google android netbook laptop
Android is being picked up by Laptop and Netbook manufacturing companies. We saw Dell testing Android on their netbooks, and Acer announcing an Android based netbook being developed. So, an important question that we need to find answer for is, about the future of prices for these android based Netbooks and Laptops.
What makes Netbooks popular ? Yes, small, light, compact etc .. agreed, but price is also a very important factor for their growing popularity. When the world started noticing netbooks coming, most of the geeks expected Linux making it big on Netbooks market. Well, it did, to a large amount, and then Microsoft gained their space too, with their Windows XP running most of the netbooks. So, right now, most of androids come with windows XP, and that adds a certain amount to their cost.
Netbooks can go further, if we can bring prices down, and the best way to do this, is to get rid of the additional cost of an Operating System. Now, not everyone will accept Linux on Netbooks, just because it is not windows, or it does not look like Windows. What’s the solution ?
My answer to this question, is Android. As mentioned on another blog post here about Android, google can be a motivation for people to try another OS, it will be a “feel good factor” for this open source OS, that it is from Google, the great. With a free OS that’s popular, and easy to use, prices will come down, and more people can afford a Netbook, and I think that will be really good.
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Netbook with linux OS would be quite cheaper. Taiwan made Netbooks with XP / Vista etc are costing around SG$700 (approx Rs 21,000) here in S’pore.
Am sure with linux, the prices must dip further.
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if that was running Linux, it will come down again, like $100 .. I think ..
I have absolutely no idea about the stuff you have written. So for me it was adding to meager knowledge!
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Do they have any demos available for that?
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hmm demo ? I’ve seen videos coming up showing android running on netbooks, but its just boots up and shows the menu, and nothing after that …………….. I will post more when I find them
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