And why should any company be forced to sell you their hardware with LINUX installed? It works both ways.
You want LINUX, use the instructions already all over the internet to install LINUX on the ux180p. You don't want Windows on a Laptop from a computer manufacturer who clearly tells you what you are getting for your money - no crime there - then find a company who has what you want or go out and build your own.
It is so naive and childish for the fanboys here to criticize others who don't bow to their wishes and convenience. When there are enough of you to make focusing on some other OS sound practice buiness-wise, it will happen. But no one is forcing you to get or buy anything you don't want so wake up.
I think what people who have problems with this device fail to grasp is that this is not, and never was intended to be, a pda or pim. This is a full featured Windows XP Pro PC that approaches PDA size.
So clearly, if you are just a note taker or a teen obsessed with emails or text messages, then clearly, I repeat, clearly this is not the machine for you. But no one ever said it was or should be.
Yes the device has some shortcomings - what first gen product doesn't? And yes, it is not even the smallest in its class. But you must understand that you have pretty much all the essential features of any laptop computer weighing 5x and more. You can put all the files of any type you care to through the usual means and view them through the usual means on this machine. How many times have we heard moans of exasperation from users of music players and pdas complaining about formats and file sizes and conversions, etc. etc. Those problems are moot here - everything is native.
I also don't believe this runs hot - as several people who have actually used it have indicated. Sony does not use metal but a solid, strong material that does not tend toward shifting, creaking or bending.
Anyway, I think some of the discussion by a few people posting here show that they clearly don't get the intent and market this computer is aiming for. But for that market, it is a truly excellent device.
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And why should any company be forced to sell you their hardware with LINUX installed? It works both ways.
You want LINUX, use the instructions already all over the internet to install LINUX on the ux180p. You don't want Windows on a Laptop from a computer manufacturer who clearly tells you what you are getting for your money - no crime there - then find a company who has what you want or go out and build your own.
It is so naive and childish for the fanboys here to criticize others who don't bow to their wishes and convenience. When there are enough of you to make focusing on some other OS sound practice buiness-wise, it will happen. But no one is forcing you to get or buy anything you don't want so wake up.
I think what people who have problems with this device fail to grasp is that this is not, and never was intended to be, a pda or pim. This is a full featured Windows XP Pro PC that approaches PDA size.
So clearly, if you are just a note taker or a teen obsessed with emails or text messages, then clearly, I repeat, clearly this is not the machine for you. But no one ever said it was or should be.
Yes the device has some shortcomings - what first gen product doesn't? And yes, it is not even the smallest in its class. But you must understand that you have pretty much all the essential features of any laptop computer weighing 5x and more. You can put all the files of any type you care to through the usual means and view them through the usual means on this machine. How many times have we heard moans of exasperation from users of music players and pdas complaining about formats and file sizes and conversions, etc. etc. Those problems are moot here - everything is native.
I also don't believe this runs hot - as several people who have actually used it have indicated. Sony does not use metal but a solid, strong material that does not tend toward shifting, creaking or bending.
Anyway, I think some of the discussion by a few people posting here show that they clearly don't get the intent and market this computer is aiming for. But for that market, it is a truly excellent device.