netbooks?

Dec. 3rd, 2009 09:51 pm
kate_nepveu: sleeping cat carved in brown wood (Default)
[personal profile] kate_nepveu

Last time I looked, it seemed like Samsung was making the best all-around machines, in terms of keyboard size, battery life, and weight. That still the case? And is Windows 7 an actual advance for netbooks, or should I stick with XP for operating system consistency?

Date: 2009-12-04 03:02 am (UTC)
ellarien: two laptops (computers2)
From: [personal profile] ellarien
I may be seeing this through a filter of slightly unreasonable irritation, but the version of Win7 being sold on netbooks, Starter Edition, may actually be a step backwards from XP -- no desktop background customization, no dual-monitor support (which I'm afraid might mean no proper projector support), various other cripplements. That's why I snagged an XP one while I could -- I'm not sure how much longer they'll be available, and I refuse to pay a quarter of the cost of the computer for an upgrade to the fully-functional operating system.

(Also, I'm finding Win7 unusually annoying in general, but that's mostly because I have strong views about file organization that don't mesh very well with Microsoft's.)

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