[TriLUG] Netbook

William Sutton william at trilug.org
Wed Oct 27 15:27:30 EDT 2010


I wonder if the old apple newton wouldn't qualify as predating Microsoft 
in the tablet PC market...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_%28platform%29

William Sutton

On Wed, 27 Oct 2010, Tim Jowers wrote:

> Freedscale has a Linux tablet targeted at $200.
> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Freescale-Chromium-Tablet-ipad,9832.html#xtor=RSS-181
>
> Others are releasing these too. Its sorta funny since the Windows
> tablets have been out for several years. I guess Jobs claim to fame is
> repackaging an existing product in a nicer package. Well, maybe one of
> these Linux tablets can even beat him. For sure, Linux is way more
> standard than Apple.
>
> E.g. Shogo tablet:
> http://www.junauza.com/2010/05/shogo-linux-tablet-potential-ipad.html
> and a whole host of Android tablets such as
> http://www.lightinthebox.com/wholesale-Laptops--Notebooks_c1386?gclid=COL0p8Lg86QCFSZl7AodAzBchg
>
> Truly commodity hardware! It wasn't 15 years ago when the hardware
> vendors were shooting to break the $1000 price barrier. Now the price
> is falling right into impulse buying areas!
>
> Tim Jowers
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Kevin Hunter <hunteke at earlham.edu> wrote:
>> At 10:50pm -0400 Thu, 21 Oct 2010, Henry Middleton wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there a local vendor where I can get a netbook with Ubuntu
>>> pre-installed?
>>>
>>> I want it pre-installed so that:
>>>
>>> 1) I do not need to pay for a copy of Windows that I will remove
>>> anyway
>>>
>>> 2) I know the hardware is Linux-friendly.
>>
>> There was an Ask Slashdot about this a couple of years ago that I thought
>> had some good discussion.  Let me test my google fu ... yes:
>>
>> http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/27/0027212
>>
>> Some of the comments may be pertinent to your decision, but I think it boils
>> down to three things:
>>
>> 1. How much time are you willing to invest in this?
>>
>> 2. Linux is hardy so you only need to make sure that the there is
>>   driver support for all the pieces and parts before you buy the
>>   machine.  Much more so than Windows, Linux will Just Work if it
>>   has a driver.
>>
>> 3. How much cash are you willing to spend?
>>
>> Don't forget that unless you have a personal investment in this, time /is/
>> money; you'll be hard pressed -- living in USA and posting on this mailing
>> list -- to make a case that much more than 10 minutes is worth the ~$10 you
>> might save.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Kevin
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