Android Tablet

Gregory Boyce gboyce-qL0WqcyiFk9Wk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org
Wed Apr 6 13:08:29 EDT 2011


On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Hsuan-Yeh Chang <hsuanyeh-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>  I wouldn't be surprise if Microsoft distributes
>> Windows 8 (or whatever) via on-line upgrades from Windows 7.
>
>
> Pardon that this may be a bit off topic, but I came up with an idea of booting
> an OS (e.g., Win7) over the internet and pay for software license like utility.
> If one needs to upgrade from one OS (say Win7) to another OS (say Win8), then
> simply reboot would do.
>
>
> Do you think this may be a feasible idea?  Thanks!
>
> Hsuanyeh

Perhaps in Europe or Asia.  With current US throughput rates and the
bandwidth caps they're looking to put on internet connections, I
certainly wouldn't want to wait for a netboot over the Internet.  They
would need to dramatically slim down the minimal size of a Windows (or
Linux) desktop install for that to really be feasible.

Now OS install over the internet.  That would be feasible since it is
a much more infrequent process.





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