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HP has decided that Brits don't want Linux on their nice new shiny netbooks.
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The outfit has dropped Linux as an OS option for the latest netbooks in England and quite a few European countries.
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The HP mini 1000 was supposed to hit the shops this month, but it seems the British are stuck with the designer, premium-priced Vivienne Tam edition. This means that they will have to shell out £450 to have Windows XP aswell as the design.
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HP is refusing to say why it is not using Linux. HP say that the Compaq 700 and HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition better address the market and consumer needs in England. Therefore Linux on board HP Mini 1000 with Mobile Internet Experience will not be introduced.
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It has been noticed that retailers have more Linux-based netbooks returned to them than XP equivalents. That might be because customers can't run their favourite software on them.
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Which is why the top selling netbook is the Acer's Aspire One (which you can buy from us at Abcom!)
