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The UI in the video was certainly a bit surprising. Didn't look to be really even stylus usable, yet alone anything else.
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Originally Posted by daperl
In the meantime, there's locked-down MIPS units.
And if they can get close to that "sub-$200" netbook target. Watch out!
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Originally Posted by sjgadsby
MIPS is really slow compared to ARM (at the same clock speed and similar cache sizes). I would avoid it, even at this price.
In the meantime, there's locked-down MIPS units.
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Originally Posted by daperl
The real question is whether anyone needs a sub-$200 netbook that does not run MS Office. I mean, a $400 underpowered Windows laptop is certainly a better bargain than a $1500 real Windows laptop of about the same weight and thickness. But $200 vs. $400, if the first one does not even run user's applications?...
A light, zippy netbook with a 9 hour charge should attract more than just us geeks. And if they can get close to that "sub-$200" netbook target. Watch out!
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Originally Posted by fms
Not everyone needs Office.
The real question is whether anyone needs a sub-$200 netbook that does not run MS Office.
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and there are options, like openoffice or abiword and gnumeric 
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Originally Posted by fms
I'm an MS hater and I have an almost-5-year-old so I tend to think differently. How many times have you read a post like this, "For under a $1000 I just got me, the wife and the 2 kids a netbook." Now what kid won't be able to get by through high school without MS Office? We get them while they're young and a good wifey likes to leave work at work and my experience is they don't care what they use at home as long as it ain't broken. That seems like a big market to me. Open Office or something similar will be all the kids know. I realize some schools have MS requirements, but that is shrinking daily. Keep the faith.
The real question is whether anyone needs a sub-$200 netbook that does not run MS Office. I mean, a $400 underpowered Windows laptop is certainly a better bargain than a $1500 real Windows laptop of about the same weight and thickness. But $200 vs. $400, if the first one does not even run user's applications?...
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2009-01-07
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Hear, hear. OpenOffice it is. Over here we have over 50.000 *ADULTS* using it in public administration... for real work :-)
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2009-01-07
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Originally Posted by ragnar
Well, the Pandora's goal is not to provide a kick-*** interface. It's to provide the hardware, then the community can build the kick-*** interface (or they can just borrow it from Nokia).
The UI in the video was certainly a bit surprising. Didn't look to be really even stylus usable, yet alone anything else.
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Originally Posted by fms
Well, Nokia tablets don't run MS office, and for those who claim an N800 is too big for their pockets, anyway...
The real question is whether anyone needs a sub-$200 netbook that does not run MS Office. I mean, a $400 underpowered Windows laptop is certainly a better bargain than a $1500 real Windows laptop of about the same weight and thickness. But $200 vs. $400, if the first one does not even run user's applications?...
Basically, at $200, you don't have to need it; it's down in the useful-toy range for many people.
And LaTeX should run just fine.
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