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How the $0 Netbook Might Just Help Save the Media Industry
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| What should really terrify Microsoft, though, is not Linux but ... yes,
| Google. Last week at a computer trade show in Taiwan, Asus and Acer revealed
| that they're working on launching netbooks that run on Android, the free
| operating system Google originally created for cellphones.
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http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=137088
Recent:
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?"
|
| [...]
|
| 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
Malware found on brand new Windows netbook
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| Security vendor Kaspersky Labs found malware on new Windows XP netbook, just
| out from the factory. The firm is warning users to take extra precautions,
| and ensure virgin systems are malware free before connecting them to the
| Internet.
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http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/news.asp?id=5322
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