Microsoft Windows XP N Flops

ChocLinux writes "Dell, Lenovo and Fujitsu Siemens have announced they have no plans to pre-install Windows XP N, the version of Windows without a bundled media player that Microsoft released to comply with the European Commission antitrust ruling. It is now almost six months since Microsoft released Windows XP N, and the fact that no-one wants to sell it suggests that this antitrust case may be going the way of the US one. Also, the article raises the question - now that RealNetworks has settled with Microsoft, will anyone bother to complain about this? Of course there's a chance that the EC might bring a new antitrust case against Microsoft, but how much more effective is that likely to be?"

Comments

Re:It doesn't work for most

[bobintetley]

Biggest troll I've read in a long time.

1. iTunes can be run with Wine. I consider amaroK to be superior (AND it has neat iPod integration but who wants alternatives eh?)
2. ??
3. What? You mean the horrible software with giant buttons and "register for email functionality" crap? I don't see how this is any kind of disadvantage. In KDE, it's integrated, you plug the camera in, a camera icon appears on the desktop, you click it and you can view/edit/mail/save the photos.
4. That is the fault of the hardware manufacturers and I think printers that don't work with CUPS are generally the exception rather than the rule - I have yet to encounter a non-working, new, low end inkjet printer for family. HP and others even have open source drivers so you're safe there.
5. Bring it on, what the hell is wrong with the GIMP? How about Krita? How about the million and one other simple image manipulation packages?
6. That's not a specific complaint.

If all you're doing is browsing the web and writing letters, Linux is fine. But if you have an iPod, or use a digital camera/movie player, you're screwed.

Utter garbage - I use VLC and Mplayer, KDE's camera integration, amaroK's iPod integration and in ALL cases, they are simpler, more intuitive, require no drivers/separate install and "just work".

Re:Speaking as a mac user, it pains me to say this

[tshak]

I bought a ***COMPUTER*** not a MacOS box.


No, you bought a product made by Apple. They develop their products as they see fit for their target audience. While you can do what you want with their product, they do not need to support your use case. You need to find a product that meets your needs. It doesn't sound like Apple develops what you are looking for.

The last thing we need is the government telling Apple to waste time and money making their product do things that their target market doesn't care about.