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On 29/12/2009 09:14, tom wrote:
Yup, unless the Arm chips get much faster (or maybe if they bung a few in there) then I don't see it happening. Maybe a Windows CE spinoff possibly, or something new running .Net code (like the XBOX 360 does on PPC).Wait... You need Arm in order to boot into Linux? Wow... That told me!Not quite! - Arm will run linux and use practically no power so you can have a Netbook you can carry around and not lurk by power sockets. Windows will not run on ARM - so (to answer Henry) don't expect it for 8 or 9 either. I've been watching MS closely for a long while and I'm convinced that Windows will NEVER run on ARM - I think its got so bloated (and badly managed) that they can never get it to run useably on ARM and call it windows.Which is why there is so much effort to stop Netbooks.... Tom te tom te tom
Maybe though Google releasing the ChomeOS might change peoples perception of what they really need. I mean, how many people need a bloated OS just so they can run an instant messaging app, e-mail and web browsers?
I doubt that many people (if anyone) who has a netbook would need a full bloated office suite on there.
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