33 messages in com.ubuntu.lists.ubuntu-ukRe: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed ...| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Eddie Bernard | Mar 25, 2009 3:04 am | |
| Tim Powys-Lybbe | Mar 25, 2009 3:16 am | |
| Rob Beard | Mar 25, 2009 3:19 am | |
| Jamie Bennett | Mar 25, 2009 3:23 am | |
| Rob Beard | Mar 25, 2009 3:39 am | |
| Alan Pope | Mar 25, 2009 3:39 am | |
| Eddie Bernard | Mar 25, 2009 3:46 am | |
| Eddie Bernard | Mar 25, 2009 4:25 am | |
| Alan Pope | Mar 25, 2009 4:42 am | |
| Eddie Bernard | Mar 25, 2009 4:46 am | |
| Rob Beard | Mar 25, 2009 5:11 am | |
| Steve Cook | Mar 25, 2009 5:14 am | |
| Jamie Bennett | Mar 25, 2009 5:18 am | |
| Eddie Bernard | Mar 25, 2009 5:26 am | |
| John Levin | Mar 25, 2009 5:51 am | |
| Eddie Bernard | Mar 25, 2009 6:14 am | |
| Ted | Mar 25, 2009 7:29 am | |
| Paul Broadhead | Mar 25, 2009 12:00 pm | |
| Alan Bell | Mar 25, 2009 12:33 pm | |
| Liam Proven | Mar 25, 2009 3:50 pm | |
| Matt Jones | Mar 25, 2009 4:17 pm | |
| Liam Proven | Mar 25, 2009 4:40 pm | |
| Sean Miller | Mar 25, 2009 10:37 pm | |
| Alan Bell | Mar 25, 2009 11:44 pm | |
| Sean Miller | Mar 26, 2009 12:44 am | |
| Dave Morley | Mar 26, 2009 1:53 am | |
| Rob Beard | Mar 26, 2009 2:14 am | |
| Rob Beard | Mar 26, 2009 2:28 am | |
| Eddie Bernard | Mar 26, 2009 2:51 am | |
| mike daniels | Mar 26, 2009 3:52 am | |
| alan c | Mar 26, 2009 4:39 am | |
| Eddie Bernard | Mar 27, 2009 1:05 am | |
| alan c | Mar 27, 2009 2:14 am |
| Subject: | Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed computer prices | |
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| From: | John Levin (jo...@technolalia.org) | |
| Date: | Mar 25, 2009 5:51:02 am | |
| List: | com.ubuntu.lists.ubuntu-uk | |
Eddie Bernard wrote:
I think the market conditions are pretty difficult at the moment, too. Understandably, perhaps, but then again I would have thought if anything the lower end of the market would be attracting more customers trying to get a cheap PC. Or maybe people just aren't buying PCs at all right now. I know eBay is no great source of information on this, but if you look at the completed listings in the desktop section, you'll see dozens of PCs every day going unsold.
I have enough computers, not buying any more for a while, but I would love a linux-based version of Apple's Time Capsule. Something *really* simple, that requires little or no set up, just plug it in and let it back everything up. Even better if it had a broadband modem built in (Time Capsule is missing this, and El Reg complained: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/03/23/review_networking_wireless_router_apple_time_capsule/ )
I might also pay for a media centre, for similar plug n play reasons: building this stuff is lots of fun, but also time consuming. Apple's attraction is the ease of use, but the price (sometimes) and the lock-in (iTunes, Mail.app, both limited and hacker-unfriendly) can be a deal breaker.
£0.02
John
-- John Levin http://www.technolalia.org/blog/