Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 76.202.160.31]
on September 09, 2008 06:44 PM
This is a good review. Yes, you buy have the same hardware cheaper from some online stores, but the impoertant point has been made by previous commenters: There is now a whole population of Linux users who don't know how to build a PC and are who are not interested in ever doing so. They want to buys a cheap appliance for, say, a family member who has some basic computing needs. These computing needs include browsing the web, viewing videos, and listening to music online (yup, that's what my kids wanted on their Linux machine).
To satisfy this population, I think future reviews should confirm that the machine can perform these tasks. Does the system come with a browser that has the Flash, JRE and Acrobat Reader plugins? If not, how easy is it to install them? Any crashing problem? How about proprietary plugins?
That's the kind of questions you want to answer in such a review. Please consider adding these points on your checklist.
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 76.202.160.31] on September 09, 2008 06:44 PMTo satisfy this population, I think future reviews should confirm that the machine can perform these tasks. Does the system come with a browser that has the Flash, JRE and Acrobat Reader plugins? If not, how easy is it to install them? Any crashing problem? How about proprietary plugins?
That's the kind of questions you want to answer in such a review. Please consider adding these points on your checklist.
Thank you,
Fred Mora
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