Laptops and Desktops running Linux continue to sell out
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| When I decided to buy an Asus Eee I had a hard time finding one. Amazon was
| sold out. Buy.com was sold out. Many of the smaller websites I found were
| also sold out, and claimed they would be in stock again on some future date.
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http://dmartin.org/weblog/laptops-and-desktops-running-linux-continue-to-sell-out
This is new (with photo):
Laptop power cranks up a gear
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| The Polytechnic of Madrid’s design means a cycling action by the user is
| turned into electricity, which powers the laptop via a voltage convertor. The
| designers claim that the rig lets the laptop user cyclist adopt a flexible
| rhythm, hopefully without having to pedal too hard.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/12/03/intel_competition_pedal_laptop_madrid/
It takes a monster to pedal for Vista. The DRM is hungry.
Related:
Cheap Laptops Bad for Vista, Good for Linux
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| The good news for everyone is that you can get a good, solid laptop for under
| a grand these days. The bad news for Vista users is that many of those
| laptops, even though they're sold with Vista, have nothing like enough
| resources to run Vista decently.
|
| [...]
|
| Total additional cost? About a buck for the burnable DVD for the Linux
| distribution. It's not a matter of "if," it's a matter of when we're going to
| see more Linux-powered laptops.
|
| Do the math. Vista doesn't work for today's laptop market. XP and Linux do.
| It's really that simple.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2222308,00.asp
Reviewing the Asus Eee PC 4G
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| Excuse us for a sec, OK? We'll start the review momentarily but just need to
| switch into our Professional PC Critic Veteran Reviewer Voice Omigod! That is
| like the cutest thing EVER lemme see lemme see! Oh I so have to get one of
| these RIGHT NOW only two pounds could you DIE? Four C's you WISH, come on no
| way WAY, $400? Omigod I am like losing it right here. Hello? Paper bag?
| Breathe into?
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6439/1/
'$100 laptop' production begins
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| Hardware suppliers have been given the green light to ramp-up production of
| all of the components needed to build millions of the low-cost machines.
| Previously, the organisation behind the scheme said that it required orders
| for 3m laptops to make production viable. The first machines should be ready
| to put into the hands of children in developing countries in October 2007.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6908946.stm
Can You Guess America's Most Wanted Notebook This Christmas?
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| I'll give you some clues. It's only got a seven-inch screen, four gigabytes
| of internal memory, and it runs on Linux.
|
| [...]
|
| Rated as the "most wanted Christmas gift among notebooks products" according
| to Amazon and CNET, the Asus Eee PC could quite possibly be more sought after
| than Guitar Hero III or the Nintendo Wii.
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http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/333/C13944/
One Laptop Per Child - Production Delays Caused By Microsoft, Intel?
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| I sincerely hope that no matter what the people who are running the
| OLPC project decide, that their project will continue and not get
| bogged down in a play of corporate greed and ambitions.
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http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/2007/04/28/one-laptop-per-child-production-delays-caused-by-microsoft-intel/
Negroponte says Intel should be "ashamed of itself"
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| He is furious that Intel's CEO Craig Barrett called the One Laptop a
| gadget. The Negroponte initiative is caught in the middle of a vicious
| fight between AMD and Intel, he said.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39733
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| That software effort does not have the support of Mr. Otellini, who
| is concerned about incurring Microsoft's wrath, the executive said.
| The two companies have a long history of tension over who controls
| the hardware and software direction of the "Wintel standard."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/16/technology/16chip.html?ex=1177560000&en=2ef52cee6b1fb0e3&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS
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