Comments on: Same Price, But Same Hardware? http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/06/22/same-price-but-same-hardware/ Keeping you in the loop with up-to-date Linux news. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:46:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Steve B http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/06/22/same-price-but-same-hardware/#comment-8384 Steve B Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:33:17 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/?p=337#comment-8384 I still don't think you can compare at all. To Asus, the Linux Eee PC and Windows version are two different products, and are no doubt priced differently - based on anticipated demand, expected volume to ship, expected technical issues or complaints, etc. It's just not as simple as "same hardware different OS" and when people claim that it is, it shows a complete lack of business sense, and amounts more to wishful thinking than fair comment. I still don’t think you can compare at all. To Asus, the Linux Eee PC and Windows version are two different products, and are no doubt priced differently - based on anticipated demand, expected volume to ship, expected technical issues or complaints, etc.

It’s just not as simple as “same hardware different OS” and when people claim that it is, it shows a complete lack of business sense, and amounts more to wishful thinking than fair comment.

]]> By: manny http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/06/22/same-price-but-same-hardware/#comment-8155 manny Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:51:50 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/?p=337#comment-8155 Acer said it: on a $1000 pc windows is peanuts, but on a budget pc... linux will be a great competitor on the low cost front. if you look at the amazon eeePC linux reviews, everyone is good (not much to complain about), not a single bad review. In fact the Win XP version gets lower scores :) Acer said it: on a $1000 pc windows is peanuts, but on a budget pc…

linux will be a great competitor on the low cost front.

if you look at the amazon eeePC linux reviews, everyone is good (not much to complain about), not a single bad review. In fact the Win XP version gets lower scores :)

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