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Microsoft To Offer Windows 7 On USB Thumb Drives?

Posted by timothy on from the please-send-me-your-repurposable-drives dept.

Barence writes "Microsoft is reportedly considering offering Windows 7 on USB thumb drives to allow netbook owners to upgrade their machines. Windows has, until now, only been distributed on DVDs or via download. However, netbooks don't have optical drives and the Windows 7 ISO weighs in at 2.3GB, which would take several hours to download on an average broadband connection and potentially do serious damage to a customer's broadband data cap."

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  1. hello, i live in times square by circletimessquare · · Score: 0, Troll

    what is this "backwoods" that you speak of?

    what subway line do i need to take to get there?

    is there any parkland, you know, trees, which i have heard fables of, in this "backwoods" place?

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    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
  2. Re:It's Amazing by Jurily · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ubuntu fits on a single CD. I haven't added more than one or two extra Gigs

    Nice definition of "fits". I can understand that there's no room for development files on a newbie CD, but by that reasoning, where's mplayer then? And why do they ship a music player that can't play mp3?

  3. Re:Idiots. by The+End+Of+Days · · Score: 0, Troll

    Cunt. Motherfucker. Cum dripping from your father's anus.

    There, be offended. Also, welcome to the internet. Your old-fashioned oppressive ideas of etiquette are meaningless here.