Should I buy a Linux Netbook for less than 300 dollars or should I buy a Windows 7 Netbook when available?

If all you're doing is surfing the net, checking e-mail, doing social networking (Twitter, FaceBook, etc. ) and MS Office-type stuff, then Linux is fine. However if you plan to do stuff that absolutely requires Windows apps, then Linux definitely won't work. Linux definitely has a number of great equivalents to Windows and OS X applications, such as Office (OpenOffice.

Org), iTunes (RhythmBox), Photoshop (GIMP). It works well with iPods (NOT iPhone or iPod Touch however), and works well with most digital cameras.It's also safer in terms of security due to being far less targeted than Windows. You don't need to run antivirus software, at least not yet.

It's also a little faster on low end hardware than Windows, particularly netbooks. I recently installed Ubuntu 9.10 onto a friend's 11" Acer Aspire One, and the bootup is much faster than Windows XP, and overall response is snappier.

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