A Windows CE Shell For Netbooks

nerdyH writes "Netbooks such as the Acer Aspire One and Lenovo Ideapad S9 usually ship with SSD storage and the Linux operating system in low-end configurations, or else with hard drives and Windows XP Home at the higher end of the market. Therefore, customers who want a "Windows experience" have no choice but to shell out for extra RAM and disk storage, potentially impacting battery life. Perhaps not for long. Quarta Mobile says its open-source (yes, open source) "MID-Shell for Windows Embedded CE 6.0" provides a Microsoft-based alternative to Linux for low-end devices with SSDs (solid state disks)."

Comments

Re:Who would want that?

[i_liek_turtles]

Nonsense! I can still run all the programs I use at home, like Pidgin, the GIMP, and Firefox! It's just like Windows!

Finally!!

[krazytekn0]

2008 could be the year of Windows on the net-top!

Re:Who would want that?

[uassholes]

Do they get the dog that wags his tail when you search? If not, it's not real windows.

Re:Limits

[David Gerard]

You've now put into my head the notion of sex toys running Windows CE.

BAD TOUCH!

Re:o_0

[glittalogik]

From what I understand of Debian, I'd hazard a guess that the lack of updates is because it worked perfectly a year ago =p

why must they try to be everything to everyone???

[dartmongrel]

Microsoft should stick to making Xboxes, IMHO.

Bout damn time

[oprahwinfree]

...someone gave us an alternative to linux. Everywhere I look, sourceforge, slashdot, linux.com, its all I see, linux, linux, linux.

Re:Linux on the hight end -- FAIL!

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, if you're dumb enough to try installing distros from '05 instead of '08, I'd say you're too dumb to be allowed to use any "Linuses"...

MS Marketing must be getting desperate - the quality of their shills is abysmal these days.