On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 16:10, civileme wrote:

> Hmmm,
> 
> DDR RAM only...  no problem
> 
> Driver CD has no linux drivers which I found pretty much par for the course.
> 
> Driver CD has NO DRIVERS FOR winNT, Win2K, or WinXP, and the manual says 
> the graphics _won't_ work with them!!!
> 
> Mandrake 8.2 is running using the XFree drivers, and I will soon (this 
> weekend) be taking the plunge tfor the binary only drivers (You can bet 
> this computer gets its very own DMZ on my LAN; I absolutely do not trust 
> binary-only proggies that can rub shoulders with the kernel.)
> 
> Now we have the largest selling board maker producing for the 
> inexpensive computer market a single integrated board, very new and 
> about half the price of previous NForce boards, and it tops out at WinME 
> or Win98SE....  
> 
> Does ASUS know or _very_ strongly suspect something we don't?  
> 
> It seems a high-production item like this would be a huge gamble unless 
> their inside information says a great deal about future OS usage 
> patterns, or they think someone's bubble is about to burst, or implode.
> 
> Civileme


VERY interesting. Yes indeed....

If this goes where you are pointing, this is very encouraging news.  You
heard it here first, folks!!  ;)

Then again, when I think about it, maybe I need to make a very large
withdrawal....

Hmmmm...


LX



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