Many analysts expect that the Android OS might become a feasible option to power netbooks. Finally, two programmers at the blog VentureBeat reported that they have compiled the Android operating system onto an Asus EEE PC model. Of course, there are a couple of issues with it, but we are not so far from seeing the Google logo instead of the Windows logo on netbooks in the following time.

The two writers, Matthäus Krzykowski and Daniel Hartmann, posted the news on Thursday on the blog. They showed that they ported Google Android on a 1000H unit of the EEE PC series and that the operation took about four hours to complete.

The authors reported that Android is stable and has enough capabilities to make it a good operating system option for netbook manufacturers. The fact that the Android is open-source means that it offers virtually endless customizing and developing possibilities, just as Linux does today through its various distributions.

However, other analysts are not so excited with the experiment. They argue that, as long as the big companies themselves don’t report that they have been testing Android on their netbooks, many users will not consider Google’s operating system as a solid option for their computers.

The programmers stated that, even though Android is a stable system, is still lacks several important features, like complex 3D graphics acceleration. However, we should bear in mind that, currently, Android is designed for smartphones, which have lower specs than a regular netbook. 

Still, if Google and its Open Handset Alliance partners choose to develop Android in order to deploy it on netbooks, the operating system might even trump Windows from the netbook market.