Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> ____/ bbgruff on Tuesday 03 June 2008 12:28 : \____
>> The new Asus 10" model has been announced.
>
>> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/03/asus_eee_1000/
>
>> The headline is that the XP verion (1000H) is cheaper than the
>> Linux 1000 version - but beware. the XP version has an 80GB HD,
>> while the the Linux version comes with a 40GB SSD.
[...]
> I haven't looked yet, but based on what I've seen earlier, it's the
> other way around. Linux gets double of everything (RAM, HD capacity,
> etc). I'll check this in a moment.
Yes, Microsoft demanded the lower-spec machine so they could sell XP and
still come in at a lower price point. However, I think that strategy
will seriously backfire. Customers will look at the hardware specs of
both machines, and conclude that the Linux one is better, thus
stigmatising XP as the second-rate choice ("Oh don't get the XP version,
it's not as good"). This works out rather well for the customer though,
since they get better hardware /and/ software.
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K.
http://slated.org
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