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Posted by timothy on Saturday June 27 2009, @03:34PM
from the please-send-me-your-repurposable-drives dept.

Barence writes "Microsoft is reportedly considering offering Windows 7 on USB thumb drives to allow netbook owners to upgrade their machines. Windows has, until now, only been distributed on DVDs or via download. However, netbooks don't have optical drives and the Windows 7 ISO weighs in at 2.3GB, which would take several hours to download on an average broadband connection and potentially do serious damage to a customer's broadband data cap."

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It's Amazing (Score:5, Funny)

by eldavojohn (898314) * writes: <my/.username@@@gmail.com> on Saturday June 27 2009, @03:35PM (#28496851) Journal

It's amazing what kind of viruses you find on USB sticks these days!

And Microsoft chases OLPC once again [slashdot.org].

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I encourage this trend (Score:5, Funny)

by chebucto (992517) * writes: on Saturday June 27 2009, @03:42PM (#28496937) Homepage

The next step is to convince AOL to start sending out their software on thumb drives. Then we all win!

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Windows Live Live Distro finally means something (Score:2, Funny)

by deanston (1252868) writes: on Saturday June 27 2009, @03:47PM (#28496985)

Maybe MSFT can copy Linux and make it a live distro so people can try it out before full install... wait, that'll never make them bite. Nevermind.

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Re:ROM drives possible? (Score:5, Funny)

by MillionthMonkey (240664) writes: on Saturday June 27 2009, @04:18PM (#28497243)

They'll probably just wire a standard flash chip shut with the same pin used for the write-protect switches that some of them come with. Then there will be some "hardhack" Slashdot story about someone who managed to put Ubuntu on an AOL or Microsoft flash chip after taking a soldering iron to it.

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Re:Idiots. (Score:5, Funny)

by computerman413 (1122419) writes: on Saturday June 27 2009, @04:34PM (#28497395)

Whoever installs Windows 7 on a goddamn computer is a dumb, dumb motherfucker.
There, I fixed it for you.

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If they were really on the ball (Score:5, Funny)

by stox (131684) writes: on Saturday June 27 2009, @05:21PM (#28497879) Homepage

They would offer Windows 7 in a convenient suppository.

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Re:I encourage this trend (Score:3, Funny)

by JackieBrown (987087) writes: <dbroome@gmail.com> on Sunday June 28 2009, @12:02AM (#28500791)

Just put tape over the tab and you're good to go!

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