Dan Stromberg wrote:
I have precisely 0 experience with them, but it appears that they run
Wince or XPe, which means that no matter what OS you run on them,
microsoft still profits from the deal.  The get money from an OS sale,
and they get to jack their installed-based numbers - which contributes
to commercial developers preferring to develop for (only) microsoft
platforms.

I have no control over you of course, but I hope you'll vote with your
dollars for a better candidate.

I share your sentiments. Unfortunately, I can't find any other neat diskless box in the UK, and I don't want to contribute to the profits of the banking industry, UK Customs & Excise, and Fed Ex by importing.


It's not a perfect world, but if you can suggest an alternative in the UK, I'll go for it.

John
p.s. The last PC I bought was a Dell, and they wouldn't ship without MS-Windows either. In fact, they didn't even understand the question.



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