Microsoft will continue to offer Windows XP for netbooks even after it starts selling Windows 7, a company executive has confirmed, saying it will take customer preference into account in its netbook ...

One of the very first items on our to-do list was to install the now widely available Windows 7 beta on a Netbook. Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York ...

Microsoft made headlines recently when The Wall Street Journal reported that the company planned to equip netbooks with the Starter edition of Windows 7, a semi-crippled version that only lets users ...

Most netbooks available as of this writing ship with Windows XP. The few models that offer Windows Vista have performed sluggishly in our tests. Microsoft, however, stresses that Windows 7 will run ...

It's a refurb, so a 90-day warranty applies, but it satisfies my three basic requirements: decent price, Windows 7, and a long-lasting battery. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and ...

In this final part of the netbook desktop comparison, I will look at Windows 7 Starter, which is what came preloaded on my Samsung N150 Plus. I have mixed feelings about even including it in the ...

Netbook owners keen to upgrade their mini PCs to Windows 7 from XP may not have to buy or borrow a DVD drive to do so: Microsoft may sell the new OS on USB thumb drives. CNET heard the rumor from a ...

The explosion of low cost netbooks has inspired Microsoft to release a new, cheap, stripped down version of Windows 7. The Windows 7 Starter Edition, as it will be known when Windows 7 arrives later ...

According to Gizmodo's John Herman, Windows 7 runs like a charm on diminutive netbooks. Installing the new Windows operating system on a netbook, on the other hand, can be a pain. To help out ...

Windows 7 cuts almost a third off the battery life of some netbooks shipping today with Windows XP, several recent reviews and user reports say. Laptop magazine reported in its blog on Monday that ...

Microsoft has said that any version of Windows 7 will run on a netbook. We try it with Windows 7 Ultimate. Microsoft made headlines recently when The Wall Street Journal reported that the company ...

Microsoft made headlines recently when The Wall Street Journal reported that the company planned to equip netbooks with the Starter edition of Windows 7, a semi-crippled version that only lets users ...