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07/13/09
Here's a thought, maybe people use Windows because it actually does the stuff they want to do, does it well enough that an alternative just isn't important and is inexpensive enough that switching and having to learn a whole new way of doing things just isn't worth the savings?
Maybe it's time to stop blaming Microsoft for being successful and start asking 'why isn't OUR choice more successful?' (Here's a hint: it's not Microsoft.)
As for Android - I think having a dualboot approach is fine. Android isn't a full feature OS and its dependency to the web makes it useful in limited settings. But if it can be made to boot quickly and if its capable of multimedia, then it could be useful.
But, I think people may be overestimating Android's adroitness. It usually lives on a phone, which is always running. If it's on a netbook, you still have to go through the BIOS startup time, or leave the netbook in sleep mode. Considering that Win7 can go from sleep to desktop in 7-10 seconds, I'm wondering just how much faster Android will be and if those few seconds will really translate into sales.
Personally? I think most people will take flexibility and familiarity over a few seconds of start up time. Most of us aren't that ADD.
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The love of open-source, while nice, really keeps it's hardware configurations limited unless the user knows how to go through the command prompt and make it work with NDISwrapper or one of those such programs.
It's not that Linux itself is too much different, it's that even the ones that claim to be for the average person still can confuse the hell out of someone who knows Windows and OSX like the back of their hand because so much of it is so unintuitive. Even if it was different it's not a stretch to say some one could pick it up but when you open it up and are immediately expected to open the terminal, that's a problem.
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only the power user will wipe the thing and install linux/android/etc and claim back the windows license cash
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Let's pay more for THAT.
Yeah I'm dreamin'
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