These days, specifications on netbooks are almost predictable. Without looking, we’d say there’s an 85% chance that any given netbook you look at has a 1.6GHz Atom processor, a 160GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM and no optical drive. Oh, and Windows XP — it probably has Windows XP. In fact, the vast majority of netbooks today have Microsoft’s not-exactly-newest OS, with a recent report asserting that around 96% of all miniature laptops have WinXP installed. It’s a funny bit, too, as we recall the day when Microsoft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
These days, specifications on netbooks are almost predictable. Without looking, we’d say there’s an 85% chance that any given netbook you look at has a 1.6GHz Atom processor, a 160GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM and no optical drive. Oh, and Windows XP — it probably has Windows XP. In fact, the vast majority of netbooks today have Microsoft’s not-exactly-newest OS, with a recent report asserting that around 96% of all miniature laptops have WinXP installed. It’s a funny bit, too, as we recall the day when Microsoft Continue reading