Iv bought a little netbook from acer with the intel atom cpu, big mistake since the amd c50 cpu can play crysis and the atom cpu struggles even playing a 1080p video on youtube. Oh, they are the same price. Call me crazy, but i used intel all my life and i was pretty satisfied with the performance and i was just scared of the change.
Now, back to topic. I like the netbook because it's portable, i use it for internet browsing, watching some star-trek, msn, rarely for games like diablo and some older titles i used to own in the era of 486-pentium ii. Will linux work better then windows 7 for my needs? Will it consume less battery? Will all the features work? (Wireless, My 3g modem. etc) Will i be able to play the same old games i do now using wine? Iv never used linux but i like the ideea of a free os.
Also, iv heard MacOS can be installed on a windows pc, is it hard? will it work faster then windows? all the futures? Is it legal?
Edit: Specs of the netbook:
CPU: Intel Atom n570 Dual Core 1.66GHz
RAM: 1GB DDR3
OS: Windows\Android
HDD: 250GB
Videocard: not sure, i think it's 8 MB
Thanks
Now, back to topic. I like the netbook because it's portable, i use it for internet browsing, watching some star-trek, msn, rarely for games like diablo and some older titles i used to own in the era of 486-pentium ii. Will linux work better then windows 7 for my needs? Will it consume less battery? Will all the features work? (Wireless, My 3g modem. etc) Will i be able to play the same old games i do now using wine? Iv never used linux but i like the ideea of a free os.
Also, iv heard MacOS can be installed on a windows pc, is it hard? will it work faster then windows? all the futures? Is it legal?
Edit: Specs of the netbook:
CPU: Intel Atom n570 Dual Core 1.66GHz
RAM: 1GB DDR3
OS: Windows\Android
HDD: 250GB
Videocard: not sure, i think it's 8 MB
Thanks