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DaveP1 is offline DaveP1
2009-10-15 , 14:35
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#403
Originally Posted by johnkzin View Post
Speed isn't a big factor for me. I wouldn't be talking about a netbook if it was. My dell mini 9 is already plenty fast for me.

An OS that I can depend on, that has proper internal design, that scales well, utilizes standards instead of perverting them, that works the way I think it ought to work without getting in my way, and that isn't owned by a rapacious vendor. Those are much bigger factors.
To each his own. For myself, my UMPC runs a 1.6GHz Via and going from Vista to Win7 was a revelation. If you turn off the eye candy, it operates fast enough that you don't notice it which is my make or break speed test. I haven't run Ubuntu but I have tried Puppy Linux and it was also fast enough that I didn't notice it.

For me, the bigger factor is software. There are things I need to do that I can do with Windows software but I cannot do with Linux software. I admit the gap is shrinking but it still exists. Perhaps the number of netbooks running Linux will push more commercial developers into the Linux arena.