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Attack of the GNU/Linux Ultraportables, Part 2
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| But just as important will be the effect on the relative attractiveness of
| the GNU/Linux and Windows XP models that are currently on offer.
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| To see why, consider the figures quoted above. Until today, the GNU/Linux
| version was $50 cheaper – or, to put it another way – cost 100*379/399 = 95%
| of the XP model. Today, the same machine still costs $50 less, but the
| proportion is now 100*329/349 = 94%. That may not seem much, but it's a
| number that will continue to decline as prices are reduced. Assuming the same
| price differential is maintained – and it should, since it's determined by
| the extra cost of Windows – a machine costing $250 for XP and $200 for
| GNU/Linux gives a percentage of 80%, which is pretty significant.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=1180
Race to the bottom. Microsoft can't win here. It's just trying to
establish 'Linux tax' with its subsidiary Novell.
Recent:
Lenovo's S10 Netbook Listed - Starts at just US$429
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| Lenovo is expected to also release a Linux version of its netbook, which,
| once again, will not be marketed in the US, as we already noted in one of our
| previous posts.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Lenovo-039-s-S10-Netbook-Listed-92084.shtml
Lenovo Confirms It's Looking At IBM's 'Microsoft-Free' Client
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| Though nothing is final, Lenovo's participation in the project could vastly
| increase its reach and pose a significant threat to Microsoft's dominance of
| the desktop PC market.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/desktop/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209904400
http://tinyurl.com/696935
Lenovo In Talks To Join IBM's 'Microsoft-Free' Program, Sources Say
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| The Microsoft-free software package features IBM's Lotus Notes and Lotus
| Symphony e-mail and desktop productivity suites, running on versions of
| Linux.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/desktop/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209903851
Linux preinstalls rocket to three per cent
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| Microsoft is still be shipped with 93 per cent of all PCs sold through
| distribution in the UK, according to Context.
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| Yet Linux has nevertheless made an impressive gain.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/01/linux-preloads-rocket-per-cent
Dell UK launches systems with preinstalled Ubuntu Linux
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| Dell is now selling selected systems with Ubuntu 8.0.4, Hardy Heron,
| pre-installed in the United Kingdom . Ubuntu has been an option some Dell
| systems in the past, but only in the United States. Dell is pre-installing
| Ubuntu on the XPS M3110 and Inspiron 1525n laptops and the Inspiron 530n
| desktop system.
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/Dell-UK-launches-systems-with-preinstalled-Ubuntu-Linux--/news/111164
http://tinyurl.com/577g6y
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