[CS-FSLUG] Windows kicks Linux to the curb
Frank Bax
fbax at sympatico.ca
Tue Jan 27 07:14:02 CST 2009
Micah Yoder wrote:
> 2009/1/26 Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com>:
>> Windows kicks Linux to the curb
>>
>> Robin Harris: Windows 7 is the final nail in the desktop Linux market's
>> coffin. Unless Microsoft gets stupid on pricing, it is game over for Linux
>> netbook market share. Linux, we hardly knew ye -- on the desktop, anyway.
>
> Whatever. Not sure where he gets the idea that Windows 7 will run fine
> on netbooks. Have they somehow decreased its specs considerably? I
> thought it needed the same hardware as Vista.
I've also read several times that Windows 7 is expected to address the
growing netbook "problem" for MS. MS has kept XP-home alive for this
platform only; other WinXP editions are no longer available.
As for hardware requirements; I guess it depends on how you read them.
MS site states "minimum" requirements for Vista and Windows 7 are the
same; except for Vista Home Basic, which "requires" only half the RAM.
Both Vista and Windows 7 have minimum 1Ghz, 1G RAM; 16G disk.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/system-requirements.aspx
Of course; a system that satisfies only "minimum" requirements will not
provide a pleasant "user experience". I heard an MS rep state that
minimum hardware for a "good user experience" on Vista is 2Ghz, 2G of
RAM and a decent video chipset. Vista even has a little applet that
measures "user experience".
It's probably too early to say how a "light" version of Windows 7 might
run on a netbook. Perhaps they are hoping that netbooks will be more
powerful by the time RTM of Windows 7 arrives.
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