always is. And just as it always does, that has settled out as the sample population grew. A lot of Linux users tend to be more tolerant of that sort of thing and willing to work it out for themselves than an equivalent population of Windows users, but it isn't really an overwhelming number of either. It isn't Microsoft FUD, and it's old information anyway.

I'm looking for a netbook myself but feature creep is forcing me back to a laptop platform for maybe another hundred bucks. The issue is probably going to end up whether I run Firefox and Open Office on XP or Ubuntu, and frankly, OS evangelism aside, I don't care. YMMV.