Comments on: All this Moblin hype http://netbookscoop.com/moblin-hype/ Everything You Need To Know About Netbooks Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:10:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Tom Greer http://netbookscoop.com/moblin-hype/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Tom Greer Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:18:20 +0000 http://netbookscoop.com/?p=3783#comment-468 I agree that Android apps are going to be a big hit on smart phones. They will make Android-based phones as exciting as (and maybe more exciting than) iPhones. If we extend that logic to smartbooks, which are like oversized-smartphones or undersized-netbooks, Android apps will be attractive as well. But I'm thinking that a netbook is a PC. People will want to run PC applications on a netbook. They won't be able to run their favorite apps on Moblin or Android. So until Windows apps can run simply and effectively in Linux - or until replacement Linux apps are available - or something new and better (Moblin/Android?) changes the value equation, I believe that most buyers will choose a Microsoft Windows-based netbook. I agree that Android apps are going to be a big hit on smart phones. They will make Android-based phones as exciting as (and maybe more exciting than) iPhones.

If we extend that logic to smartbooks, which are like oversized-smartphones or undersized-netbooks, Android apps will be attractive as well.

But I’m thinking that a netbook is a PC. People will want to run PC applications on a netbook. They won’t be able to run their favorite apps on Moblin or Android.

So until Windows apps can run simply and effectively in Linux – or until replacement Linux apps are available – or something new and better (Moblin/Android?) changes the value equation, I believe that most buyers will choose a Microsoft Windows-based netbook.

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