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Windows 7 vs. Windows XP On a Netbook

Posted by timothy on from the all-battery-life-claims-are-lies dept.

Justin writes "Many in the industry are counting on Windows 7 to bring the netbook market to the next level. Having netbook manufacturers ship netbooks with 7+ year old Windows XP pre-installed surely deterred some from joining the ranks of households with the small, light and portable netbooks. It seems Microsoft has addressed most of the pitfalls of Windows Vista on a netbook by increasing battery life and performance to be very close to that of the lighter-weight Windows XP. Legit Reviews has the full scoop of battery life and performance tests pitting Windows 7 against Windows XP on the ASUS Eee PC 1005HA Netbook." I'd like to see a follow-up with a few different Netbook-friendly Linux distros, too.

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  1. Re:So what? by Smegly · · Score: 1, Troll

    Many in the industry are counting on Windows 7 to bring the netbook market to the next level.

    [Citation needed] Who in "the industry" think this, exactly? Perhaps they mean bury it one level down, rather than take it to the "next level". Windows XP runs significantly slower on Netbooks, Vista 7 hasn't got a hope in hell of outperforming XP on a netbook. Smells like MS AstroTurfing to me....

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