Breakup of the Wintel alliance caused by Netbook

Jun 03, 2009, 18:31 (1 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Cliff Bell)

"Will this change encourage other PC manufacturers to move away from Windows and offer home computers based on Linux? Historically, most PC's have been sold with Windows. But will the change that is happening with Netbooks spill over into the notebook. If it does this would be a real problem for Microsoft. This trend is worth noting as Microsoft does not have any significant new products to replace the revenue lost by a move away from their operating system."

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