OSNews > Thread > "RE[2]: oh yea!" by darknexus

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 13th Jan 2009 22:37 UTC

While we're on the subject of netbooks today, I ran across a story by Ars Technica's Erica Sadun, who writes for Ars' Infinite Loop (Apple) section. She poses that Apple already sells a netbook: the iPod Touch and the iPhone. I've heard many people make this claim before (including Steve Jobs himself), but I find it very hard to see the iPod Touch and the iPhone as netbooks.

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RE[2]: oh yea!

by darknexus on Wed 14th Jan 2009 00:16 UTC in reply to "RE: oh yea!"

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2008-07-15

So you're saying that a Netbook running Linux can't be called a Netbook because it doesn't run Microsoft software?

Where, exactly, did you come up with that idea? I don't see the connection.

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RE[3]: oh yea!

by Macrat on Wed 14th Jan 2009 00:32 in reply to "RE[2]: oh yea!"

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2006-03-27

The post I replied to is complaining that an iPhone can't be called a Netbook because it won't run his XP programs.

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RE[4]: oh yea!

by darknexus on Wed 14th Jan 2009 01:03 in reply to "RE[3]: oh yea!"

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2008-07-15

The post I replied to is complaining that an iPhone can't be called a Netbook because it won't run his XP programs.

I think you read too much into that. Though the OP was referring to XP it was really a much more general point: the software run by the OP's netbook is the same software run by a typical x86-based system.

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