Change of the sake of profit. Only reason I'd get the computer with Linux
would be to use the Windows license I have already acquired and not have to
pay for another. Format it right out of the box and install Ultimate.
I'm sure you will have some upset people who will want to return their
computer when they learn that they can't run any of their old programs and
have to re-learn how to use their computer. XP --> Vista is a jump.
XP/Vista --> Linux is a cliff dive for many home users. Grandma can hardly
find the start menu. Now she has to cope with total change. Even if you
already know how to use it, it isn't exactly the most desirable thing to do.
I could live with it if I had to, but I certainly wouldn't be happy. I don't
get that same warm fuzzy feeling when using Linux that I get when using
Windows. I feel like I am using someone else's computer. I had to cope with
it for several weeks this past summer while doing research at a local
university. Nothing major, but I know for a fact that Linux crashes just as
often as Windows. Some people just need a scapegoat.
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"Charlie Wilkes" <charlie_wilkes@users.easynews.com> wrote in message
news:yMMEh.33462$_X1.2501@fe05.news.easynews.com...
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:53:39 -0800, Zim Babwe wrote:
>
>> OK so in a typical day when they sell 10,000 PC's with Windows and 24
>> PC's with Linux, will you be able to notice the shift?
>>
> We'll have to see how it works out. Apparently Dell is making this move
> because their cheaper laptops (the best-selling category) don't have
> enough horsepower to haul Vista's fat ass around. Other OEMs must be
> facing a similar situation.
>
> Meanwhile Linux has gotten a lot better since the last time this
> experiment was tried...
>
> Charlie
>
>
>> "Charlie Wilkes" <charlie_wilkes@users.easynews.com> wrote in message
>> news:igJEh.19181$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