Comments on: Why Don’t Linux-based Netbooks Have the Same H/W as Windows Ones?

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:21:04 +0000

I think paying for XP is precisely the problem. Who wants to line the pockets of Microsoft? If I want a Linux machine (either pre-installed or self-installed) then I also want the warm fuzzy feeling of NOT having paid a cent to M$ – stick it to the man I say!

By: Bruno

Bruno — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:07:24 +0000

@turn.self.off: Thanks!

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:03:52 +0000

@bruno: http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/07/microsoft-eases-up-on-ulcpc-criteria

By: Bruno

Bruno — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:42:45 +0000

“Microsoft forbids using more than 1gb of ram” – never heard of this, where is it documented?

By: Sumocat

Sumocat — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:02:23 +0000

Also, the first Eee was a low-cost PC, which is why they launched with Linux, and there was no comparable Windows option, so people did buy the no-name (even Asus was not a consumer brand at the time) to save money. The Linux version lost considerable traction after comparably priced Windows-based netbooks hit the market. What you call “nonsense” is actually recorded history.

By: Raphael Salgado

Raphael Salgado — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:26:18 +0000

You’re paying for that XP license, so consider that wasted money that you could have used towards an additional stick of RAM, a nice leather case, or even a spare battery.

By: Sumocat

Sumocat — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:17:54 +0000

Pfft. So says the guy who obviously doesn’t know what a brand is. Linux is not a brand. Ubuntu, Red Hat, Android, those are brands. And since you didn’t cite it, I’m guessing you don’t even know off the top of your head the flavor of Linux that runs on the Eee PC. Shows what brand power that OS has. You’ve practically proven my point.

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:28:59 +0000

and add even more fuel to the “the customer do not want linux” argument?

By: bigbearomaha

bigbearomaha — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:17:12 +0000

If I really want the system, I will buy the Windows one and replace it with Linux the moment it comes out of the box.

By: zorg

zorg — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:19:49 +0000

What nonsense! The first netbook (first EEE) ran Linux and sold wildly. THEN and ONLY THEN did Microsoft make a full-court press to get Windows on them. The presence of Windows on ANY netbook is due to an intensive campaign coupled with a complete about-face on Vista.

It would not surprise me to find that parent is an astroturfer and that phrases like “generics and no-names” reflect a current coordinated Microsoft anti-Linux tactic. This tactic would probably work if Linux were a firm rather than a community. Microsoft does not know how to destroy a community.