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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. Re:From the article - wtf? by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 5, Funny

    But a better browsing experience with IE?All I can respond with is, "wtf?"

    Indeed. My IE experience is much nicer in Linux than it is on Windows.

  2. Re:Best connectivity? by AliasMarlowe · · Score: 3, Funny

    Android is a new shiny thing with lots of hype and a comforting corporate mother figure we can all snuggle up to and suckle on

    Hmm, I tend to anthropomorphize Google as a MILF figure.
    That way, I might enjoy eventually being screwed...

    --
    Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
  3. Why not install MSIE with wine? by walterbyrd · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?versionId=469