en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
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Re: Interesting.
I agree on the bloat - Windows is a very bloated OS - even on XP.
I have a work laptop (Dell) with XP and 1GB. With IE and Office open, I end up swapping cache quite often.
Linux bare bone isn't bad, however X11 is a resource pig in its own rights.
Netbooks are entry level replacements for mobile phones - and they're less expensive with or without contract... and guess what - you don't need to 'unlock' them 
Eg. I phone 3Gs $299 (subsidized) - $699 retail, carrier locked (i.e. unusable w/o data plan)
Netbook - $1-$99 (subsidized) - $199-#350 retail, carrier locked 'data', however, these 'should' also be functional with WiFi or ethernet (or USB-Ethernet). Downside - 5GB data cap, no voice plan. |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
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| Thats part of my point. Why would the masses buy a netbook for say $350, when they could get a laptop for $450 with good enough hardware to run any app. (except the high end games).
Whats next...the I-netbook from Mac with touchscreen on AT&Ts 3G network....oh oh...I better go patent that idea.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
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1 edit | I was lucky enough recently to purchase a Toshiba (2.16GHz Celeron  ) with 17" screen, 3GB RAM / Vista Home and DVD RW for $399 from Wal-Mart. Haven't seen it again.
HP already has a touch screen PC/Laptop.
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yeahian
join:2004-12-03
Venice, CA
| said by en102  :I was lucky enough recently to purchase a Toshiba (2.16GHz Celeron ) with 17" screen, 3GB RAM / Vista Home and DVD RW for $399 from Wal-Mart. Haven't seen it again. HP already has a touch screen PC/Laptop. Those have been around for a long time over a yr for certain. I saw one in Costco about a yr ago. |
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zipjay
join:2003-03-11
Louisville, KY
| reply to S_engineer
you never had a netbook huh? they have solid state harddrives, weigh hardly nothing and are small enough to fit anywhere.. noone wants to carry around a bulky and heavy full scale laptop if their just gonna be browsing the web and watching a few movies. Netbooks do run just about any app except for high end games anyway |
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Walter Dnes
join:2008-01-27
Thornhill, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
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said by en102 :Linux bare bone isn't bad, however X11 is a resource pig in its own rights. I disagree with you there. GNOME and KDE are fat bloated pointy-clicky-touchie-feelie-oowie-GUI "desktop environments". Try running Blackbox or Fluxbox instead... look ma... no bloat. I don't run desktops, I run apps. |
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