Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Microsoft's Big Problem in a Small Box
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> | Vista is a big operating system that demands monster graphics and dual-core
> | processors. But what if the market pines for a whole lot less?
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> | The mass move to mobile computing is a destabilizing force and harbinger of
> | change. Microsoft's position would be better if Vista didn't demand so much
> | when the market wants so little.
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Interesting. I don't know if the current trend of lightweight
desktops and sub-notebooks will be as market shaking as this
article implies, but whatever the impact it certainly favors
Linux over Windows. With Vista, MS has basically rolled out
a gas guzzling SUV when the market was asking for hybrids.
Thad
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