With the BIOS, that's limited to VGA or worse, but EFI supports high resolution displays. Likewise, it can run with a proper graphical user interface, rather than the blocky text-only mode that's currently the best on offer -- and it has it's own networking, so can be used for remote diagnostics.
Imagine what TurboTax will be able to do with the "remote diagnostics!" Perhaps they should rent a suite with the RIAA to monitor the boot sequence of every computer on the planet, just to protect those starving artists and programmers...
It would probably be best to show off the applications. Have the Linux box connect to a Windows box via Samba, perhaps?
Even better, have a computer running Windows XP home and try to connect to an NT network... then have a Linux box successfully do this trick.
If you were sending you child off to college, do you want them to be able to connect to their network shares? Not with Home... you'll need to spend the big bucks on Pro! Somehow, this information isn't making it to the BestBuy salespeople.
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It would probably be best to show off the applications. Have the Linux box connect to a Windows box via Samba, perhaps?
Even better, have a computer running Windows XP home and try to connect to an NT network... then have a Linux box successfully do this trick. If you were sending you child off to college, do you want them to be able to connect to their network shares? Not with Home... you'll need to spend the big bucks on Pro! Somehow, this information isn't making it to the BestBuy salespeople.
talk about FUD...