Pueblo Native wrote: > Fred A. Miller wrote: > >> http://newsblaze.com/story/20070502150502jnyc.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Story.html >> >> "Are you an owner of an old laptop or a slow computer? Maybe you just >> don't have the money to buy a new one at this point of time? Don't >> worry. Ira Hyman gave his presentation on a seven year old 500 MHz >> laptop using PCLinuxOS. He surfs on the Internet and does his daily work >> without any problems. Like many other people I took away a free >> PCLinuxOS CD. Having installed it after the meeting I've been using the >> distro for a month now. I have never had to restart my computer and all >> its applications run perfectly." >> >> >> > > Not that I don't mind a little extra publicity from time to time, but > in an age of $300 computers at Wal Mart, do you really think people are > going to use Linux just to bump up an old computer? > > For many people even $300 is too much. Also, even though I have a decent main computer (AMD 64 bit & 1 GB), I'll occasionally buy a cheap computer for experimentation or firewall. I just drop by a used computer store and spend about $100 or so, for a computer that's quite adequate for Linux. If you've got a young family and paying a mortgage, that $300 may be hard to find. There are also many low income families that can't afford a new computer either. Then there's the ecology issue. Why trash a perfectly good computer, just because Sir Billy wants to sell Vista, when it can run Linux well?
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