I just have trouble visualizing any possible scenario where a potential buyer sees a netbook with a choice of XP, Ubuntu and Android and chooses Android. Seems like complete and irrational fantasy to me - given that most wouldn't even choose Ubuntu in this circumstance, but I admit perhaps it's a failure of imagination on my part. Maybe it would be the raging, runaway success the G1 has become.
Plus, given a long, lingering taste of what development limbo will probably always be like with Android, part of me runs screaming at the very idea of dealing with it for anything but a phone. On Apr 13, 10:27 am, Jason Van Anden <[email protected]> wrote: > There are people who (still) feel exactly the same way - about their > desktops. Most people use their computer for things like email, web > browsing and playing solitaire. They already have way more power than > they need. > > So then you might say, "Why not just get a G1?" If you have to make a > choice between a smartphone or a netbook for any and all of your > computing needs, I am going to guess that most would choose the > netbook (and a cheap cell phone). > > Jason Van Andenhttp://www.smileproject.com > > > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Sundog <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I admit maybe it's a failure of imagination on my part, but I REALLY > > don't get the point of an underpowered OS on a netbook when a more > > powerful one (or three) is readily available. Maybe I demand more of > > mine; my MSI Wind boots both OS X and XP, and I can't imagine why I'd > > want LESS power. At the present speed of developmment it will be late > > in the 21st century before Android can power my needs on a laptop/ > > netbook. > > > Someone would have to be a slick talker on the level of P.T. Barnum to > > get me to go for an OS written in Java on my laptop in the first > > place. What am I not getting? > > > On Apr 10, 4:29 pm, Randy_D <[email protected]> wrote: > >> InformationWeek April 8, 2009: > >> "Acer To Use Android For Phones, Not Netbooks > >> Google's operating system isn't ready for prime time on netbooks > >> because of its browsing experience, Acer executives say. "- Hide quoted > >> text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
