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3 days ago
in Microsoft to give out thousands of netbooks to TechEd Australia participants on Liliputing
Desperate, desperate, desperate :-P
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Fduch
Yeah. That's what I think every time I see how Linux users (<1%) trying to act as if they are big (by opening their mouths very wide).
1 month ago
in Microsoft: Now that you can say “netbook” again… don’t on Liliputing
Somehow I do not think "Microsoft Windows license" and "low cost" do not go hand in hand... :-P
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Toni Borgetto
Microsoft is basically trying to push the Netbooks into a territory where customers would pay 500 or 600$ - so that they can charge for a full Windows 7 licence.
As long as Netbooks are expected to be cheap, they simply can't charge as much. So they want to emphasize that these are just "little notebooks" - well, they aren't! They are *cheap* little notebooks, and that's an important distinction.
Nowadays you can buy a fully usable Netbook for 300$ or even less, and soon the ARM-netbooks will come, with price points below 200$. There's simply no place for an expensive Windows licence with these netbooks.
As long as Netbooks are expected to be cheap, they simply can't charge as much. So they want to emphasize that these are just "little notebooks" - well, they aren't! They are *cheap* little notebooks, and that's an important distinction.
Nowadays you can buy a fully usable Netbook for 300$ or even less, and soon the ARM-netbooks will come, with price points below 200$. There's simply no place for an expensive Windows licence with these netbooks.
Supportive
EDIT: Heh... I mean, somehow I think "Microsoft Windows license" and "low cost" do not go hand in hand... :-P
A slip of tounge there...
A slip of tounge there...
7 months ago
in HP giving away over $300,000 in gear to 50 winners on Liliputing
Nice giveaway, but useless for Linux users like me.
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supportive
Forgot to say that I am talking about the software. As for the hardware, bring them on! :-)
9 months ago
in MSI, Canonical: Linux-based netbooks returned more often on Liliputing
I will probably get a netbook with WindozeXP. Not only because Linux versions are often not offered in my country, but also because I expect to play a few Windoze games (that may not work well with Wine under Linux) on the machine. But for everything else beside gaming, I will employ a Linux LiveUSB to boot the machine. Linux FTW!
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euklidis
sorry for saying that but buying a netbook to play games is just something really stupid. Get a PS3 with the same money and you will be able to play better games at full speed and full graphics. Paying 300-500 $ for netbook will be a disaster cause you wont be able to play games of the last 4-5 years at least. We are talking for a 1.6Ghz CPU and graphic cards that are low performance... Think again.
