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Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES Asia
Friday 31 October 2008
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Posted on Nov 4, 00:42
The only Linux versions my wife could find in the last two months in the US were lagging in the hardware configuration (3-cell battery or power-hungry CPU)... so she went with an XP version and installed Linux on it, so she is counted wrong here.Posted on Nov 3, 09:09
30% for Linux? Wow!Considering there's no Linux campaign as for Mac/Windows as well as fear of the unknown, this is phenomenal news.
Your local store doesn't want Linux because they sell $99-150 protection plans for Windows machines.
Posted on Nov 3, 04:24
At $200, I have to guess this 10" email machine will be a pure Linux box. Presuming it runs some user-friendly distro (Ubuntu pre-loaded with OOo FF et al), it could be a success, leaving consumer budget available for a real PC.