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worker201:
It has been theorized that the rise of the netbook has undercut Microsoft's business in a serious way.  How much can you expect a manufacturer to spend on the OS for a $300 computer?  Upgrades to higher versions of the operating system, which are pure profit, are also less likely for netbook buyers.  And netbook buyers are also reluctant to purchase Office as well.

Realistically, it's likely a combination of the things we've proposed.

davidnix71:
There are even sub netbooks out there now with Windows CE. The $300 netbooks with crippleware Seven Basic are okay for a portable.

Strangely, Best Buy will not sell the upgrade to home premium for a Windows netbook. They insisted the netbooks were too stupid for that even if you added ram. For the price of the netbook and upgrade you could get a real laptop, anyway.

Kintaro:
Netbooks fucking suck on the other hand. The screen is so small they basically have the visual real-estate of DOS. Who cares about that market? They should just write some netbook drivers for Windows 3.11 and build it 32 bit and they already have the perfect operating system.

Refalm:
With smartphones that have a decent browser, RDP client and a DivX player (or some video streaming service), there isn't much use for notebooks anymore.

All you want to do with a notebook is quickly check mail, type a document, or view a movie on the train.

Kintaro:
15-16" display is like a minimum to me. Typically, I'll want to do all those things on the train, at once.

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