mjdxp2d ago
why did we ever abandon netbooks as a form factor

instead we should have made them less terrible by not putting CPUs that can barely calculate what 1+1 is, giving them more RAM, and by not putting windows 7 starter on them
Show threadMoses Izumi2d ago
@mjdxp
I heard that the Windows 7 Starter thing was some Microsoft licensing bollocks. (arbitrarily raising the OEM license prices on anything with "proper" Windows and a core2/i7 or something like that)

On a related note, I wonder if the Macbook Neo will prompt the Dells and ASUSes into making cheap Windows laptops around literal telephone CPUs.
(ideally we'd all be packing smartphones with integrated physical keyboards, but I guess the vendors decided that such a device would make the plebs too powerful or something)
Show threadMoses Izumi
@mjdxp
all I know is that "Windows 8.1 with Bing" was a real thing that could absolutely hurt you.
(MS giving Windows away for free, if it defaulted to their unwanted search engine)
(probably trivial to work around, but still heralded their move towards a "users are the real product" business model)
Mar 22 at 1:11pmWeb
Show threadmjdxp2d ago
@moses_izumi geez, they really wanted people to use bing lmao
Show threadMoses Izumi2d ago
@mjdxp
I only know about it because of Cathode Ray Dude.

Convincing people to use Bing was one of the main reasons they inked a deal with the slopmachine architects.
(Sataya Nadella trying GPT once and immediately deciding that "this needs to be part of our search engine")
Show threadmjdxp2d ago
@moses_izumi do you have the link to that video? i love cash register dude's videos but i've never seen this one
Show threadMoses Izumi2d ago
@mjdxp
I think he mentioned Win 8.1 + Bing in one of the Little Guys episodes or the Asus Transformer Trio video
he also mentioned it in a cohost post (rip), or at least forwarded someone else's post

found out about the GPT incident through one of Ed Zitron's articles about Microsoft
Show threadluna sugar🍬🍭🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈2d ago
@moses_izumi @mjdxp windows 8.1 with bing essentially was microsoft providing windows for free to manufacturers, as long the manufacturer didn't install another web browser, and kept internet explorer's default search engine as bing

as far users are concerned, there is nothing to bypass, they could still install another web browser, or if for some reason they want to use internet explorer, they could change search engine in it themselves
Show threadmjdxp2d ago
@sugar @moses_izumi lmao, they were SO desperate