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[News] (Linux) Devices Are Said to be Replacing Laptops

  • Subject: [News] (Linux) Devices Are Said to be Replacing Laptops
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:51:46 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
With Devices Like These, Who Needs a Phone? Or a Laptop?

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| Nokia's N810 has a 400-megahertz processor with 128 megabytes of RAM and runs 
| on a version of the Linux operating system, which is great for open source 
| fans who like to tinker behind the scenes. It includes 2 gigabytes of 
| internal storage, which is expandable to 8 gigabytes or more through a miniSD 
| port.    
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/61486.html

Partner [sic] Group:

Gartner Predictions: Apple Doubles Market Share, Laptops Lose Ground

,----[ Quote ]
| Gartner also forecast that by 2012 half of business travelers will leave 
| their laptops at home as they access data on smaller -- even pocket-sized -- 
| units with Web-based applications that can be reached from anyplace.  
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/61489.html

Uh oh! Can these "pocket-sized units" runs Windows Vista??!!??!!

On the contrary:

News Bits: Notebook Shipments Increase, Acer Buys Packard Bell, M1330 with
Linux

,----[ Quote ]
| The Dell XPS M1330 is now available in the United States with Ubuntu 7.10 
| Linux pre-installed as Dell said it would be. The base price is $954 as of 
| writing as compared to $999 for the standard Windows XPS M1330. The savings 
| are not exactly drastic, and I have to say that $45 for Vista Premium isn't 
| bad.     
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http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4230

Don't believe the Dell hoaxes. Amid Microsoft's misery, people will say
anything! Even the inquirer tried it and got 2 Digg FP stories (one a mistake
and another an apology/correction). There's (at least) one company that wants
to poison the gravevine.


Related:

Dell plans international Linux sales

,----[ Quote ]
| When Dell first announced that it would be releasing Ubuntu Linux-
| powered consumer desktops and laptops, some people saw it as more of a
| stunt than a serious business move. They were wrong. Dell has already
| expanded its consumer Linux line, and now it has announced that it
| will soon be offering Ubuntu Linux systems outside of the United
| States and for new businesses.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7159701171.html

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