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VIRTUALISATION Windows 7 to get thumbs up, but netbook sellers say thumbs down
VIRTUALISATION Windows 7 to get thumbs up, but netbook sellers say thumbs down | Windows 7 to get thumbs up, but netbook sellers say thumbs down |
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| by Jane Ryan | |
| Tuesday, 30 June 2009 | |
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Meanwhile, iTWire senior open source reporter Sam Varghese attended a Microsoft conference last week at which he was cordially handed both release candidates of Windows 7 on - you guessed it - a thumb drive. Many say the option to upload via USB memory sticks should be available. But with all the hype surrounding this now famed development, few have stopped to ask how an operating system with an 8GB footprint is going to operate on a Netbook, when its predecessor, Windows Vista runs about as smoothly as a tractor on anything with a single core processor. Of the Australian retailers interviewed, many were unaware of rumored thumb drives. Of those who were, some supported the plan while others were skeptical of a netbook’s ability to run the new operating system at all. So why the skepticism? CONTINUED Page 2 |
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