Comments on: Are netbooks really “better with Windows”?

By: Bluetooth

Bluetooth — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:58:11 +0000

I think yes and no both. In some cases it is very good then windows. But sometimes not. I think it depends on the user and the use of it. For me it’s not.

By: 6tricky9

6tricky9 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:49:32 +0000

@milliganp

” I suspect in a couple of years time there will be an anti-trust investigation to see how much Microsoft bunged Asus to drop Android.”

Asus *hasn’t* dropped Android; in fact, see for yourself here http://bit.ly/K4Gal

In my opinion, Android will prove to be the killer OS on both the smartphone and netbook. Microsoft and Apple must be feeling very uncomfortable.

By: milliganp

milliganp — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:00:22 +0000

Just watched the drivel video on the letsthinkuparediculousname.com website and it show using that well know, standards based WP package Works!

By: milliganp

milliganp — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:53:51 +0000

Richard says “Windows is the most supported OS with respect to drivers on planet earth! ” This is simply not true. I’ve downgraded several portables for friends and family from Vista to XP. Searching for drivers is a nightmare. It takes an average of 2-3 hours to get XP onto a modern notebook.

By comparison Ubuntu 9.04 loads and works first time with ALL the drivers integral to the OS distribution disk.

Also people need to note that Windows 7 on netbooks is going to offer limited functionality so that Microsoft can sell it cheap enough to compete with Linux / Android / etc.

I suspect in a couple of years time there will be an anti-trust investigation to see how much Microsoft bunged Asus to drop Android.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:41:21 +0000

A netbook is a “Net”book and not a real full option laptop. I bought a Netbook to work on the Net not with applications on my hard disk but all interesting Web 2.0 applications for me. So, if I just forget or loose my netbook I can still get docs,spreadsheets, mail, etc from whereever I go on the Net. Was that not the initial idea for Netbooks? To use it a simple machine to connect to some sort of “server” related software? Just one complain with the first Netbooks: mobility. My Acer One 150 with a 2200 mha battery gave me only average 2 hours mobility. Far too low. With an extra investment of 80 pounds I bought an external battery U20 of 13200 Mha that works perfectly for several hours and the problem is solved. Linux suits me well. Fast loading accessing my browser for Web 2.0 applications such as Google docs, etc. Again that is the only reason why Netbooks exist.

By: M Baldwin

M Baldwin — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:12:30 +0000

Here is another way of looking at netbooks.Either you pay £1000+ for an ultraportable laptop with a 13.2″ screen albeit a very well built one with 5 or 6 hours battery use per day or a netbook like the samsung NC10 for £300 which will do almost the same with a 10.2″ screen.They are in effect becoming poor mans versions of Ultra portable Laptops.Once the netbook starts getting 12″ + Screens then appart from build quality,why would you buy a £1000 Ulter portable ?

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 30 May 2009 06:55:19 +0000

ip – boy I must be lucky, my Samsung Netbook runs great with XP on it. Its never crashed once in the 3 months I’ve had it and it comes up from standy in seconds, and even a full reboot is pretty quick (I haven’t timed it because i’ve got better things to do And would you believe it, how lucky can a guy be, I have a couple of Desktops running XP and Vista and they run great as well. Oh and I also have a couple of old laptops with XP, no problems there either

Ben – Windows is the most supported OS with respect to drivers on planet earth! You can criticise it on lots of fronts but a lack of drivers, I don’t think so. And in any case, even if XP had found all the drivers it would still be good practice to see if there are newer less generic drivers available, particularly for the chipset and the video.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:49:41 +0000

“Windows helps you quickly and easily get online and connect to your devices and services”, I will say now I use Windows, be it XP, Vista, or Windows 7, but I have an old untra portable then neither XP or Windows 7 had the wireless drivers as standard. XP didn’t have any form of network drivers when i did a fresh install and i had to go hunting for a disk to get either to work, and windows 7 I had the faf of hard wiring it to my router for it to find them. Ubuntu on the other hand, even the netbook remix, just worked, I had to do nothing more than enter the network key.

Also with windows the first thing after getting connected to the internet I need to do is download firefox, a step removed from Ubuntu (although that is just preference).
I still use windows, but in my experience on a small laptop Ununtu netboot remix is actually easier to set up and get started.

By: David

David — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:25:56 +0000

What exactly is the purpose of that website? It seems entirely poinless, quite apart from being extremely naff and patronising.

By: ip

ip — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:06:01 +0000

I can see the appeal of XP on a netbook – people will feel comfortable waiting forever it to load, crash and watching it grind to a halt with the AV product that you bought with it. Just like their other computers…