The post Does Linux stand a chance against Windows 7 got me thinking, Microsoft has really thought about the damage that Vista has done. I mean really, I purchased my Toshiba satellite laptop 2 years ago with Vista home on it and now it has dual-boot between Ubuntu and Vista home. Honestly I spend the bulk of my time in Linux (not Windows) now. But, there are (and were) tons of laptops that wouldn’t run Vista because of the hardware requirements. Now they’re saying that windows 7 has been optimized to run on anything from the smallest of sub-notebooks (netbooks) right up to high end desktops. Hmmm…..I think the biggest part of BS I smell in that article is the line on the second page that reads “The problem was that Linux could run on a netbook and Vista couldn’t, not any consumer or OEM love for Linux,” WTF – are you kidding me? Until the XP version was even available Linux sales drove the hell out of both the eee PC in addition to the Wal-mart bargain $199 desktop. I think it’s great that MS if finally trimming down the operating system for smaller and portable devices, but it’s pretty much a $1 short and a day late. I can boot about any computer in the world with my USB key!

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