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ZDNet reports about maximum specs for netbooks to run Windows 7

Report: Microsoft readies new maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooks

Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 5:54 am

Microsoft is readying a set of maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooks –or, as Microsoft prefers to call them, “small notebooks” — that will likely dictate which PCs will qualify for lower per-copy Windows 7 pricing.
The alleged Windows 7 netbook specs were published earlier this month on the TechARP technology enthusiast site.
Microsoft established a similar set of specs for XP and Vista netbooks, a category the company had been referring to as ultra-low-cost PCs (ULPCs). The ones it is developing for Windows 7 are designed for netbooks that have smaller screens and single-core 2 GHz CPUs, TechARP said

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