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Originally Posted by mtd19
Or you could, you know, just use linux for free...
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Linux might be fine for some people, but I've yet to see any flavour of it that doesn't suck for my needs. It's fine on the surface, but once you get past the nice start screen, you're into Linux land where, if you don't know much of anything about Linux (that's me!), nothing makes any sense.
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Originally Posted by mtd19
I mean what's the use of windows on such an underpowered system? It's lightweight so give it a lightweight operating system.
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You've obviously missed all the articles about how well Windows 7 works on netbooks.
Honestly, it's quite good. Windows is running on upwards of 98% of all netbooks. Some brands of Linux-based netbooks have 4 to 1 return rates vs. their matching Linux counterparts. The market has spoken, and the market says they want Windows on their netbooks.
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Originally Posted by mtd19
The only reason to use Windows is if you need some software that is Windows only (Photoshop, most games, etc.) and most of that either has free alternatives or would be really slow on this.
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So you don't think that user interface matters at all? I think having an operating system that you're familiar with matters quite a bit - to me at least.