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Microsoft upset with Intel
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| We used to call them WinTel, as Intel was one of the loudest supporters of
| Redmond's Windows operating systems, but since it came up with Atom and
| netbooks, Intel is trying to push for Linux. Intel calls it Moblin 2.0 and
| this OS is supposed to give you everything you should need to type and surf
| the web.
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http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/14108/1/
Microsoft is angry at Intel over Moblin
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| Microsoft and Intel are angry with each other. Well to be more honest
| Microsoft is angry at Intel. Once upon a time, before the days of Anti-Trust,
| MS and Intel were pals, Intel supported MS and MS Supported Intel.
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http://www.tweaktown.com/news/12437/microsoft_is_angry_at_intel_over_moblin/
Intel Looks beyond Microsoft in Embedded Space
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| Popularity of Linux-based OS is on raise. In the embedded space, its
| traditional partner Microsoft does not have major footprint, according to
| T.R. Madan Mohan, managing partner at Browne and Mohan
| Importantly, the non-PC business is almost 3.8 times that of PC business and
| Intel has been able to generate less than $1.2 billion in this segment.
| Considering all these, Intel has been trying to push its Linux version into
| the market; and has been strengthening its software armor chest by acquiring
| OpenedHand and Neoptika.
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http://www.cxotoday.com/India/News/Intel_Looks_beyond_Microsoft_in_Embedded_Space/551-103008-911.html
Recent:
Why Linux Will Crush Windows 7 on Netbooks
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| Linux versions of netbooks are already doing quite well and if Microsoft
| shoots itself in the foot by crippling its OS, the question becomes less
| about choosing between Windows and Linux and more about choosing between
| crippled and “just works.”
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http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Why_Linux_Will_Crush_Windows_7_on_Netbooks
Hands on: Running Windows 7 on a netbook
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| Performance wasn't the only problem I came across. For example, I was unable
| to perform two network-related tasks at once. For example, if I copied a file
| from a network server or watched a YouTube video, life was fine. But if I
| tried to do both things at once, I ended up with a frozen system.
|
| [...]
|
| I experienced several difficulties running popular applications on the Dell
| Mini 9. Windows 7's built-in applications, such as Media Center, felt slow to
| respond. Other apps behaved sluggishly as well. For example, Microsoft Word
| 2003 took 27 seconds to launch on the Mini 9; it took only 11 seconds on the
| HP EliteBook 2530p.
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| Some problems, such as abrupt slowdowns when trying to run Microsoft Office
| 2003, Office 2007 and Quicken 2008, were clearly caused by memory problems.
| There simply wasn't enough RAM to run them effectively. When I tried to run
| two or more major applications at the same time, the performance dropped from
| merely miserable to "Is this thing still on?"
|
| [...]
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| If you must have Windows on a netbook, XP Home SP3 is still the better choice
| over Windows 7 -- at least, for now. And, even though Microsoft is doing its
| best to kill off XP, it looks like the PC makers aren't going to let
| Microsoft put XP out to pasture after all.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9132041
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