I've been using linux since the 1.x kernel days and windows since 3.0 (and DOS before that). I'm very comfortable in both of those environments, so I don't "fear" the command line.


I think I've had to go there exactly once, and that was to fix my missing offline mode issue. I've installed a ton of programs without going to the command line, and I don't know why anyone really would. Of course I'm content to wait for applications to show up in the repository system as well.

To the question at hand, I don't think there's any question that if you broke out the number of components in an n800 at the transistor level and the number of parts and components down to the transistor level that a standard (non-satnav) car probably doesn't have as many parts. Take into account software, and I think the n800 is easily a more complicated device.

However, I think it takes a lot more effort to design, certify, produce, maintain and support a car - any car - than it does an n800. So in that sense, the n800 is a less complicated device. And let's not forget that you could easily install an n800 in a car, if you so choose, and that would make the whole debate a moot point.