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What will make it sluggish? Core 2 Duos handle the job fine. Not handled, but present tense, handle. For that matter, Athlon64 X2s handle Windows 7 just fine, today, too. Are not Haswell Celerons comparable?
A C2D and A62X2 will handle Win7 fine, no doubt. But will they do it at 8W, or 3W in the case of the Exynos 5 Octa? While maintaining a super thin profile machine with an 8hr+ battery life at a sub-250 dollar cost? Doubtful. I don't think the Haswell Celeron 2955U is as fast as a C2D or X2, but it is a 15W sku. Windows 7 on the 2955U would be marginally acceptable, but only barely. And only on the 4GB models, which raises the price. W7 on the ARM based CBs would be outright impossible, leaving Windows RT as the option. And WRT has less app and developer support than any other platform.
Second, Microsoft doesn't to continue selling W7 licenses. They want to push W8, which the public hates. There's W7 Starter . . . but its been castrated to the point of uselessness. Not sure if there's any truth the rumors of MS slashing the costs of W8 licenses by 70% to move them or if the 'Win8 with Bing for free' to compete with the Chromebooks are true though.
