Comments on: Of Windows 7 and Netbooks http://jamesgecko.com/2009/05/of-windows-7-and-netbooks/ Hacker in progress Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: James http://jamesgecko.com/2009/05/of-windows-7-and-netbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-58 James Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:40:46 +0000 http://jamesgecko.com/wordpress/?p=11#comment-58 <p>Yay Linux!</p> <p>Although... Ubuntu may not have licensing issues, but it has plenty of licensing issues. You can distribute it without many restrictions, but you can't play MP3s out of the box. Nor can you use the full OpenGL 2.0 feature set on an Intel card. Cry. ;-)</p> Yay Linux!

Although… Ubuntu may not have licensing issues, but it has plenty of licensing issues. You can distribute it without many restrictions, but you can’t play MP3s out of the box. Nor can you use the full OpenGL 2.0 feature set on an Intel card. Cry. ;-)

]]> By: James http://jamesgecko.com/2009/05/of-windows-7-and-netbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-95 James Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:40:00 +0000 http://jamesgecko.com/wordpress/?p=11#comment-95 <p>Yay Linux!</p> <p>Although... Ubuntu may not have licensing issues, but it has plenty of licensing issues. You can distribute it without many restrictions, but you can't play MP3s out of the box. Nor can you use the full OpenGL 2.0 feature set on an Intel card. Cry. ;-)</p> Yay Linux!

Although… Ubuntu may not have licensing issues, but it has plenty of licensing issues. You can distribute it without many restrictions, but you can’t play MP3s out of the box. Nor can you use the full OpenGL 2.0 feature set on an Intel card. Cry. ;-)

]]> By: Malcolm http://jamesgecko.com/2009/05/of-windows-7-and-netbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Malcolm Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:40:39 +0000 http://jamesgecko.com/wordpress/?p=11#comment-56 <p>ubuntu netbook remix FTW.... cough free cough</p> <p>no crippleware.... no licensing issues... no evil</p> ubuntu netbook remix FTW…. cough free cough

no crippleware…. no licensing issues… no evil

]]> By: Malcolm http://jamesgecko.com/2009/05/of-windows-7-and-netbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Malcolm Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:40:00 +0000 http://jamesgecko.com/wordpress/?p=11#comment-94 <p>ubuntu netbook remix FTW.... cough free cough</p> <p>no crippleware.... no licensing issues... no evil</p> ubuntu netbook remix FTW…. cough free cough

no crippleware…. no licensing issues… no evil

]]> By: Ben L. http://jamesgecko.com/2009/05/of-windows-7-and-netbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Ben L. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:08:30 +0000 http://jamesgecko.com/wordpress/?p=11#comment-22 <p>All this means is most people who know the difference will pay the extra $50 fee for the next tier, and the ones who don't know the difference won't care/conflict with the limitations.</p> <p>Win7 Starter is there to get you to fork out the money for the better version, not to provide you with an OS.</p> All this means is most people who know the difference will pay the extra $50 fee for the next tier, and the ones who don’t know the difference won’t care/conflict with the limitations.

Win7 Starter is there to get you to fork out the money for the better version, not to provide you with an OS.

]]> By: Ben L. http://jamesgecko.com/2009/05/of-windows-7-and-netbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Ben L. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:08:00 +0000 http://jamesgecko.com/wordpress/?p=11#comment-93 <p>All this means is most people who know the difference will pay the extra $50 fee for the next tier, and the ones who don't know the difference won't care/conflict with the limitations.</p> <p>Win7 Starter is there to get you to fork out the money for the better version, not to provide you with an OS.</p> All this means is most people who know the difference will pay the extra $50 fee for the next tier, and the ones who don’t know the difference won’t care/conflict with the limitations.

Win7 Starter is there to get you to fork out the money for the better version, not to provide you with an OS.

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