Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Intel won't upgrade to Vista until SP1
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>| For corporations, Otellini said Vista upgrades will be slow. "I know
>| of no organization doing an upgrade before SP1," said Otellini.
>| "Intel isn't upgrading either."
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> http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4597
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> The WOW Starts Now. Just not on your iBook
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>| The funny thing about marketing Vista with a stock photo of a MacBook
>| is that these days the Mac could actually be running Vista. Too bad
>| that's an iBook.
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> http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/
>
> Microsoft and Intel are already trying to stop OLPC with their own expensive
> and insecure toy. They have been mocking the Linux/AMD laptop for a while,
> until it was too late, so they united to fight the threat, if not attempt to
> join it.
>
> A comparison of OLPC's XO laptop and Intel's Classmate PC
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>| On the other hand, OLPC's XO laptop is very functional despite its
>| hardware limitations and can probably provide all that students and
>| teachers in target countries need for only $140.
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> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070305-acomparison-of-olpcs-xo-laptop-and-intels-classmate-pc.html
What exactly do you need to be able to do with a mobile device anyway?
Net access, gaming, bit of streaming, email, web, IM, usenet ;-), most
people need almost nothing else.
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