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Originally Posted by Nightwalker83

This is the first time I have heard of the netbook.

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I'm surprised - they aren't new things these days and quite popular. Check these links out:
HP Mini 1000
Dell Mini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netbook
A Quick Guide to Netbooks

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Originally Posted by RhinoBull

I'm surprised - they aren't new things these days and quite popular.

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Thanks! Now that I seen the picture of what they look like they seem to be smaller than an ordinary laptop? So I'm wondering what advantage would there be in getting a netbook over a normal sized laptop?

Simplicity, and ease of transport. My father in law got one from work, so that as he travels, he can get access to his email and stuff. It's not designed for power, they are a convenience and ease of use machine. It's not meant to replace the desktop, but supliment it.

-tg

There's a nice article on Chrome, in this week's information week. It may be shiny and new, but it has a long way to go before it can unseat windows.

Windows will continue to be the OS of choice on a desktop for some more years. :p

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Originally Posted by Lord Orwell

microsoft was forced to do no such thing. they could have released a version of windows ce that would run on netbooks. The problem was that windows vista's hardware requirements are so steep it won't even run on netbooks. Who could have predicted the sudden popularity of computers so weak in power they are only good for basic web surfing, email, etc? I wasn't joking earlier when i said my cellphone has all the same capabilities, including office document support. I can even link a full keyboard to it. I bought a more powerful used laptop on ebay for $100, and it's got a decent-sized screen. Granted it's slightly lacking on battery compared to a netbook, but it's not bad at 1.5 hours.

The popularity has probably everything to do with battery life and price, although you can beat the battery life if you undervolt a centrino. I've seen people get 8 hours of usage. Linux may be great for a lot of things, but the casual user simply doesn't want to learn a new os when the old one works just fine. Google OS will face the same hurdle. Linux has been in the market for a very, very long time, and still doesn't have much of a market share, although it may be higher than reported due to the fact a user can install the same disc on multiple pcs.

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1) "Could" is not the same as "did", I have yet to hear of vendors pre-installing CE in subnotebooks. And I read the following online, "Further, when putting together Origami, its recent Ultra Mobile PC reference design--the task WinCE was expressly designed to deliver--Microsoft also ditched WinCE to use NT. "

2) Vista was not a contender due to its resource requirements.

3) Windows 7 still not available.

There was no feasible alternative. MS did what any company in their position would do... ensure that they have a product positioned for the sudden market need even if it happened to be a product supposed to be at the end of its life cycle. Same goes more or less for desktop/workstation front... most businesses prefer XP Pro and MS acted accordingly (extension).

I find it entertaining that there are people who would nitpick on terminology... for most laymen "no choice" and "forced" in that context are interchangeable.

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Originally Posted by leinad31

1) "Could" is not the same as "did", I have yet to hear of vendors pre-installing CE in subnotebooks. And I read the following online, "Further, when putting together Origami, its recent Ultra Mobile PC reference design--the task WinCE was expressly designed to deliver--Microsoft also ditched WinCE to use NT. "

2) Vista was not a contender due to its resource requirements.

3) Windows 7 still not available.

There was no feasible alternative. MS did what any company in their position would do... ensure that they have a product positioned for the sudden market need even if it happened to be a product supposed to be at the end of its life cycle. Same goes more or less for desktop/workstation front... most businesses prefer XP Pro and MS acted accordingly (extension).

I find it entertaining that there are people who would nitpick on terminology... for most laymen "no choice" and "forced" in that context are interchangeable.

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we aren't disagreeing here. I am waiting to see if they start installing 7 on netbooks when it comes out.

I visited the links on netbooks posted below. according to wikipedia, an automobile jump-starter is a netbook accessory?

as for what is a netbook, asked earlier: one of these laptops is a netbook and the other is a subnotebook. Both of them are 12 inch screen and full keyboard with no optical drive.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Side_View.jpg
http://www.westworldcomputers.com/laptops/x200.jpg

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Originally Posted by Nightwalker83

I don't hate Microsoft I just find some of the products are lacking in features, functions, etc.

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So you merely dislike them on general principles then :bigyello: Have yet to find an off the shelf package that does 100% what a power user wants it to do.

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Originally Posted by KiwiDexter

So you merely dislike them on general principles then :bigyello: Have yet to find an off the shelf package that does 100% what a power user wants it to do.

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Yeah, if however, they still want us to pay lots of money and reduce the quality of their programs I wont though. Meaning I would hate them more not less.:)