On Thursday 14 Feb 2013 20:49:04 Andy Smith wrote: > I agree with you that there is a trade-off, but I just wanted to > point out that compared to devices like a Chromebook, anything you > can build is neither "C" nor "OTS".
By COTS I meant a machine which was not self-built. > The shelves that devices like Chromebooks are off of are in > supermarkets. The shelves that you're talking about are specialist > suppliers like Ebuyer and Scan. Or PC World, or any other retailer. I considered a few of the supermarket offerings when buying my laptop. The deciding factor in the end was that Ebuyer had an offer on, not that the Supermarkets were unable to supply something suitable. > We as computing enthusiasts and professionals need to be careful > about falling into the trap of not considering the needs of normal > people. Normal people are extremely well-served by very cheap tablet > devices and cloud computing, and this is only going to become more > the case. Indeed they are. However, it is only one use case. We must also avoid falling into the trap of thinking that anyone who doesn't work in IT only wants to use a limited set of features. Cheers, Tim B. -- Hampshire Linux User Group Chairman -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
