New Linux User » acer http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser Linux Tips - Information for Using Linux Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Acer+Android+Windows 7 http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/acerandroidwindows-7/ http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/acerandroidwindows-7/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:32:03 +0000 Clair Ching http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/?p=1594 Post from: New Linux User

]]> Acer is now really going to go put Android on their netbooks. A Linux Insider article talks about how Acer will have Android and Windows 7 in dual boot on their netbooks. Argh, the netbook will also have 9 hours of battery life. I don’t really care much about Windows 7. Even if they say that they are including Windows 7 for productivity on the netbook, I disagree. People could be productive on other platforms with the general office tools like OpenOffice.org and image manipulation tools like GIMP. There’s probably a way for them to stick with Android if they wanted to but maybe they were burned the last time they made their netbooks ship with Linpus? Because not everyone liked Linpus and there were users who really wanted Windows. Pressure perhaps? I am just speculating here. After all, if they feel their users/buyers are more receptive to Windows then they’d most likely want that in their machines to capture the market. Personally, I’d find their reason somewhat justified if they said they were putting Windows 7 for convenience.

AndroidSo yeah, Acer’s joining the Android group and it might be interesting to see what happens. I am kinda hoping they will drop Windows 7 and stick with an all Android setup and see how that will progress. Part of me is thinking that we shouldn’t rely on Windows applications because there are Linux-based apps that work well too. Unless the person’s needs are highly specialized that is.

Are you excited about this latest news or are you dreading it? What do you expect from Acer now that they are planning to release a netbook with both Android and Windows 7? I am personally excited to have a netbook with 9 hours of battery life with a really fast boot-up time. But Windows 7 — no, I don’t think I’d want that. In any case feel free to drop by and share your thoughts here.

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]]> http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/acerandroidwindows-7/feed/ 0 Acer + Android http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/acer-android/ http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/acer-android/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:52:06 +0000 Clair Ching http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/?p=1214 Post from: New Linux User

]]> Looking for Android-powered netbooks? Acer might be coming up with something. It is reported that Acer is currently working on a netbook running Android. The market will have another choice when it comes to operating systems on the Acer Aspire One.

AndroidInterestingly enough, Acer might be releasing the Android-powered Acer Aspire One in the third quarter of the year. And they could probably even have a netbook sale around Thanksgiving, right? Or around Christmas time. A strategic time of release, don’t you think? Especially if these netbooks would cost lower. For Linux users who want to play around with Android on their netbooks, this would be interesting because at least you get hardware that works with the software already. Unless Acer releases something half-baked, that is. I don’t think they would be doing that because their customers could end up complaining.

Somehow, I’d like to see Android on even smaller devices like the Sony Vaio P Series that just looks like a pocketbook because it somehow feels right to me for it to ‘feel very mobile’ due to its size. Or maybe something like a DS Lite or a DSi. The DSi could even connect to wireless internet even with WPA security so I wonder if there’s a way to load Android there for the heck of it.

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