gav Wrote:
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> The way I see it, Windows 7 was made for desktops.
> Only good laptops can run it reasonably fast.
> Plus, I hate touchpads. Have never been able to
> get used to them. Android Tablets, on the other
> hand, now have a specific OS, Android Honeycomb,
> which was made for them. Nothing else will use it,
> although a version of it, called Android Ice
> Cream, will be made for phones.
>
>
>
> You do realise there are any number of operating
> systems for most PCs? You don't need Windows at
> all.
>
> Still, Windows 7 is just a general operating
> system. If a laptop can't run it well, then it's
> the fault of the manufacturer. We use some cheap
> Acer Ferrari Ones at work, which are just
> netbooks, and even on them Windows 7 is excellent
> and zippy.
>
> I agree on the touchpad issue though - I don't get
> along with them at all (so use a tiny Logitech VX
> Nano mouse on my laptop), but no input method is
> perfect. All the popular ones are flawed - laptops
> have the touchpad and often a smaller-than-normal
> keyboard, touchscreens are poor for typing on and
> for accurate selection, while desktops have often
> space-consuming keyboards and mice which sometimes
> have wires trailing around.
I know about Ubuntu Netbook Edition and the various editions of Linux for netbooks - hell, I use Ubuntu myself for day to day stuff. I just feel laptops and desktops are more for actual work - I'd love a tablet for casually browsing the internet, using at school, and doing some Android Development on.
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