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Cheap Linux Tablets, And (Maybe) An Apple Tablet
penguinrenegade writes "Element Computer has come out with the first sub-$1000 Tablet, and it doesn't come with Windows. It's not running a stripped OS like Windows CE, but a full-fledged copy of Lycoris Desktop/LX. This company seems to really have it in for Microsoft, with a 'No Windows' policy. Good to see someone finally standing up against paying the Microsoft tax. Maybe now we'll start seeing Linux only OEMs and resellers." Also on the tablet computer front, SeanAhern points out Cringely's latest Robert X. Cringely column, in which Cringley makes the case that Apple is readying a tablet computer for market, and "suggests that 'until next year, the parts won't have been there to make tablet PCs successful. What's missing has been the killer app, and what kept a killer app from appearing was a lack of hardware support, which I believe will be over soon,'" writing "He's got some interesting ideas about where Jobs might go with his Digital Hub idea." (This is an Antaur-based machine, not the Toshiba tablet mentioned in October.)
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You can get a new BMW 325 for $30K, well equiped.
It's not *that* bad. It's not that bad at all, especially if you consider that you'll want to keep it around... If you're not in the market for an upper class car, and are poor, you don't want to lease or trade these things every year. Consider that you'll keep this thing 10 years. It's not a stretch for most people's driving habits.
That's just over $8 per day for a damn nice ride that's quite fun to drive. Once you drive one you'll never even think of going back to the likes of Hundai or Kia, or lower end GM and Ford products. Same goes for all "luxury" and performance cars. BMW, AUDI, VW, and Mercedes customers are usually very happy with their purchases, dollar per happiness value-wise, they're hard to beat. They have some of the highest return customer rates (perhaps Toyota is higher, I don't recall), and the cars hold their value longer than most.
That has to say something.
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