http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/2008/09/11/netbooks/ Research Blog Masters of New Media Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:19:25 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/2008/09/11/netbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-95869 Netbooks and Ubuntu « Hannah’s notes on New Media Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:29:16 +0000 http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/?p=1331#comment-95869 [...] (also posted on masters of media blog) [...] [...] (also posted on masters of media blog) [...]

]]> http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/2008/09/11/netbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-95766 Erik Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:06:51 +0000 http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/?p=1331#comment-95766 Don't forget the marvelous MSI Wind :) XP runs pretty smooth if you upgrade to 1GB of RAM (the Wind has that as a default). I think distributing those laptops with Linux is more a question of cost cutting than of performance issues. And btw, Ubuntu isn't called "Linux for Human Beings" for nothing ;) Especially for browsing and checking your email it is easy as a breeze for Windows users too. Don’t forget the marvelous MSI Wind :) XP runs pretty smooth if you upgrade to 1GB of RAM (the Wind has that as a default). I think distributing those laptops with Linux is more a question of cost cutting than of performance issues. And btw, Ubuntu isn’t called “Linux for Human Beings” for nothing ;) Especially for browsing and checking your email it is easy as a breeze for Windows users too.

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