Hands On with Two Ultra-Cheap Linux Systems
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| Best of all, the Asus notebook came completely Wi-Fi ready (802.11g) and I
| had no problems getting it to recognize my home Wi-Fi network. It has an
| Intel Celeron processor and 512MB of RAM and is reasonably speedy at browsing
| and other common tasks. It also has a slick-looking white case. My one chief
| complaint about it is that the 7-inch screen shows 800×480 resolution, and
| I’ve found myself getting annoyed when I have to scroll to the right to see
| certain parts of a web page. Still, at $400, especially if you have a home
| Wi-Fi network, this notebook is a pretty good value.
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http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/28/hands-on-with-two-ultra-cheap-linux-systems/
Quote for the day:
"Nail down the chickens. We’re coming."
^^^^^^^^^
--Ed Muth, Windows NT product manager
Related:
After the Desktop -- What?
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| I would suggest that the open source community should stop obsessing
| with the battle for the desktop, and start focusing on the battle for
| the platform that will replace it. As I have said before, the day
| will soon come when the notion of having to go to a particular
| machine on a particular room every time you need access to
| information or computer power will be as obsolete as the notion
| of having to go to the hand pump over the well in the front
| yard every time you need water.
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http://trevors-trinkets.blogspot.com/2007/02/after-desktop-what.html
Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs
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| Opinion -- Sometimes, several unrelated changes come to a head at the same
| time, with a result no one could have predicted. The PC market is at such a
| tipping point right now and the result will be millions of Linux-powered PCs
| in users' hands.
|
| [...]
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| Microsoft will fight this trend tooth and nail. It will cut prices to the
| point where it'll be bleeding ink on some of its product lines. And Windows
| XP is going to stick around much longer than Microsoft ever wanted it to.
| Still, it won't be enough. By attacking from the bottom, where Microsoft can
| no longer successfully compete, Linux will finally cut itself a large slice
| of the desktop market pie.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2414535067.html
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