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piratePenguin:
13" display is an absolute maximum for me. 12" is probably the best if it's absolutely light like a 10" would be.
The only reason the netbook market is important to MS is because, to most people, a netbook is a supplementary computer (this wasn't the case for me). If GNU/Linux is dominating this area then people will eventually wonder why they want Windows on their primary computers. I only hope Canonical etc realize how important this is.
Kintaro:
--- Quote from: piratePenguin on 27 May 2010, 10:49 ---13" display is an absolute maximum for me. 12" is probably the best if it's absolutely light like a 10" would be.
The only reason the netbook market is important to MS is because, to most people, a netbook is a supplementary computer (this wasn't the case for me). If GNU/Linux is dominating this area then people will eventually wonder why they want Windows on their primary computers. I only hope Canonical etc realize how important this is.
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Just like people look at their Nokias and go "holy fuck, all we need to do is get this onto my PC." Canonical and other vendors need to focus on application support. Until then, they will always be obscure and taken for granted as the operating system on a DVD player. Besides, everyone I know with a netbook is running Windows XP.
Aloone_Jonez:
In my experience, most people want Windows on there notebook because it's what they're used to
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: Kintaro on 27 May 2010, 11:29 ---
--- Quote from: piratePenguin on 27 May 2010, 10:49 ---13" display is an absolute maximum for me. 12" is probably the best if it's absolutely light like a 10" would be.
The only reason the netbook market is important to MS is because, to most people, a netbook is a supplementary computer (this wasn't the case for me). If GNU/Linux is dominating this area then people will eventually wonder why they want Windows on their primary computers. I only hope Canonical etc realize how important this is.
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Just like people look at their Nokias and go "holy fuck, all we need to do is get this onto my PC."
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What type of an idiot remark is this? You're correct that it's important for Canonical to provide application support for its operating system, but they should also be aware that no matter how capable their OS is, they need to get it onto computers or it doesnt EXIST.
Aloone, you are correct. But in the (very) beginning Windows was, pretty much, not an option for the netbook market (too expensive). It was after GNU/Linux concoctions started gaining significant numbers through this market, that MS got worried and then made their offers to manufacturers or whatever, and now they pretty much have taken over the market (in fact, I couldn't find a non-windows netbook to suit my needs earlier this year, and I'm pretty sure I'll have to pay a MS tax)
Sure, people want windows on their netbooks, but even when they didn't have windows they were still rolling off the shelves. That could be ubuntu rolling off to thousands of satisfied customers, as it was in another life.
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: piratePenguin on 27 May 2010, 18:05 ---Aloone, you are correct. But in the (very) beginning Windows was, pretty much, not an option for the netbook market (too expensive). It was after GNU/Linux concoctions started gaining significant numbers through this market, that MS got worried and then made their offers to manufacturers or whatever, and now they pretty much have taken over the market (in fact, I couldn't find a non-windows netbook to suit my needs earlier this year, and I'm pretty sure I'll have to pay a MS tax)
Sure, people want windows on their netbooks, but even when they didn't have windows they were still rolling off the shelves. That could be ubuntu rolling off to thousands of satisfied customers, as it was in another life.
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I remember when Maplin first started selling netbooks, they were inundated with enquiries, on their web FAQ page, about installing Windows on them,
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