Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Kier on Saturday 29 December 2007 21:08 : \____
>
>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:54:55 -0800, Tim Smith wrote:
>>
>>> In article <pan.2007.12.29.20.05.01.274281@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>> Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:44:21 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > ____/ Kier on Saturday 29 December 2007 17:40 : \____
>>>> >
>>>> >> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:28:55 +0000, 7 wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>> Linux is show shipping 1 million new desktops per month and selling
>>>> >>
>>>> >> YOu still haven't shown any proof of this.
>>>> >
>>>> > It's a very reasonable estimate. Eee PCs alone sold about 200,000 per
>>>> > month.
>>>>
>>>> I heard 175,000. Whichever it is, it's pretty good news, I agree. But 7
>>>> has been saying this for ages without any evidence. When anyone asks, he
>>>> just spews more babytalk.
>>>
>>> They projected selling 200k by the end of the year, which had 2.5 months
>>> left in it when they went on sale. They actually sold about 350k, in
>>> just over 2 months, which would be 175k a month, so your number looks
>>> like the right one.
>>>
>>> However, that will include a boost from launch month, and a boost from
>>> Christmas sales, so they probably won't sustain that rate.
>>
>> Possibly. But it's an excellent start. I'd quite like an Asus myself. My
>> brother said he'd seen one, and was fairly impressed. It's the sort of
>> device you could carry about without too much bother, as it's so small and
>> being solid state is less likely to be damaged by living in a bag or
>> briefcase. The latest Linux Format mag reviewed it and gave it a general
>> thumbs-up. But I just lashed out several hundred quid on a 32 inch telly,
>> so it may have to wait a while :-) By then any quirks are likely to be
>> ironed out, too.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>
> The sales figures from Asus were limited by production capacity. If I recall
> correctly, 5 million units were expected to sell next year. These forecasts
> were changed and the numbers elevated significantly just before Xmas (I'll
> fetch the references if you want). Asus insists that it can dominate 20% of
> the laptops market and the Eee PC is bound to become its second most important
> product. Vista won't run on the Eee PC any time soon (with reasonable
> performance and real attraction).
>
> Don't let Timmy and the Microsoft apologist downplay the significance of this.
> They will try very hard.
>
Of course they will. That's why they post off-topic and anti-charter
material here on a constant basis.
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