On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:53:39 -0800, Zim Babwe wrote:
> OK so in a typical day when they sell 10,000 PC's with Windows and 24
> PC's with Linux, will you be able to notice the shift?
>
We'll have to see how it works out. Apparently Dell is making this move
because their cheaper laptops (the best-selling category) don't have
enough horsepower to haul Vista's fat ass around. Other OEMs must be
facing a similar situation.
Meanwhile Linux has gotten a lot better since the last time this
experiment was tried...
Charlie
> "Charlie Wilkes" <charlie_wilkes@users.easynews.com> wrote in message
> news:igJEh.19181$gl2.4321@fe10.news.easynews.com...
>> "Something in the balance of power between the world's largest PC
>> vendor and the crew in Redmond has shifted, and not in Redmond's favor.
>> You can bet money on that."
>>
>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,12...x/article.html