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How will you install an OS onto your Netbook? You already know that there is no optical drive on most of the Netbooks, so you cannot use the CD/DVD installation media. The only option you have is to connect an external CD/DVD drive into your netbooks through the available USB ports and then continue with [...]
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We aren’t saying above, its microsoft again into news putting 9unnecessary) restrictions on Netbook users Microsoft is barring Netbook manufacturers using Windows XP on Netbooks with hybrid storage solutions – the ones equipped with Solid State Drive (SSD) as well as a traditional Hard Disk Drive (HDD). This is after microsoft tried to restrict Netbook [...]
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Microsoft is not going to make windows 7 operating system to be used in ARM based processors. You might have read our earlier post saying that HP is looking at ARM for their upcoming netbooks. This suggests that ARM based netbooks coming into the market will be running mostly on Linux. Wicrosoft’s current stand is [...]
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You might have read our earlier post saying about the 3 application restriction on Windows 7 Netbooks. Latest update from Microsoft is that they are not going to impose this three application restriction on Windows 7 based Netbooks ! Microsoft had plans to restrict Netbook users from using more than three application on Windows 7 [...]
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As you know a netbook can be bought for a mere 300$, think whats the maximum microsoft can extract out of this total of 300$ towards the OEM price? Microsoft is trying a different strategy to tackle this situation. Netbooks running on such cheap OEM OS version will have a limitation that you can run [...]
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Google’s Android is not just a mobile phone OS, Google is planning to make it compatible with any device, but looks like Android can run on netbook even now ! Daniel Hartmann successfully installed Android on his ASUS Eee PC, and has posted about this in his blog, which you may have a look ! [...]
A recent study conducted by NPD group reveals that most of the recent Netbook buyers have gone for Windows as the OS for their Netbook. The figures amounts upto 90% share for windows in Netbook market ! Windows released their new OS windows 7 for beta testing by real users. Many have tried Windows 7 [...]