How much is computer hardware *really* worth? This week, India announced a new $35 tablet PC
How low do you think computer prices will eventually go? And how long do you think new PC hardware will sustain $500 and higher price points (due to the built-in M$ tax of $100 to $500 per unit)? Is it not inevitable that the actual/true value of PC hardware and complete computers will continue to shrink ... and radically? Consider the ubiquitous electronic calculator at the now typical full retail price of about $1.00. And now that Linux is taking over an ever greater share of all computer-powered devices ... how much longer do you think antitrust M$ will be able to get away with holding baseball bats over the heads computer manufacturers and retailers? CONSIDER ... a few excerpts from the India announcement: Kapil Sibal, India's Minister for Human Resource Development unveiled a prototype touch-screen tablet PC that has been in development for five years. The initial target price is ... $35 US. This new tablet PC is part of India's push to provide high-quality education to all of its students. It also has a solar power option. Of course, it is a Linux-based computer with web browser, multimedia player, PDF reader, Wi-Fi, video conferencing ability, 2GB RAM, memory card, USB ports, and expected to be available next year. Students from the Indian Institute of Technology co-designed motherboards for it. They say the eventual price could be $20 or even as low as $10. See a photo and read the original article here: - - - http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20011536-1.html - - - YES! ... Linux powered computers will rule the computer world ;) It is inevitable. It is just basic economics. $10.00 computers with a $100-500 M$ tax added (and for an inferior, inefficient, bloatware, permanently virus, worm, and spyware infected system) just won't fly. The eventual victory is in sight ;) --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
