On Thu, 10 May 2012, Yaron wrote: > On Thu, 10 May 2012, Mike Miller wrote: > >> That's fair, but did you believe this part of the article?: >> >> "Eight to ten million units shipped last year world-wide. > > It's not so much that I don't belive it, but... well, have YOU seen a > computer that had shipped with Ubuntu pre-installed? No, but that's world-wide and I think the EU countries and India are both much more accepting of Linux than is the corporate-dominated USA. > A few years ago with the whole netbook thing going on, a lot of those > shipped with Linux. Then that just died off. Then the whole netbook > thing died off. So I dunno. Again, it might be different in Europe and Asia. I think the Ubuntu 12.04 on my Asus netbook would be pretty hard to beat. If people just knew how to use it, they would love it. What is the attraction of the iPad, anyway? I see why it is good for reading -- very good, probably (I haven't used one) -- but for most of the stuff I do, which involves a *lot* of typing, it is not appealing to me. The netbook is just about right -- small/light enough, fits in front of me on the plane, and has great battery life (now with hibernation!). It's great for typing and for watching movies -- presumably better than iPad which doesn't hold itself up for viewing or have a keyboard for typing. I still can't believe the killer netbook I got for my daughter at Costco for $250 back in November -- way cheaper than iPad. Mike