Remember Acer’s claim in December that Windows sales were crushing Linux sales by more than 9 to 1 with its machines? And then more recently, HP announced that it was dropping Linux for the new Mini 1000 range in the UK.
These were ominous signs for Linux — once the dominant OS on netbooks — and [...]
February 6, 2009 – 2:05 pm
Linux’s strong presence in the netbook market has been under threat for some time, moreso since Acer revealed in December that sales of Windows machines are outnumbering sales of Linux machines by more than 9 to 1.
In another sign that Linux’s star my be fading, HP has decided to drop Linux as an operating system [...]
February 5, 2009 – 3:41 pm
HP has released its own spin on the Ubuntu Linux operating system with a customized version designed for the HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition. Based on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron, the OS can run just about any software that Ubuntu supports and comes with several of them loaded in – Firefox, OpenOffice, Thunderbird, among others. [...]
December 23, 2008 – 12:32 pm
We recently reported that sales of Windows netbooks are outnumbering sales of Linux netbooks by more than 9 to 1! This information was according to leading vendors, most notably Acer, who given their 38% leading share in netbook sales are as reliable a source as anyone for this kind of information.
According to Mobile Computing News [...]
December 17, 2008 – 12:27 pm
Here is some interesting news via ITWire. There have been some reports lately that netbooks running Linux are the controlling force in the market. Senior managers at Acer and other leading vendors say that couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, there seems to be no contest.
In Acer’s case, and we recently learned that [...]
November 10, 2008 – 4:05 pm
Reviews for the new Dell Inspiron Mini 12 seem to be in the middle so far. Joanna Stern at LAPTOP Magazine has written two separate summaries of the first 12-inch mini-notebook ever (blog review, official review) and weighed up the pros and cons.
The first positive is what you see when you lay eyes on this [...]
November 10, 2008 – 4:00 pm
So after the story of netbooks becoming a threat to Microsoft next week, another story has emerged via Lilputing that opposes it. No, Bill Gates hasn’t ordered the destruction of Linux, but Asus has decided to eliminate the Linux Eee PC option in the Philippines.
An Asus official has said that response to Linux in the [...]
November 7, 2008 – 3:30 pm
Netbooks are becoming an unexpected problem for Microsoft, according to Bloomberg. Acer Inc. and Asustek Computer, two of the big names in the netbook market, who make up 90% of said market, are using Linux on about 30% of their netbooks. Of course, Linux has always been a fairly non-threatening rival for Microsoft’s Windows series, [...]
