[Bani-Banan @ Mar 29th 2008 3:30AM]

As I said before, If I can put OS X 86 on that, I'd buy that before you even have time to fap at a /b/ picture.

Although, it's probably better than the Apple TV. I sure we can upgrade the hard drive. I doubt it'll include a 4GB SSD.

[Andrew Campbell @ Mar 29th 2008 3:48AM]

Tits or GTFO.

[ethana2 @ Mar 29th 2008 4:54AM]

OSX on x86 can go screw itself. The ****s at Apple are the reason more people use the GPLv3 than the BSD license.

As for us non-windows, non-mac users *dodges screwdriver*, our hardware support is better, and we have more games. ..not that you'd want to play them on a thing like the eee...

[Nathan @ Mar 29th 2008 2:32PM]

Oh get off your stupid *NIX /BSD box, no one gives TWO shits what OS you use.

NO ONES GIVES TWO SHITS about how using a niche operating system makes you feel happy in your pants, and superior to all those idiot Windows and Mac users who never have to compile software with a command line, or change settings with a terminal window.

"OMG I get to do things the hard way, on an OS no one cares about! *flex e-peen*!!!!"

Piss off! God!

[skulldriveshaft @ Mar 29th 2008 11:18PM]

@Nathan

Not all distros are created equal.

And calling *nix a niche operating system, is a little outdated now. I'm glad you can feel happy in your pants using Windows or OSX though.

Ubuntu, and a few others, have moved very far away from a command line compiling requirement. But, if you absolutely need it, it's still there.

Moving onto the headline though.

This could help relieve some pressure for EEE's, on second thought, probably not.

ASUS really has a massive glowing halo floating above their headquarters, and they're doing it with windows, and linux. Not many companies could do this, and I don't think many of those companies would even risk it like ASUS has.

For this year I'm going to be buying a handful of ASUS systems, the price points are very attractive.

Hope we see this in North America as soon as possible. I'm also waiting for their widescreen HDTV LCD's that come integrated with a computer.

[Nathan @ Mar 30th 2008 5:01AM]

So a *NIX OS is not niche anymore you say? Mainstream now is it? Let's exclude any UNIX desktops and focus on just Linux.

Well, first let's go ahead and check some market share numbers for February 2008 real quick:

Of computers that browse the internet
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8
91.58% are Windows based
7.46% are Apple OSes (not including iPhone @ 0.14%)

little quick math and...
that is 99.04% of internet browsing desktop operating systems.
Linux (any distro thereof) adds 0.65% to the pie

Now, let's look at the definition of a niche market:
www.stealingshare.com/terminology.asp
"Not mass marketed. Marketed to a smaller group of consumers who share a specific need/desire that is not a universal consumer expectation."

So, now, given that less than 1% of internet users do so with a Linux desktop system, and given that I have provided the definition of niche, tell me again how my assumption is outdated.

[Baller @ Apr 6th 2008 9:42PM]

Nathan is the fuckin' man.

[k99goran @ Mar 31st 2008 7:46AM]

"Linux (any distro thereof) adds 0.65% to the pie"
"Not mass marketed. Marketed to a smaller group of consumers who share a specific need/desire that is not a universal consumer expectation."

A product can be marketed to a large group of consumers and still command a small overall market share.

This would be the case of products that either don't meet the targeted market's demands or has just been introduced to a slow moving market. I think many Linux distributions would fit into the latter category. Even if you were to make an operating system that could compete with Windows on all fronts it would take a long time before the market would shift.