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____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 09 October 2008 09:00 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> 1 more mini laptop for Asustek
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>>| The new Eee PC S101, which is expected to hit the shelves later this month
>>| at a cost of 699 US dollars (S$1,024), comes with a choice of operating
>>| systems between Microsoft Windows or GNU Linux.
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http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Tech%2Band%2BScience/Story/STIStory_286934.html
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>
> This market is fascinating, however, I remain amazed that anyone would
> buy one of these machines with WindowsXP on it. The only excuse I can
> see for it is familiarity with Windows and/or fear of change.
>
> The advantages of Linux are manifold: it's faster, boots more quickly,
> doesn't need to run anti-virus/spyware/trojanware, won't wear out flash
> drives checking every read and write for dodgy code, has a vast range of
> software available for free, including web browsers, office suites,
> music and media players, image manipulation, IM/chat clients,
> softphones, and so on. You get updates to the OS for no charge, and
> very rapidly indeed when problems are found.
>
> Fear of change appears to the largest remaining barrier to linux usage
> now.
Since these low-powered machines are hardly used for any gaming, a common
excuse against Linux is lost too. Intel dubbed them "netbooks" because of the
main activity they're geared towards, namely 'Firefox'. Remember that XP does
not even come with an office suite.
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