You Say You Want a Revolution?
Eyeing the trends around user-friendly Linux desktops, sub-$500 notebooks, universal broadband, and Web 2.0 office applications, my colleague Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols opines that we're on the brink of a low-end Linux revolution.
For my part, I'm not so sure.
Without question, Linux has matured into a effective, manageable, and low-cost solution for companies' and individuals' computing needs--I've been getting my work and play accomplished quite nicely since just after Windows XP went gold, in 2001.
However, I'm severely underwhelmed by most of the low-cost notebook machines that Steven cites in his column. The Asus eeePC, for instance, sports a paltry 800x480 pixel display at a time when dread horizontal-scrolling is becoming the norm on even 1024x768 displays.
What's more, universal broadband isn't seeming so universal to me, and I live and work in the ultra-connected city of San Francisco.
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