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____/ Rex Ballard on Wednesday 19 May 2010 01:38 : \____
> On May 18, 8:05 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> eMachines Bring Power Of Linux To India
>> http://www.katonda.com/news/1159/emachines-bring-power-linux-india
>
> Any chance we'll see this in the USA?
> OR has Microsoft got E-machines totally intimidated here?
>
>> Recent:
> Not so recent - January 2010
>> Closer look at the eMachines EM250 netbook
>> http://www.liliputing.com/2010/01/closer-look-at-the-emachines-em250-...
>
> Looks like Microsoft has e-machines cowering in the corners with the
> others.
> But not exactly.
>
> Gateway bought E-machines in 2004
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/114533/gateway_buys_emachines.html
>
> Acer bought Gateway in 2007
> http://gigaom.com/2007/08/27/pc-maker-gateway-sold-for-710-million-to-acer/
>
> Because Gateway - was bleeding so much red ink that it was too cheap
> not to buy.
>
>
> http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/microsofts-netbook-conundrum/
>
>
> Acer isn't as big as HP or Dell, but it is the 3rd or 4th largest,
> depending on whether or not you count Mac as PCs.
>
> ASUS and Acer are both looking at Apple as their real competitor, not
> HP or Dell, both of whom are depending on subsidies from other revenue
> streams. Apple is the one who is doubling their money on almost every
> device they sell, all of which are based on OS/X (Unix).
>
> The Acer and ASUS versions of Linux even LOOKED a little bit Mac-ish.
>
> Everything worked, the applications were good, and applications were
> easy to get (or apt-get).
>
> The hardest thing to do was bring up the terminal interface.
>
> My wife won't give up her Acer one - she loves it.
>
> She likes her Windows 7 ASUS too, but there are only a few things she
> can't do with Linux. We were a bit upset when we walked in to buy a
> PC for $450 and ended up looking at a credit card slip for $1150 - she
> wanted MS-Office, Kasparski Anti-virus, and a 2 year replacement
> plan. She didn't even find out that she had to pay ANOTHER $150 for a
> 2 year "Windows Support Plan". If we'd bought the Dell or HP for
> $500, the 3 year plans might have been attractive - and that would
> have pushed the bill up to about $1500.
>
> That makes a Mac look MUCH more attractive.
Acer now denies making a tablet/sub-notebook with Android, but Microsoft's Windows
/margins/ are dying.
Given customisation, Linux looks as good as OS X (if not better).
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