r81984
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| reply to milnoc
Re: Interesting.
"However, the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web"
What a very stupid statement from Google.
All they are doing is making a linux distro that that will sync up with the rest of Google (skynet).
The day google becomes self-aware we are all screwed.
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S_engineer
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| You took that in the wrong context, they were talking about the bloated OS's that are out today. Google clearly want to get into the Netbook market, which seems to be taking off and is now being subsidized by some carriers like Sprint. Netbooks feature less than adequate hardware to run Vista, 7, or some Linux distros. So its Googles intention to build a barebone OS
that will run on minimal hardware, which alot of the netbooks have.
With that said, I don't know why anyone would fall for the subsidized netbook scam, or why Google thinks this is the route to take on MS. IMO, netbooks are just the next wave of mobile garbage to get consumers locked into 2 year contracts.
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en102
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| I agree on the bloat - Windows is a very bloated OS - even on XP.
I have a work laptop (Dell) with XP and 1GB. With IE and Office open, I end up swapping cache quite often.
Linux bare bone isn't bad, however X11 is a resource pig in its own rights.
Netbooks are entry level replacements for mobile phones - and they're less expensive with or without contract... and guess what - you don't need to 'unlock' them 
Eg. I phone 3Gs $299 (subsidized) - $699 retail, carrier locked (i.e. unusable w/o data plan)
Netbook - $1-$99 (subsidized) - $199-#350 retail, carrier locked 'data', however, these 'should' also be functional with WiFi or ethernet (or USB-Ethernet). Downside - 5GB data cap, no voice plan. |
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S_engineer
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| Thats part of my point. Why would the masses buy a netbook for say $350, when they could get a laptop for $450 with good enough hardware to run any app. (except the high end games).
Whats next...the I-netbook from Mac with touchscreen on AT&Ts 3G network....oh oh...I better go patent that idea.
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I don't know why anyone would fall for the subsidized netbook scam That's easy. If you're going to be stuck paying $60 per month for mobile internet service (and all of the major carriers charge about that much), you might as well get something back out of it. I've never found "being stuck in a contract" to be that big a deal. It just limits me to considering my competitive options every couple years, which is not so bad. I usually end up sticking with what I had anyway.
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I was lucky enough recently to purchase a Toshiba (2.16GHz Celeron  ) with 17" screen, 3GB RAM / Vista Home and DVD RW for $399 from Wal-Mart. Haven't seen it again.
HP already has a touch screen PC/Laptop.
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1 edit | reply to djrobx
Exactly. I would view the subsidized netbook as a 'bonus' when signing up for service. I don't think anyone should signup for service just because of a netbook though.
Too bad they didn't have this deal a few months ago when I signed a 2-year contract with Verizon for mobile internet. Oh well...
More on topic, I think an OS from Google could turn out to be great, or just another thing that no one really knows/cares about. Although it seems like theres a lot of news coverage regarding it.
Make this worth it Google :P |
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yeahian
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| reply to en102
said by en102  :I was lucky enough recently to purchase a Toshiba (2.16GHz Celeron ) with 17" screen, 3GB RAM / Vista Home and DVD RW for $399 from Wal-Mart. Haven't seen it again. HP already has a touch screen PC/Laptop. Those have been around for a long time over a yr for certain. I saw one in Costco about a yr ago. |
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| reply to S_engineer
Less than adequate hardware?
Look at some of the current generation of netbooks again (or even the upcoming respins, such as the Acer Timeline 1810, which will replace the Aspire One).
Also, Windows 7 is quite capable of running on netbooks (in fact, I ran Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit on all of a single gigabyte of RAM).
Don't think that Windows (7 or even Vista) is only sold in the "big pig" SKU known as Ultimate.
Linux distributions generally demand 256 MB of RAM for a minimum install, while UNIX (specifically OpenSolaris) ups the ante to 512 MB (incidentally, the same amount demanded by Windows XP/Vista/7). |
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zipjay
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| reply to S_engineer
you never had a netbook huh? they have solid state harddrives, weigh hardly nothing and are small enough to fit anywhere.. noone wants to carry around a bulky and heavy full scale laptop if their just gonna be browsing the web and watching a few movies. Netbooks do run just about any app except for high end games anyway |
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| reply to en102
said by en102 :Linux bare bone isn't bad, however X11 is a resource pig in its own rights. I disagree with you there. GNOME and KDE are fat bloated pointy-clicky-touchie-feelie-oowie-GUI "desktop environments". Try running Blackbox or Fluxbox instead... look ma... no bloat. I don't run desktops, I run apps. |
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