While industry watchers are busy trying to figure out whether netbook makers are going to install Windows 7 Starter Edition, Windows 7 Home Premium or something else on the netbooks of tomorrow, one ...

Today may be Windows 7 launch day, but you know what? Not everybody wants Windows 7. Sure, the OS is streamlined to run significantly better on netbooks than Windows Vista. And it has a number of ...

Most modern desktops and laptops have power to spare, but netbooks are notoriously pokey. Consequently, you should turn off any operating-system features that can make your Lilliputian PC even slower.

Microsoft plans a tool that will allow users to download Windows 7 and create a bootable USB drive that can be used to upgrade machines that lack their own DVD drive. During her years at CNET News, ...

Netbooks, the small, cheap laptops that are gaining popularity, hurt Microsoft Corp.’s Windows revenues for the second quarter in a row, company executives said Thursday. Revenues for the Windows ...

Just bought my first netbook, a Samsung NC10, and considering replacing XP with Windows 7. But since it'll be a hassle to re-install XP if I don't like 7, a couple questions for people already running ...

Netbooks, low-cost laptops originally designed for sale in countries with emerging economies, are becoming more popular in developed economies with consumers and business users who tend to use their ...

I've spent some time googling, and have read about the pros and cons of Windows 7 Starter vs XP home.<BR><BR>Windows 7 starter has had a bunch of stuff stripped out, but its mostly stuff I don't care ...

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 ...

The Windows 7/netbook connection depends on whether netbook users will be willing to pay more for the Windows 7 experience Microsoft must perform a tricky balancing act as it tries to keep Windows on ...