That's true, and frankly if/when Linux starts becoming preinstalled on many desktops from major manufacturers (you can get them from smaller shops, and Walmart sells a box, but they're uncommon), this won't be a problem. Most people don't add/reconfigure a lot of hardware after they get their computer, and frankly many of them probably ask/pay someone to do it for them (I know I've done that sort of thing for people, even though they could easily reinstall drivers by following instructions...*). My point is that hardware setup won't be a problem, since, like other OSes, the drivers/configuration will already be set up.
* If more people could just follow instructions--written and verbal--then the computer industry would be a better place.
This is very smart! I've always wondered why someone couldn't take a dual-core box and buy a single-core license for a webserver and a database server and run them both using "half" the system each!
I don't know what hardware Apple's Intel laptops will use, but my Intel Pentium M laptop easily gets four to five hours of battery life if it's not doing something CPU-intensive. I can reliably get 3.5 to 4.5 hours, and I can usually get 4 to 5 if I am very conservative.
(It's an Asus M2400Ne with a 1.7 GHz Dothan Pentium-M.)
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That's true, and frankly if/when Linux starts becoming preinstalled on many desktops from major manufacturers (you can get them from smaller shops, and Walmart sells a box, but they're uncommon), this won't be a problem. Most people don't add/reconfigure a lot of hardware after they get their computer, and frankly many of them probably ask/pay someone to do it for them (I know I've done that sort of thing for people, even though they could easily reinstall drivers by following instructions...*). My point is that hardware setup won't be a problem, since, like other OSes, the drivers/configuration will already be set up.
* If more people could just follow instructions--written and verbal--then the computer industry would be a better place.
This is very smart! I've always wondered why someone couldn't take a dual-core box and buy a single-core license for a webserver and a database server and run them both using "half" the system each!
I don't know what hardware Apple's Intel laptops will use, but my Intel Pentium M laptop easily gets four to five hours of battery life if it's not doing something CPU-intensive. I can reliably get 3.5 to 4.5 hours, and I can usually get 4 to 5 if I am very conservative.
(It's an Asus M2400Ne with a 1.7 GHz Dothan Pentium-M.)