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== About netbooks ==

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They are not powerful enough to run [[Windows Vista]], so they are sold with either [[Windows XP]] or some special variety of [[Linux]]. There are special Linux distributions, called '''netbook distributions''', for these machines. These are optimized for use with small screens, for using SSD storage without wearing it out through repeated writes on the same storage areas, and they tend to include only the most important programs. {{Fact|date=May 2009}}.

== Comparison ==