Are These Netbook OS’s Getting Your Blood Pumping?

With talk of Dell’s Mini 10V running Android CupCake, Moblin 2.0 beta being released, HP’s Mini 1000 Mi, Unbuntu‘s Netbook Remix, and Windows 7 taking users where Vista could never take them, it has never been a better time to be a mobile user. Here’s a quick run-down on my personal experiences so far.

I’ve found HP’s owned packaged version of Unbuntu in the Mini Mi to be very restricting and driver unfriendly. Add-ons won’t install in the browser, and to do anything with the OS, you have to drop down to a command line. I wouldn’t recommend to anyone that they buy a Mini Mi – go for the Windows version of the Mini 1000 instead.   I have not given Moblin 2.0 or Unbuntu Netbook Remix a test drive yet, but will over the next couple of weeks. I’ve used Android on a G1, and I don’t see a compelling reason to port it over to a Netbook. I love Windows 7 on a Netbook. It has provided me with a consistent operating and application environment across my many devices, as well as giving me a no-compromise performance experience.   Being the tablet pc kind of guy that I am, I’ll likely stick with a Windows 7 install across my tablet pc and mini-mobile computers.

Have you been experimenting with these varous OS’s in your mobile computers? What are you liking the best / least? What do you think will be the predominant OS on netbooks and MIDs?