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Re: [News] Another *LINUX* Capable Laptop Explodes

__/ [ Dangling Gubbo ] on Saturday 02 September 2006 15:48 \__

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> Dell laptop detonates in UK home
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | A Leicestershire family was this left in shock after their Dell
>> | laptop exploded "like fireworks" and set light to their living room
>> | furniture, it was reported this week - just before news broke of
>> | Sony's decision to appoint a battery safety officer.
>> `----
>> 
>> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09/01/dell_laptop_combustion_uk/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Good as context:
>> 
>> Fires and Laptops and Batteries, Oh My!
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | The dirty little secret of the PC industry is that most users don't need
>> | as much of the processing power and energy usage as they are presently
>> | consuming; the Windows / Intel cycle of creating an ever larger
>> | operating system which requires ever more processing power to use it is
>> | creating this situation. Users just are not aware of alternatives, and
>> | alternatives are not presented to them; there's big business in keeping
>> | them in the hamster wheel of hardware and software replacement. There's
>> | not enough of a sales story for people like Microsoft in saying their
>> | latest product will be more efficient in its use of resources, as
>> | opposed to having more novelty.
>> `----
>> 
>> http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=97
> 
> It's Linux capable too. At least - it was.
 
Your rewrite of the subject line indicates that you missed the point
entirely. Read the second article again. To Linux, a low-spec'ed system is a
breeze (literally).

Best wishes,

Roy
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