Eh? The Atom CPUs in most netbooks are way more than fast enough for most tasks. My netbook, my (atom-based) mythtv machine, and my 24/7 atom-based server, are all fairly snappy machines.
Some netbooks appear to skimp on more than just the CPU. My Asus Eee PC 1001PX seemed slower than my much older Samsung NC10 (which was stolen, unfortunately, otherwise I'd have continued to use it), despite having a faster Atom in it. Case in point: the SD adapter wasn't fast enough to enable ReadyBoost on Windows 7.
On the other hand, I'd happily run Windows 2008 R2 (yes, really) on my Asus R3610, if it wasn't already running Ubuntu Server.
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