Monday, December 29, 2008 3:51 PM
by
dsumner
The rise of Netbooks and Microsoft Windows 7
As Marc recently noted I have been fortunate enough to try out a test build of Windows 7 on an Advent netbook.
There are plenty of reviews circulating on the web about the new capabilities of Windows 7. Take your pick from here.
What intrigued me the most, was the performance claims around the usage of Windows & on the ever growing trend of Netbooks PCs.
The Advent Machine (4211-B) has 1Gb of Memory. I have to admit to being very pleasantly surprised by the performance of Windows 7 in many of the areas that matter to me ( startup, shutdown, sleep & wake). I am always conscious of extolling the virtues of any technology that is not in the public domain yet, but from my personal tests, the performance on such a low specification machine is formidable.
The netbook is a clear emerging trend towards a true consumer, portable device for the user who perceives access to a full set of internet services as paramount.
To date this has been a trend that has been somewhat problematic for the end consumer. The challenge being that the majority of machines initially shipped with distributions of the Linux operating system. Whilst a technologically competent platform, the challenges of maintaining, updating and supporting such systems became a real challenge to the average consumer.
Netbooks could really be a platform for Windows to shine on in the future.
