In the PC Pro newsletter today, these two items caught my attention. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/355246/arm-our-netbooks-will-fly-with-or-without-windows One significant barrier to ARM CPUs in netbooks is Windows' lack of support for the company's processors. East admits it's a problem. "If we were to wake up tomorrow and find Windows support for ARM it would certainly accelerate ARM penetration in that space," he said.
"What’s holding it back is people’s love of the Microsoft operating system and that fact that it’s familiar and so on. But actually the trajectory of progress in the Linux world is very, very impressive. I think it’s only a matter of time for ARM to gain market share with or without Microsoft." Followed by http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/355225/microsoft-warns-of-windows-7-rc-cut-off Although the Windows 7 RC officially expires 1 June, users will be hit with bi-hourly shutdowns from 1 March, making it impractical for day-to-day use. As well as the bi-hourly shutdowns making it harder to perform tasks such as backups ahead of a full migration to Windows 7, Microsoft warns that work won't be automatically saved before the shutdown commences. :) Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
