Windows XP SP3 Lite Netbook Edition would be the shortest name I've searched . . .
. . . my CD requires two lines to say: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition for Ultra-Low Cost PCs SP3 :
IIRC, the HP Mini 1xxx and 3xx forums shortened that mouthful to XPh3, which makes a world of sense. I never realized folks in general didn't know there were very special licensing agreements from MS for an XP Lite, lobotomized just for NetBooks (they'd reportedly been actively trying to kill XP off for over a year when dusting off XP for Ultra-Low Cost PCs) and from Intel for contracting ATOM purchases at deep discount. Both were tied to laming the NetBook Spec to 10.1" displays, one Gig of RAM and a fairly restricted Disk Space allotment.
MS desperately wanted to kill off the popular Linux NetBooks and push sales of higher capacity Books with higher margin Vista installations. Intel wanted to sell more powerful, higher margin chips for same.
Alleged NetBook limitations, best link I've found so far anyway.
FWIW, you can probably thank the successes of the NetBook market segment for the rise of the UltraBook. NetBook popularity identified a form factor with high demand that was ripe for high end sub-notebook development. Buyers were willing to spend a lot more money for the power missing in the emasculated NetBook spec'd by our old pals from the early '90s, Win & Tel.
. . . my CD requires two lines to say: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition for Ultra-Low Cost PCs SP3 :
IIRC, the HP Mini 1xxx and 3xx forums shortened that mouthful to XPh3, which makes a world of sense. I never realized folks in general didn't know there were very special licensing agreements from MS for an XP Lite, lobotomized just for NetBooks (they'd reportedly been actively trying to kill XP off for over a year when dusting off XP for Ultra-Low Cost PCs) and from Intel for contracting ATOM purchases at deep discount. Both were tied to laming the NetBook Spec to 10.1" displays, one Gig of RAM and a fairly restricted Disk Space allotment.
MS desperately wanted to kill off the popular Linux NetBooks and push sales of higher capacity Books with higher margin Vista installations. Intel wanted to sell more powerful, higher margin chips for same.
Alleged NetBook limitations, best link I've found so far anyway.
FWIW, you can probably thank the successes of the NetBook market segment for the rise of the UltraBook. NetBook popularity identified a form factor with high demand that was ripe for high end sub-notebook development. Buyers were willing to spend a lot more money for the power missing in the emasculated NetBook spec'd by our old pals from the early '90s, Win & Tel.