You are right, it really is meant to be an appliance. At that point, why not really go for it and make a virtual PC environment accessible through my cable TV provider? I get a wireless keyboard and a gesture mouse ( or maybe a Wii controller :) ) and go to the "PC Channel" for my surfing, email and so on? Give me a USB port on the cable box so I can plug in a printer and Grandma is good to go. Never software to load, no concerns about virii... and the Cable company controls everything so they make a bundle monitoring my habits online and selling the data to advertisers. It's a slam dunk of simplicity for the non-technical end user and virtually bottomless revenue streams for the cable folks from hardware, online storage, advertising and services.
David Smith Systems Administrator Doan Family of Dealerships (585) 352-6600 ext.1730 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] Wal-Mart's $199 computer On Nov 15, 2007 12:10 PM, David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem I see > is that Mom and Pop Walmartshopper are going to be 100% clueless the > moment they need to do anything like add software, add a new desktop > icon, or otherwise do anything beyond what is there out of the box. That's pretty much the intent, I think, that it's an appliance and not a general-purpose computer. It comes with the apps it comes with. Grandma can check her email, write letters and view pictures of the grandkids. If that's all she wants, it ought to do pretty well. If they need more, I see two avenues people might try: find a local Linux guru or "borrow" a Windows CD from someone else. We'll see... -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
