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Microsoft Boasts 96% Netbook Penetration
An anonymous reader writes "Citing figures from market research firm NPD, Microsoft says Windows' share of the US netbook market has ballooned from less than 10% in the first half of 2008 to 96% as of February. 'The growth of Windows on netbook PCs over the last year has been phenomenal,' wrote Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft's in-house Windows blogger, in a post Friday. Information Week author Paul McDougall notes Microsoft's 8% decline in Windows sales is due to netbooks sporting Linux. How does Redmond make an 80% gain in netbook market share without the sales numbers reflecting that gain?"
Chair penetrates netbook 96%.
Way to go Netbook! Getting to home base 96% of the time would make any frat boy proud.
Is there any other way to call it? 'Race to the bottom' sounds so crass. Perhaps 'delivering better customer value by focusing on essential factors while reducing extraneous costs?' I raced to the bottom once and I found really weird stuff there...
I would like to die like my grandfather did - sleeping. And not screaming in terror, like his passengers.
Actually, it's an acronym. ;-)
http://www.dieblinkenlights.com
"I wonder if they count my shiny new Acer Aspire One"
And, BTW, it's not personal. Their bonuses depend on it.
http://www.dieblinkenlights.com
I think his're point was actually a joke.
That's not what she said.
"There are no facts, only interpretations." --Friedrich Nietzsche.
Mod parent +1 Bruce Perens
Wow, you seethe with bitterness. Let me guess--your girl left you for a Linux user?
No, we'll always have PA-RISC.
Dark Reflection
most of my friends that got netbooks with linux installed windows on them
Sounds like you need new friends
WHOA!
You live in the whole USA?!
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Hackers Boast 96% Netbook Penetration.
That windows won this battle because linux doesn't have enough critics.
He accidentally the USA.
Clearly all computers sold with linux should include the price of a windows license to combat piracy.
93rd rule of Slashdot: No matter how obvious my sarcasm is, my comment will be taken seriously by someone.
Here's your ARM powered netbook: :p
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMate_300
Out of their free will, no doubt...
Nah, it's out of the kindness of their hearts ... they're kind of scared of Microsoft.
I am anarch of all I survey.
Windows versions universally outsell by ratio of over 20-to-1.
Not around here! XP netbooks in Europe are less than 40% of the Linux netbook market...
my 2 year old laptop was an Acer Aspire 5672 wmli - not even remotely underpowered.
I bought a $420 14" laptop (after taxes) from dell a year ago (vostro 1400) with a single core yonah chip, 2gb of ram, 160gb hdd, and 32 mb onboard video. It was probably 3-4 times faster than any netbook at least.
There is just no reason to use netbooks unless you really really need the portability.
Congratulations sir, you've successfully applied the problem-solving techniques pioneered by the Bush administration!
1) Problem : 96% of netbooks run Windows
2) Solution : Redefine "netbook" to exclude anything that runs Windows
3) Problem solved : 0% of netbooks run Windows!!!
You just got troll'd!
Everybody knows they run AIX.
I suppose he told you that he'd already got 96% penetration in that market and that you were next. Balmer says that to everyone..
Stay away from that -1%. They're not your friends.
It's been a long time.
That was 6 months ago, and she is really happy with it and hasn't had to come back for help
This is called 'winning the battle but losing the war'.
It's been a long time.
I bought a netbook for my wife which had windows pre-loaded, the first thing I did was install Ubuntu on it. I've booted Windows once since the original install to upgrade firmware, so I guess that netbook is counted in their stats.
Oops! I meant bribery and coercion, not free market; I always confuse them.