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Intel and HP have gone small, MS should follow.

Socratesfoot 30th Sep 2009

Microsoft has to realize that it is getting progressively harder to argue the benefits of deploying a large bloated operating system company wide. Many employees only need Internet and Email, something easily and cheaply done on a smart phone or a net-book. You just ca't justify the cost for them of a Win7 capable machine.

For people like me, the only noticeable benefits Windows 7 has over XP are seen in playing games and watching media and giving a Windows 7 enabled machine to these people at best is not very cost effective and at worst will more than likely lead to abuses of the technology and decreased productivity. Why buy into something offering less productivity for more money.

What would be more impressive is if Microsoft could get on the ball with an ARM compatible OS besides Windows CE for Net-books, if they could stop nerfing Windows with sub-flavors, and start thinking in terms of a functional competitor for Linux.