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| tracyanne Feb 09, 2009 5:02 PM EDT |
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/02/06/microsofts-plan-to-up... you will see that Microsoft marketing speak for the netbooks... well any computer, is "experience" as in Quoting:But for the cheapest netbooks, he believes it’s better to have even a limited version of Windows than Linux, the rival operating system that had a big share of netbook sales when they first came out. They are no longer computers or devices, they are experiences. |
| techiem2 Feb 09, 2009 5:04 PM EDT |
Experiences most of us would like to avoid.... |
| tracyanne Feb 09, 2009 5:07 PM EDT |
even if the "experience" is running Linux? |
| techiem2 Feb 09, 2009 5:10 PM EDT |
Nah. Linux is fine of course. But Windows experiences are...well..you know as well as I do how well those tend to go. |
| ColonelPanik Feb 09, 2009 5:19 PM EDT |
Just experienced a non-Linux moment over at the Asus site.
They are comming out with a new Atom CPU. The specs
all around are the same as the one now being used in EEE XXX
except for battery life. The new N280 says Asus, will have up to
9.5 hours of juice. But where is the Linux model? Just xpee? The tax refund will NOT go to Asus! |
| hkwint Feb 11, 2009 1:29 PM EDT |
Quoting:The new N280 says Asus, will have up to 9.5 hours of juice. But where is the Linux model? Interesting here is than Intel did the same as Microsoft: Limit the abilities of their cheap products which are in fact good enough for lots of people to make sure it doesn't eat market share of their expensive products which nobody needs. Buying an Atom-netbook with XP is limiting oneself both on the hard- and softwareside. |
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