Microsoft boasts that 96% of netbooks now run Windows

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Kasz216 said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

Kasz216 said:
Ok... as someone who has never looked at a net book before...

what makes it different then a laptop?

A netbook is essentially a really really low-spec'd laptop.  It usually costs much less.

Well.. next time my dad asks me what kind of labtop he should get for email and the weather... now I know.

 

That's exactly the scenario a netbook is designed for - they will also do media playback perfecty well (file based, not DVD based) and have great battery life.  Atom based netbooks (which is most of them) run Win7 very nicely even in beta / build 7000.

Personally I have a "small notebook" that's not much bigger than a netbook (13 inch screen) but is far more powerful (since I use it for software development).  I never understood the desire for SUV sized "notebooks".