____/ Mark Kent on Friday 07 December 2007 16:59 : \____
> Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> On 7 Dec, 15:21, "Keith Windsor" <ke...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> "Mark Kent" <mark.k...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>
>>>> The desktop is dead, long live the appliance...
>>
>>> As he posts this from a desktop machine.
>>
>> Only because you can't go into a computer shop and buy a desktop
>> appliance. And businesses are forced to use crapware such as in this
>> Internet cafe, the security of which a kid could bypass. Cafeagent and
>> Deepfreeze doing the protecting. Can't wait for the Russians to start
>> loading up fake login screens again .. :)
>>
>> http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii269/doug_mentohl/easy.jpg
>>
>
> I regularly my N800 for this, in fact...
Don't forget hybrids like Eee. Some of these are not your old-skool PC which
has BIOS and room for hardware extensions. 90%+ of the population will be more
than happy with an alliance that Just Works.
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