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Re: Really cheap netbook
« on: May 20, 2012, 03:30:01 AM »
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Windows CE is not the greatest product.
But as this is ARM based, its about the only alternative to Android/Linux
Wonder if the RISC OS diehards ever port to systems like this... ;)

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It does state that the device "is not a computer", which is of course silly.
As you can load and run other software, of course its a computer.
A rather limited one, but still a computer.
Ten bucks says this is thanks to dimwits calling up to rage and demand a refund because they automatically assume that any computer that isn't a Mac is a PC...

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And my first use will be web browsing, which it seems well suited to (although being stuck with Internet explorer is a bummer).
I'd be awfully surprised if there isn't at least one alternative browser...from a quick Google search, supposedly Dorothy and Opera Mini will work on Windows CE...
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Re: Really cheap netbook
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2012, 10:51:24 PM »
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Windows CE

Hey, I'll take CE over Windows 8 any day...
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