Re: Re: Highest priced e-reader?

On May 8, 2008, at 11:30 AM, auwg wrote:

> --- In [email protected], Mary E Tyler <dejahvu@...>  
> wrote:
>>> Meanwhile I can buy a notebook PC for $A500 or an Acer EEE for
>>> $A400. I think that answers the question below.
>>
>> I saw an Asus Eee Linux based micro-laptop for $400 in Consumer
>> Reports. They said it was limited by Linux and by it's flash RAM  
>> "hard
>> drive" but I was thinking, "boy, it looks a lot lighter to carry
>> around than my laptop."
>> Passing ebook readers by.
>> dej
>
> "Limited by Linux"? So much for unbiased reporting, huh?

I agree. Linux is not a limiting factor for me, but then I'm a tech  
journalist covering open source. But Consumer Reports is more aimed at  
my mother and my non-techie friends. I'm sorry, but Linux WOULD be a  
limiting factor for them.

And yes, Consumer Reports bias towards Windows machines is still going  
strong, though they often choose certain Mac models as Best Buys.

> The Asus Eee may have a limited RAM hard drive, but that's fixable.

I agree, I was actually kind of excited about it.

Wish there was a Kindle Reader for Linux/Mac/Etc... But I doubt Amazon  
will go that way. They want to sell razors, methinks. I am not sure if  
they would be happy selling blades. (ie people with iPods buy from  
iTunes but so do people who just play music from the desktop).

dej

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