Majority of Netbooks Sold Embedded With Windows, Research Says

Majority of Netbooks Sold Embedded With Windows, Research Says

According to analyst firm NPD, majority of netbooks shipped on February were running Windows operating systems. The firm revealed the numbers on the same period last year were completely opposite, by which only 10 percent of netbooks sold came with pre-installed Windows OS. 
 

In acknowledgement to NPD's findings, Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc said, "Not only are people overwhelmingly buying Windows, but those that try Linux are often returning it. "

 

"Both MSI -- a leading netbook PC OEM -- and Canonical -- the vendor supporting the commercial distribution of Ubuntu Linux -- stated publicly they saw Linux return rates four times higher than Windows," LeBlanc stated.

 

LeBlanc also claims the increasing number of Windows users is attributed to the user-friendly features of the OS. In an effort to further rule the software industry, Microsoft plans to offer its latest operating system to netbook PCs. The company said it intends to enable netbooks with any edition of Windows 7.