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MSI Wind Notebook Launched Now: Linux with Intel Atom processor in summer
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| The Linux based models of the Wind will be available at the same site later
| this summer for $399 MSRP.
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http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/06/03/msi-wind-notebook-launched-now-linux-with-intel-atom-processor-in-summer/
Computex Taipei: Fear, Loathing and the Mini-Laptop War
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| ASUS expects Eee PC sales to double to 10 million units next year, but boy
| has it got some stiff competition ahead.
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http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007043.html
There is just this /huge/ number of articles about laptops that run GNU/Linux
at the moment. It's hard to keep track of which is which. No wonder Microsoft
was so scared of losing the battle on low-cost laptops. It started dumping (XP
for as little as $18). 2010 reasons to worry about:
Windows XP given additional resuscitation
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| Linux eat the entire emerging market, Microsoft has chosen to let Vista play
| the fall guy again.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/03/windows_xp_license_extension_take_two/
Microsoft Extends XP Deadline for Low-Cost PCs
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| Microsoft has been under pressure from computer makers to provide a version
| of its OS for an emerging class of very low-cost laptops and desktops. Its
| new Windows Vista OS is widely seen as too resource-hungry for those
| machines.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146609/microsoft_extends_xp_deadline_for_lowcost_pcs.html
Recent:
Microsoft stock drops amid slumping sales
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| Microsoft Corp., whose Windows software dominates the personal-computer
| market, fell 6.2 percent Fridayin Nasdaq trading after sales slumped, casting
| doubt on whether PC demand can hold up in a slowing economy. The software
| maker reported a 24 percent drop in sales of Windows last quarter and
| forecast earnings that may miss analysts' estimates.
|
| [...]
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| "The risk is that Linux gets a foothold and then affects their long-term
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| revenue significantly."
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http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_9061263
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