[sclug] A "Why even bother" comment from a Windows user

[alan c]

Alex Cockell wrote:
> Hi folks, 
> 
> Am down in Seaford at the mo - popped into a local PC shop down here to
> ask where I could get a Wifi signal - and spent a little while chatting.
> The proprietor and I discussed stuff like the best and worst machines
> for repair that he got... and he apparently only sells Asus stuff.
> 
> I asked if he was going to be carrying Eee 901s... and his reply has to
> be heard ot be believed... he was waiting till Asus brought out an Eee
> that could handle Vista.
> 
> I was gobsmacked... kinda defeats the whole purpose of Small, Cheap
> Computers...

perhaps he has heard that thieves do not want to steal vista!
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/27/linux-netbook-thieves-ignore

Reduce crime! use Vista?
-- 
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391
Linux user #360648