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Windows Laptops Ship With Linux Media Player
hqm writes "Maybe this is the real way Windows will be made irrelevant, not by a Linux desktop, but by Linux embedded software. LinuxDevices has an article stating 'NEC is the latest vendor to announce a laptop with a built-in embedded Linux based media player option. The NEC Versa S3000 will use InterVideo's InstantOn technology to enable users to listen to music, watch DVDs, and more without having to wait for Windows to load. Another major laptop vendor, Toshiba, in July launched its Qosmio laptop, which also includes a Linux-based media player environment. NEC will market the S3000 in Hong Kong and China. The laptop also includes InterVideo's popular WinDVD DVD playing software, which is also available for Linux.'"
``Unless Windows Media Player is *not* included as the default player, i don't think this bundling will actually help much.''
Which is exactly what is happening in Europe.
Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.
Do you, or any of the other slashbots get it?
This is what the device does when you turn it on:
- Checks for disc in drive
- If disc is present, and is a DVD or CD Audio Disc, the device boots the "media player" burned into roms on the board
- If not, it boots normally.
This is really dual-booting, except one of the OS's lives in firmware.
In other words, it doesn't "save RAM" when running windows, it doesn't have to do with Windows Update. It doesn't have anything to do with windows at all.
It's as if you booted from a floppy that had a linux-based media player on it.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Windows Media Player does not include a DVD player; it can play DVDs, but you need to install a codec. WinDVD installs the codec for it to use.
I am disrespectful to dirt! Can you see that I am serious?!
If you check out Toms Hardware you can see a small chunk of cube pc's which already feature this.
Not a bad option if you are like me and looking for a portable everything box with an alternate plan of being a PVR in its spare time.
However, after looking over the prices I decided I would rather have a mini-itx solution.
A nice C3 board with tv out and a PCI slot for capture ended up being my pick. Thankfully, I alraady have most of the components to slap into this little beast. The final product should measure about 7 x 2 x 10 (w x h x l).
Yeah, it won't have instant on dvd support, but I'm not going to nit pick when my savings was in the 300+ range.
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