Comments on: Acer Android/WinXP Netbook Coming Next Month

By: Divide

Divide — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:13:43 +0000

Last time I checked, the XP EULA says you can get a refund for the software if you don’t accept the licence.

By: me

me — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:59:36 +0000

The hell, they will!

You can get a Windows refund from Acer if you wish. Just got one this week on my Aspire Revo.

By: Derreck

Derreck — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:33:49 +0000

Android on x86 is not a compatibility nightmare. In fact, now it’s being served to you on a silver platter by Google itself – http://code.google.com/p/live-android/

By: Jackster

Jackster — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:19:47 +0000

I won’t believe this till I hold one in my hand. Android is designed to run an ARM processor while XP is made for an X86. So to run both you would either have to have both chips (expensive), emulate one chip (slow unless the X86 chip is very fast but then you are killing your battery), or recompile Android to run on the X86 (a compatibility nightmare). I can’t see any major company going with any of these solutions because they just won’t be competitive.

By: Derreck

Derreck — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:56:03 +0000

@fdasfadsf “google Android is for mobile phones”

And who decides Android is not for Netbooks ? Android is open source, so you are free to come up with any product running it in whatever way. And if Acer decided to put it on Netbook – there got to be merit in it? So instead of just listening to your overlords at Google, do some thinking and find out why it makes sense to use Android on Netbook instead of Chrome (clue – Java/Apps/JIT compiling). Android can do better all that Chrome does and then some more. The reverse is not true…

By: fdasfadsf

fdasfadsf — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:48:19 +0000

i want Google Chrome OS netbook … google Android is for mobile phones …

By: Derreck

Derreck — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:17:48 +0000

Good Job Acer ! I hope Acer does a good job on improving the stock Android UI to better fit on a large screen. Something like the HTC Sense UI will be totally awesome. I wish there was a video somewhere to see it in action.

I also think they should have run WinXP in VirtualBox inside the Android. I’m afraid people will end-up booting into WinXP most of the time, unless Acer has made Android too tempting to avoid winXP. But anyway good move Acer and hope other brands come up with more of Android Netbooks and don’t buy into Chrome OS hype. Android(java) is orders of magnitude more capable than an Html/JavaScript platform of Chrome OS.

By: justjimjpc

justjimjpc — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:46:16 +0000

I would think that it should not be more than any other XP netbook Licensing ….

And getting both is a real plus so we old windows uses get the best of both worlds….

Looking forward to it … hoping that the price is reasonable without any contract …