what I would like to see is a major network providing prepaid unlimited data access, at least on per month basis.

Thank you for your entertaining and somewhat informative/regurgitative post,

1. For your information, just about every modern OS has HAL. When AMD64 instructions first came out, do you know which kernel was first ported to it? hint: not Windows. It took MS quite a bit longer than others.

2. You are including a lot of _should_ and _should_not_. Most things don't really work as they _should_. You can compile specific drivers into the kernel, but you can also load them as modules, in which case you don't need to recompile.

3. Actual hardware RAM support (not Virtual) in Windows is 16 Gb for Home, and 128Gb for others. You most likely won't need more than 16 Gb, let alone 128 Gb to play your latest game, but, yes, there definitely are needs for >16Gb and >128Gb RAM. And, you should seriously stop drinking whatever it is you are drinking, it's not just some parameter you can change and recompile and voila!

4. You don't think memory access has anything to do with the kernel? seriously? seriously seriously?

5. MinWin etc... really, stop drinking the cool-aid. You _can_ in fact remove things you don't need from the kernel yourself. It's done quite frequently, by many different companies/organisations/persons. You think the Linux kernel in TiVo requires printer drivers? If you want a small kernel with specific and limited functionality, just leave out the other crap when you compile the kernel. That's it. And yes, MinWin really worked wonders in Vista! really made Vista into a speed demon!

A cut-down GUI-less HTTP-server MinWin requires 25mb diskspace. (http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=842)
On the other hand, this (http://www.picotux.com/indexe.html) runs on 2mb of diskspace and 8 mb of RAM.

6. perhaps you know a thing or two about Windows kernel, at least what it says on paper, but you seriously lack knowledge about Linux kernel.

I see, we are talking about different things clearly. You are talking about Kernal, and I am talking about kernel.

"Well the Linux kernal can't run DX, Can't run Windows Kernal Programs, and doesn't get authorized support."
hmm... this is ... what? what's your point here? Windows kernel doesn't run X (without 3rd party), doesn't run Linux programs (without 3rd party), and I assume doesn't get authorized support, whatever that means. Unless, of course, you are talking about Kernal, not kernel, in which case, I am totally ignorant about it.

(Do you understand what is a kernel? what is the window manager? graphical system? sound system? etc?)

@NohOne
err... it's nice you can randomly just write stuff you don't understand without even looking things up.

Some examples of things Linux kernel does more than Windows kernel:
- Linux kernel supports more CPU architectures
- Linux kernel supports higher number of processors
- while Windows may have more 3rd party official device driver support, Linux kernel has more and better device driver support
- in 64-bit, Linux supports more memory than Windows kernel

There are of course other features that Windows have and Linux doesn't, but most of them are comparable, but the ones I have outlined are generally accepted to be the advantages of Linux kernel.

Hi MarioSpitza and Grammar Delinquent,

I am not really sure what you would define as not-3rd-party. WINE is bundled with most distributions. In fact, other than the Linux
Kernel itself, everything else is "3rd party", going by your definition. KDE, Gnome and xfce are both 3rd party. OpenOffice is 3rd party. GIMP is 3rd party. Okular is 3rd party. etc.

So are you comparing kernel to kernel? I am pretty sure Windows kernel has every less functionality than Linux kernel.

"for less than a song"

God, I hope so. Last time I heard, a song costs $80,000.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/06/riaa-jury-slaps-2-million-fine-on-jammie-thomas/

- Atom 330
- Euro tax (gov imposed and company imposed)
- Shuttle premium

and they just feel like it.

no, not under a rock. He's been dead and buried for some 280+ years now, obviously he's a bit out of touch.

or it's possible that they are actually aimed at different product segments?

- that M1 is a Atom-based (x86 compatible) MID (mobile internet device?), while M2 is a "SmartPhone" (as per image), which is very unlikely to be running any x86 processors.

- that it's unlikely a second generation product would have screen that is barely bigger than most mobile phones these days and no keyboard, is to replace the first product, an internet device with much larger screen and hardware keyboard

I don't know for sure, I am not an professional editor or writer, I am just guessing here.

What do you think?

no to be pedantic or anything, but the "A" in "RAZR" is in fact a vowel.

This fantastic!

Apple is finally tapping into the gullibly stup*d and big-spending demograph that is the Audiophiles! Combined with the Apple cult-base, they are going to be able to squeeze even more money out of the gullibles by providing even less than ever before!

I predict in a few weeks time, they will sell a special USB cable for the iPods and iPhones which will provide highest fidelity of music file transfer from your MacBooks, as well as charge your iGadgets faster than any other cable, because it contains a strand of Steve Jobs' hair. And it will only cost $49.99.