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Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- Subject: Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- From: "Stephan Schaem" <tthai@mindspring.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 14:17:46 -0700
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"Bill Hoggett" <bill_hoggett@lineone.net> wrote in message 5gm3ltsshmn8lbpu141k1h8u2fq59jvo0p@4ax.com">news:5gm3ltsshmn8lbpu141k1h8u2fq59jvo0p@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 10:08:30 -0700, "Stephan Schaem"
> <tthai@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> >The problem is with the apps and general UI system.
> >Dont know if its still the case, but getting to use an app,
> >was getting to know the programmer mind under unix for each and every app.
> >With OSX if you learn how to open a file in one app, great chances more then
> >that app will use that method.
> >I overhead people today in a store discovering why they PC with one click cd burning
> >was not working... they put the original cd in the CDRW and the blank in the DVD player.
> >Under linux it doesn't take much to have mass user be lost to the point that they need
> >human assistance. Would you be ready so offer this support to millions ?
> >
> >Having a user friendly OS is more then having a tweaked kernal on a CD.
>
> This is simply Microsoft inspired FUD from someone who hasn't used a
> modern Linux distro. Try SuSE 7.2 or Mandrake 8.0 before spewing more
> of this propaganda.
Good DVD support? Easy to interface with 1394/DV products? Good set of USB drivers
for scanners/digital imaging? ... Easy to setup internet sharing? SSE/3dnow! Optmized codecs?
Easy to use 'packet cd' support? How about Video IO, easy to setup & use?
If you tell me this stuff is handled better by the SuSE distribution then Windows XP I will
probably switch my home OS to linux. But other wise I wont take an afternoon to downgrade
my home OS.
If I cant use, or need to download beta driver/recompile the OS, etc... for any of my peripherial
because the OS dont offer services/drivers I do see a problem using it for a mainstream home OS.
Do you think linux is not on everyone computer because of marketing only?!?!?
Stephan