Windows 7 vs. Linux
Filed in archive OS on November 6, 2008
Computerworld's Preston Gralla has dedicated a series of recent blog posts to the question of whether Windows 7 could be "Microsoft's Linux killer."
"At the recent PDC, where Windows 7 was unveiled, Windows and Windows Live senior vice president Steve Sinofsky claimed that Windows 7 used less than half of the 1 GB of RAM on his Lenovo S10 netbook," Gralla wrote on October 31st. "Making the new operating system lightweight has clearly been Microsoft's goal."
On November 3rd, Gralla added, "ASUS CEO Jerry Shen says he plans to release versions of the Eee PC powered by Windows 7 in mid 2009, including touchscreen models. With sales figures showing that Windows netbooks already far outsell their Linux counterparts, this could be the nail in the coffin."
The next day, Gralla gave one more reason: "The return rate for Linux netbooks is at least four times as high for Linux machines as it is for XP ones for at least one netbook maker [MSI]... The reason? People find Linux too hard to use."
And today, Gralla looked at why Microsoft is pushing so hard. "Microsoft isn't just worried about ceding 30 percent of the netbook market to Linux," he wrote. "It's also worried that if people get used to Linux on netbooks, they'll consider buying Linux on desktop PCs... Microsoft sees Linux on netbooks not just as a niche market, but as a threat to Microsoft's desktop share as well."
For some other perspectives, check out these articles from The Guardian, PC Magazine, Bloomberg, and Datamation.
Tags: Linux Windows 7 Preston Gralla ASUS Eee MSI netbook netbooks notebook notebooks PC Microsoft linux
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windows 7 may use a bit more ram than linux, but nowadays ram is dirt cheap. windows 7 is very seamless, and smooth...even on older PC's as long as they have enough RAM.
linux may still be the cheaper alternative for a server environment since you can get it for free or pay for only one copy, but for systems where many employee's need a good workstation environment, and for desktop/laptop users, windows 7 will completely destroy linux except for the die-hard 'cool factor' fan boys of linux.
thinking ahead to the next version of windows, it will be even worse for linux because there's not much else you can do to linux. linux is at a dead end.
Lol, might be dead end for you, but not for linux it self. Desktop goes slow, but on other systems it grows hard
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