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Acer Launching Dual Android/Windows 7 Netbook

Posted by Soulskill on from the now-make-them-fight dept.

Barence writes "Acer has unveiled an Aspire netbook that dual boots Google Android and Windows 7. 'User demand is not there for [other forms of] Linux [but] we never give up. We adjust,' said Jim Wong, Acer senior corporate vice president. 'We introduce Android with the Windows OS, and why Android? Because it has the best connectivity built into the OS.' Acer has also talked up Google's forthcoming Chrome OS. 'Chrome can be a viable alternative to Microsoft's OSes for web applications on different mobile devices,' he explained."

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  1. Active Desktop for Linux by lkcl · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    i always thought that an active-desktop-esque window manager for linux would be cool, as it would allow users to write applications in HTML, Flash, or anything, and have them in the "Start" Menu, or as part of the desktop.

    it turns out ironically that google's "chrome os" is pretty much exactly that, and the Palm Pre is already well on its way to being a "web" os, too.

    thus we ironically come full circle, as the startling implications of ideas that microsoft creates over fifteen years ago eventually filter through the security nightmares and negative public perceptions of the windows OS....

    1. Re:Active Desktop for Linux by lkcl · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      ah, yes, i heard about plasma. the general consensus is that whilst the developers creating widgets are extremely competent, and having a lot of fun and doing fantastic creative work, the actual core of plasma is... strained.

      plus, also, remember: KDE is based on QT. QT is nowhere near as powerful as DOM / browser technology, requiring code to be written in c++ to workaround its limitations. bottom line: Browser engines such as Trident, Webkit and XULrunner absolutely piss all over "desktop" widget sets for flexibility, reach and maturity.

      You can't beat approx 45% market share of MSHTML/Trident, so... if you can't beat-em, join-em.

  2. Other forms of Linux... by RotateLeftByte · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Quote
    'User demand is not there for [other forms of] Linux'

    Totally incorrect.
    Just you wait, many purchases will scrub both Androis & Windows 7 and install their favourite distro be it Debian, Fedora, SUSE, or the dreaded *buntu (only joking, xbuntu is pretty good)

    And the bit about sites needing IE is these days pretty weak. I wonder if this is just a few words to keep their masters in Redmond happy?
    I do pretty well all my web browsing using Firefox on a Mac or Firefox on an MSI Wind running Fedora 11.
    In two years, I have not come upon a site (outside of Microsoft. Hmmm strange that...) that wont' work.

    Sigh, probably just a few weasley words to satisfy Microsoft.
    Still a nice idea to ship a device with both.

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    I'd rather be riding my '63 Triumph T120.