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Re: [News] Nettops Run GNU/Linux and Could Force Windows _on Desktop_ to Cost $0

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

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> All-in-one Nettops resurrecting desktop market
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> | A category long dominated by Apple's $1,200 iMac is suddenly rife with
> | nice-looking imitators that pack less power than traditional Windows
> | desktops, but are also gentler on the wallet. They're a subcategory of
> | desktop PCs called Nettops, and, like Netbooks, they're generally
> | defined as a computing platform powered by the Atom processor that runs
> | either Windows XP or a version of Linux. Combined with the all-in-one


Correction:

Netbooks, they're generally
defined as a computing platform powered by the Atom processor that runs
either Linux or crawls with Windows XP.

It is important for editorial staff and journalists
to not make false and misleading marketing claims aimed towards consumers
when comparing Linux and Micosahft products.




> | form factor and a smaller screen than most desktops (between 15 inches
> | and 19 inches), they're essentially the Netbooks of the desktop
> | category.
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> http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10217384-1.html
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> Linux: "Make my day, Microsoft, kill margins on desktops too. Only Linux
> survives without high margins."
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> 
> Recent:
> 
> Ballmer: GNU/Linux Will Win on Netbooks
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> | I think this is a very frank analysis of the problem for Microsoft:
> | after all, who's going to pay extra money just to get the Windows logo
> | on a netbook, when they can get the same features for less with free
> | software...?
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> http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/03
ballmer-gnulinux-will-win-on-netbooks.html
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