Re: Thousands wait in line for new Apple store - New linux store also opens (with photos)

On Sat, 17 May 2008 02:50:20 GMT, Canuck57 wrote:

> "Moshe Goldfarb" <brick.n.straw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:1odiq5vmlc4zz$.1dsfbhtwgpkb6.dlg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 16:00:18 -0700, George Graves wrote:
>>
>>> I believe that Linux would have a larger "market share" IF computer
>>> manufacturers stopped pre-installing Windows on their machines. If
faced 
>>> with
>>> a choice of buying Windows retail, and getting Linux for free (or 
>>> practically
>>> free - that $10 CD price, you know) a lot more people would go for it.
If
>>> that occurred, Linux user-****p would soon reach the critical mass to 
>>> interest
>>> major developers in ****ting their apps to the platform. That's not
going 
>>> to
>>> happen, however and I think that Linux will always remain regulated to

>>> the
>>> "enthusiast" segment.
>>
>> If things were starting from scratch right now I would agree with you
>> however let's suppose that the user could go to Circuit City and buy
bare
>> machines with no OS.
>>
>> The first question would be " can I run all my Windows programs like
>> Quicken, iTunes (including the iStore) with the Linux machine?"
>>
>> Can I use the programs my children bring home from school on it?
>>
>> And so forth.
>>
>> IOW the same questions people ask today.
>>
>> That coupled with the consumer looking around the store at all the
Windows
>> shrink wrap would knock Linux out of the box.
>>
>> Then there is the profit motive of the store.
>> Why sell a Linux machine when a Windows machine will bring in more
money
>> via all the extra programs that have to be purchased?
>>
>> I don't think it will work.
> 
> You are right.  Go to the store and ask for where the return sales are. 
> Usually can get a few hundred off of a Vista crapware on a quad core AMD
or 
> Intel for cheap as the base install is screwed up.  "It didn't work with
my 
> Video capture, camera or printer..." returns are what you look for. 
Vista 
> x64 Premium are usually good catches.
> 
> Bonus for Linux users.

Linux users typically are searching in dumpsters for hardware.

-- 
Moshe Goldfarb
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