As a few others have hinted at the fact that MS wants to run XP on it is more of a "meh". The fact that the price almost doubled is a killer. This significantly reduces the penetration given the same budgets as before. I would prefer to see a $100 linux version and a $175 "windows ready" version. This way developing countries could make the choice (not that it would be a hard one).
I don't think it's a case of google can do no wrong. Google was the only search engine that didn't roll over and play dead to gov't subpoenas that overreached. It also has a pretty good record (no one's perfect). What are you afraid of? That ads might be more pertinent to things you care about? If Google can reign in doubleclick's ads and merge them with the non-graphical Google ad bar I'd be one happy camper.
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As a few others have hinted at the fact that MS wants to run XP on it is more of a "meh". The fact that the price almost doubled is a killer. This significantly reduces the penetration given the same budgets as before. I would prefer to see a $100 linux version and a $175 "windows ready" version. This way developing countries could make the choice (not that it would be a hard one).
I don't think it's a case of google can do no wrong. Google was the only search engine that didn't roll over and play dead to gov't subpoenas that overreached. It also has a pretty good record (no one's perfect). What are you afraid of? That ads might be more pertinent to things you care about? If Google can reign in doubleclick's ads and merge them with the non-graphical Google ad bar I'd be one happy camper.