Desktop Linux goes retail
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| Desktop Linux systems have been available from vendors both small -- such as
| NorhTec -- and large -- such as Dell -- for some time now. But, until
| recently, users who feel more comfortable buying from a retailer have had few
| choices other than some low-end systems from Wal-Mart. Things are changing.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8909010718.html
Yesterday:
Lessons Learned? We Can Only Hope.
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| Yet, when it comes down to it...CompUSA is gone. I personally will shed no
| tears. I am convinced that their blindness to consumer needs played some part
| in their demise if not a large one, whether it was Linux or any other
| non-microsoft product. You want to argue it? OK...
|
| Walmart is carrying Linux products now.
|
| Intel got the religion for obvious reasons - thanks AMD.
|
| So did Acer
|
| and HP
|
| As did IBM/Lenovo
|
| Hell, even Best Buy, that bastion of Microsoft-only products has gotten the
| hint.
|
| Some say that Dell started the landslide...I disagree but it's not meant for
| discussion here.
|
| That Grand-Daddy of all Big Box Stores, Sears Now carries Linux products
| (online only for now)
|
| That's right...Sears. The Ultimate Mom and Dad Store. You know you've made
| inroads when Sears carries your product.
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http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/03/lessons-learned-we-can-only-hope.html
Related:
Dell casts doubts on Vista
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| Dell today revealed that it will restore the option to use Windows XP on
| some of its home systems, marking a potentially damaging blow to
| Microsoft's hopes for the newer Windows Vista.
|
| [...]
|
| While a popular request through the company's IdeaStorm website, the
| choice was substantially outnumbered by requests for pre-installed
| Linux, US-based technical support, and other features -- pointing to a
| larger general demand for the change. The turnaround may be a reflection of
| an overall backlash against Vista, observed IDC analyst Richard Shim.
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http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/04/19/dell.casts.doubts.on.vista/
Lenovo offers downgrade from Windows Vista to Windows XP
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| My colleague Stian just sent me this interesting link regarding my
| experiences with Windows Vista. Since I assume the link will NOT have the
| visual appearence it has right now for very many more hours (days) I've
| created a screenshot of how it looked when I went into the site.
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http://jaxed.org/lenovo-offers-downgrade-from-windows-vista-to-windows-xp.blog
Windows Vista kicked out of Olympics PCs
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| Microsoft's latest version of Windows is too risky to implement for the
| important computers managing the 2008 Olympic summer games in Beijing, said
| the event's computer supplier and sponsor Lenovo.
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/08/08/no.vista.on.olympic.pcs/
Acer: PC industry 'disappointed' with Vista
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| Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to
| openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the
| Financial Times Deutschland on Monday.
|
| Lanci said the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users and
| businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to the report. Taiwan-based
| Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, after HP, Dell and
| Lenovo.
|
| "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9579
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