"John Oram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you see this one? <http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9667>
Interesting article. I noticed this line: "[...] The only stumbling block to offering such a bundle is that Microsoft's XP is (currently) nearly as costly as the hardware to run it on. " And presumably, that's the "home" version! I'm encouraged by the progress being made getting Linux to run on a variety of hardware these days. Although a variety of Win-only hardware seems to be the norm, I have been able to get most of the features of my new (new job!) laptop to work under Linux fairly well. A $200 PC that does NOT lock me into any particular vendor's software would be great. I know the challenge for some folks on this list is NOT having a walmart/best-buy store nearby (or even in-country). It's great that hardware is getting to be so cheap (and capable) but there are still lots of folks who want to be "connected" who don't have ready access to the "latest greatest" stuff. I try to follow the development of low-cost systems (i.e. Simputer) that are trying to hit that same price-point ($200US) for capable systems to do stuff OTHER than run the latest games or video editing. - Bob To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
