Comments on: More on Windows 7 and Netbooks

By: Resolved: There Are No Such Things as Netbooks | Technologizer

Resolved: There Are No Such Things as Netbooks | Technologizer — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:50:39 +0000

[...] have basic CPUs and graphics that aren’t well-suited to high-end tasks; thanks in part to Microsoft licensing rules, they have skimpy amounts of RAM. But that doesn’t make them something other than notebooks. [...]

By: Toshiba (Finally) Does Netbooks | Technologizer

Toshiba (Finally) Does Netbooks | Technologizer — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:01:41 +0000

[...] gives me pause with all netbooks: The NB205 comes with 1GB of RAM. I persist in being frustrated by Microsoft licensing terms that make it impossible to sell a low-cost netbook with 2GB of RAM and a …. It seems especially silly to hobble machines as appealing and attractive as these Toshibas with an [...]

By: Maybe They Should Call It “Windows 7 Grudging Acknowledgement of Reality Edition” | Technologizer

Sat, 30 May 2009 16:07:27 +0000

[...] all: News Paul Thurrott had it right: Microsoft has decided to lift the three-apps-at-a-time limitation from Windows 7 Starter Edition, [...]

By: JDoors

JDoors — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:40:34 +0000

@Harry: “… the one (restriction) that sticks in my craw is the continuing requirement that netbooks ship with a maximum of 1GB of RAM. RAM’s cheap enough these days that there would surely be 2GB netbooks if Microsoft didn’t try to prevent them from shipping.”

Microsoft’s doing no such thing. They are simply saying if it’s not an el-cheapo netbook it would be better off with a more comprehensive edition of Windows on it. Will MS make more money on the “Home” rather than “Starter” edition? Yup. And the netbook manufacturers and retailers will make more money on what is, technically, no longer a netbook (unless they’re all willing to give away the better hardware for free).

By: Marc

Marc — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:49:39 +0000

Foo: Yeah that’s fine until you want to compress that 40mb video you took on your phone so it fits on Facebook.

No one should be fooled that a Netbook of that spec will not let you down at some point. They’re fine as an extra machine for taking out and about, or sitting on the sofa – but not as a main PC. Pay a bit more, and you could get one that could be used for both (asides from the small screen)

By: foo

foo — Sat, 23 May 2009 11:13:43 +0000

Since computers reached a certain speed, I stopped worrying about processor and memory.

Here’s a perfectly fine $250 netbook specification:

- Display: 10 inches
- Battery: 8 hours
- Storage: 8 GB SSD
- Weight: 1 kg
- Processor: 800MHz
- Memory: 512MB

As you can see, comfort and portability are the most important factors.

I’d be more than happy with a 800MHz/512MB netbook as long as it had decent display and keyboard sizes. All I need is a browser, really.

Thus, a Linux/ARM netbook would fit the bill.