Pueblo Native wrote:
Fred A. Miller wrote:
http://newsblaze.com/story/20070502150502jnyc.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Stor...
"Are you an owner of an old laptop or a slow computer? Maybe you just don't have the money to buy a new one at this point of time? Don't worry. Ira Hyman gave his presentation on a seven year old 500 MHz laptop using PCLinuxOS. He surfs on the Internet and does his daily work without any problems. Like many other people I took away a free PCLinuxOS CD. Having installed it after the meeting I've been using the distro for a month now. I have never had to restart my computer and all its applications run perfectly."
Not that I don't mind a little extra publicity from time to time, but in an age of $300 computers at Wal Mart, do you really think people are going to use Linux just to bump up an old computer?
For many people even $300 is too much. Also, even though I have a decent main computer (AMD 64 bit & 1 GB), I'll occasionally buy a cheap computer for experimentation or firewall. I just drop by a used computer store and spend about $100 or so, for a computer that's quite adequate for Linux. If you've got a young family and paying a mortgage, that $300 may be hard to find. There are also many low income families that can't afford a new computer either. Then there's the ecology issue. Why trash a perfectly good computer, just because Sir Billy wants to sell Vista, when it can run Linux well? Here's another article. http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/05/ubuntu_review.html -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org