On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:47:38 -0600, "Robert Firth"
<webmaster@winvistainfo.org> spake thusly:
>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.
But the inexpensive PCs they're talking about would't run Ultimate (or
at least not well) anyway.
I'd consider a PC (only if it weren't a replacement) with Linux
Preinstalled for the right price. Up till recently, I'd been spending
much more time in Linux anyway. Once the novelty of Vista wears off
I'll be back to that M.O.
>
>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.
I've read quite the opposite actually. I know of a number of Linux
people who installed Linux on "Gradma's" PC (in place of Windows) and
s/he had no more trouble with it than Windows.
All "Grandma" wants to do is some email, surf the web and possibly
write a letter. Modem Linux distos come with all that capability and
then some.
And it's quite easy to find the "Start menu" in most Linux
distributions.
Hell my Mom coudn't find it in XP and she can't in Vista now. I put
the icons for the only apps she ever use on the desktop for her.
The same can be done in Linux.
--
Scott
http://angrykeyboarder.com
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