I've played with Leopard for a few days now, and is it me, or is it a close knockoff to Solaris/Any favorite Linux distribution? I'd almost rather use Ubuntu than Leopard. I mean spaces has been around forever, rsync instead of Time Machine, and I just hate browsing in the Applications dir for the programs I haven't docked yet. I wish there was a Win key + E alternative to getting to browsing the files system, like there is in XP too.
I'm not against X, as a matter of fact, that's the only laptop or desktop that I'd put money towards right now for a family computer. But I find myself more productive in XP/Vista/Ubuntu after trying Leopard.
> You don't have to be a cynic to understand that the impact of a $100 notebook could be huge and the price has generated the majority of the interest in the project.
_If_ the notebook was really $100 then maybe I wouldn't be so cynical.
The only way to get one of these in the US is to participate in the Give One Get One program, where you buy 2 and give one away to help a child that would otherwise not receive an XO. It's a noble cause, but now you've upped the price for one (to the general public) from $100 to $400. We're still very far away from the realization of a $100 notebook, in my opinion.
See one of these XO notebooks next to a common Dell laptop. They are extremely smaller in size:
They should just call it $199 and use the extra $11 for other kids that definitely can't afford one. I'd buy one still for $200, unless the ASUS EEE kicks its butt.
I never realized how small these laptops were though, until I saw one in person
Who, being a real gamer uses a retail outlet that is hurting bigtime for customers to procure their "Dream Gaming PC" parts?
He also never mentioned PriceWatch which is a fantastic resource for being able to determine who is offering the cheapest prices for the best hardware in the US.
I think he way overspent on his case and fans totally, and a grand total close to $2000? Who can afford that? I got the same system that this guy did minus the expensive case and fans (I've got the same temps on CPU), purchased a flat-screen 19" monitor, and instead got Crucial 512MB RAM for a grand total of $600 less.
Sounds like more advertising for OSDN and less thoughtfulness of $$$$ on his part.
I'd suggest to also go to Google Groups and search in alt.comp.hardware.amd.thunderbird for opinions on setups, if going with an Athlon system. There are a lot of people writing their experiences there.
This statement is correct. Of all the PC manufacturing companies it is a widely known fact that Dell spend the least in R&D. How do you think they keep prices so low? OK, OK... besides having the best supply chain management software in the world?
You can read about it in their investor reports. This is also why they also outsource a lot of enterprise-class machines from companies such as EMC -- They don't want to spend the money in R&D themselves!
Those in the supply-chain, and consumer electronic software business know these facts best.
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Supermicro just came out with some cool workstation boards that support the Seaburg chipset that's 1600Mhz. http://supermicro.com/products/launch/Intel/#MB5400
I've played with Leopard for a few days now, and is it me, or is it a close knockoff to Solaris/Any favorite Linux distribution? I'd almost rather use Ubuntu than Leopard. I mean spaces has been around forever, rsync instead of Time Machine, and I just hate browsing in the Applications dir for the programs I haven't docked yet. I wish there was a Win key + E alternative to getting to browsing the files system, like there is in XP too.
I'm not against X, as a matter of fact, that's the only laptop or desktop that I'd put money towards right now for a family computer. But I find myself more productive in XP/Vista/Ubuntu after trying Leopard.
_If_ the notebook was really $100 then maybe I wouldn't be so cynical.
The only way to get one of these in the US is to participate in the Give One Get One program, where you buy 2 and give one away to help a child that would otherwise not receive an XO. It's a noble cause, but now you've upped the price for one (to the general public) from $100 to $400. We're still very far away from the realization of a $100 notebook, in my opinion.
See one of these XO notebooks next to a common Dell laptop. They are extremely smaller in size:
http://flickr.com/photos/barl0w/1101266148/
You never realize how small these machines are until you see one next to an everyday-kind-of-laptop:
http://flickr.com/photos/barl0w/1101266148/
The keyboard reminds me of the first computer my dad and I soldered together
They should just call it $199 and use the extra $11 for other kids that definitely can't afford one. I'd buy one still for $200, unless the ASUS EEE kicks its butt. I never realized how small these laptops were though, until I saw one in person
Who, being a real gamer uses a retail outlet that is hurting bigtime for customers to procure their "Dream Gaming PC" parts?
He also never mentioned PriceWatch which is a fantastic resource for being able to determine who is offering the cheapest prices for the best hardware in the US.
I think he way overspent on his case and fans totally, and a grand total close to $2000? Who can afford that? I got the same system that this guy did minus the expensive case and fans (I've got the same temps on CPU), purchased a flat-screen 19" monitor, and instead got Crucial 512MB RAM for a grand total of $600 less.
Sounds like more advertising for OSDN and less thoughtfulness of $$$$ on his part.
I'd suggest to also go to Google Groups and search in alt.comp.hardware.amd.thunderbird for opinions on setups, if going with an Athlon system. There are a lot of people writing their experiences there.
-- I'm out
So you're the reason their earnings sucked? Putting all of their money into footing the telephone bill for 5000 newbies?
You can read about it in their investor reports. This is also why they also outsource a lot of enterprise-class machines from companies such as EMC -- They don't want to spend the money in R&D themselves!
Those in the supply-chain, and consumer electronic software business know these facts best.
Why not just use OpenUnix from Caldera? Unix with Linux.