Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 192.168.1.51]
on September 09, 2008 10:24 PM
It's great to see another PC on the market (not my market, I live in Australia), that comes with Linux pre-installed, is cheap, but doesn't skimp with an un-upgradable, low powered CPU, has room for expandability and look decent enough.
What isn't great to see is that Dell released a laptop with Linux pre-installed on it and everyone "Hoorays!" at the idea being implemented.
The LinPC comes along, and there are more people here knocking it rather than praising it. Kudos to the ones that see it as a good thing. And kudos for LinPC for having a go at doing something like this. If you can build your own PC cheaper, that's great. You'll do it anyway, regardless of who is selling what. Everyone knows that pre-built machines cost a little more. But think about what you're paying for here.... Someone else cut their fingers on the exposed aluminium case corners. And apart from all that, not only has it been installed, booted and configured for you, they even soak test it for a day.
I'm not sure about you, but I would really appreciate it if all manufacturers would do this. I have received new laptops that are DOA and think to myself (after I've stopped being pissed off) "Surely they tested it to see if it at least turned on."
My friend bought a new LCD TV. Spent like $4K, got it home, and no screen. Great sound from the speakers though. I argued that a simple BOSE system would have sufficed. But that's my sense of humour for you.
I always get excited to see a new PC on the market that comes pre-installed with Linux. And it is great for people who don't put their own hardware together. Look at a typical computer environment. People know how to use their computers but no idea how to fix them. People know how to turn on a TV and DVD player, but have no idea how to connect them up. Start telling them about RCA's, HDMI, SCART, TOSLINK. They're brain will explode. Look at an office environment. Most (not all) developers don't touch hardware. Most hardware people don't do software.
Either way, this Linux PC is a good thing. As it has been mentioned, great for light weight use that mum and dad or gran and pop use it for. Email, web and the occasional chat. They might even sneak in a Youtube video.
Please, next time you're about to bag something out, have a think about how great an impact it can have on the rest of the world, which is nothing like you.
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 192.168.1.51] on September 09, 2008 10:24 PMWhat isn't great to see is that Dell released a laptop with Linux pre-installed on it and everyone "Hoorays!" at the idea being implemented.
The LinPC comes along, and there are more people here knocking it rather than praising it. Kudos to the ones that see it as a good thing. And kudos for LinPC for having a go at doing something like this. If you can build your own PC cheaper, that's great. You'll do it anyway, regardless of who is selling what. Everyone knows that pre-built machines cost a little more. But think about what you're paying for here.... Someone else cut their fingers on the exposed aluminium case corners. And apart from all that, not only has it been installed, booted and configured for you, they even soak test it for a day.
I'm not sure about you, but I would really appreciate it if all manufacturers would do this. I have received new laptops that are DOA and think to myself (after I've stopped being pissed off) "Surely they tested it to see if it at least turned on."
My friend bought a new LCD TV. Spent like $4K, got it home, and no screen. Great sound from the speakers though. I argued that a simple BOSE system would have sufficed. But that's my sense of humour for you.
I always get excited to see a new PC on the market that comes pre-installed with Linux. And it is great for people who don't put their own hardware together. Look at a typical computer environment. People know how to use their computers but no idea how to fix them. People know how to turn on a TV and DVD player, but have no idea how to connect them up. Start telling them about RCA's, HDMI, SCART, TOSLINK. They're brain will explode. Look at an office environment. Most (not all) developers don't touch hardware. Most hardware people don't do software.
Either way, this Linux PC is a good thing. As it has been mentioned, great for light weight use that mum and dad or gran and pop use it for. Email, web and the occasional chat. They might even sneak in a Youtube video.
Please, next time you're about to bag something out, have a think about how great an impact it can have on the rest of the world, which is nothing like you.
SteveC (not affiliated with LinPC at all).
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