>Remember the netbook craze? They put linux on there, but they didn't start to sell in volume until they replaced it with windows.
Not exactly how I remember it. They sold like wildfire initially when linux was first put on it. Then MS started giving away windows licenses because they freaked out over linux adoption overtaking them.
Somehow them and intel managed to prevent all the hardware manufacturers from improving their specs (each year they got progressively worse).
Yes, if I remember correctly Microsoft or Intel made some sort of requirement that netbooks couldn't be sold with over 1GB RAM. There may have been some other restrictions.
Not exactly how I remember it. They sold like wildfire initially when linux was first put on it. Then MS started giving away windows licenses because they freaked out over linux adoption overtaking them.
Somehow them and intel managed to prevent all the hardware manufacturers from improving their specs (each year they got progressively worse).
Something very fishy went on with that market.