LinuxWorld Says No Microsoft Windows for Smartbooks But Doesn't Consider Windows CE

Smartbooks is a category name that some people are using to describe computers that are smaller than netbooks. They physically resemble to Windows CE based Handheld PCs that sold from late 1996 through about 2001.

An article in LinuxWorld proclaimed…

Microsoft won’t offer Windows for smartbooks

…and then goes on to predict that: The OS maker doesn’t plan to offer Windows versions for the machines leaving the market to Linux and Android.

Quite honestly, I like what I’ve seen in Ubuntu Netbook Remix since installing it on one of my netbooks.

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