Concept has been around for a while:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratellite

Kristin I really enjoyed your write up. I'm in a similar boat, SuSE was the first distro I tried and it does have a special place in my heart. I test installed 10.1 on a laptop and it didn't set up the wireless properly and I promptly removed it. I'd like to give it a try again and I think you're convincing me. I'm on Ubuntu now and I like it, just want to see what else it out there.

- rmjb

Yeah it's legal reasons. You have to pay a license fee for DVD playback, and since Ubuntu is free as in no-pay, they can't include it pre-installed.
It should be said that circumventing CSS in the US is not legal.

I hope MS is seeing this, because it makes no sense spending billions of dollars for users who are promising to leave the platform as soon as you buy it.

I like AMD and that's my prerogative. Before Dell started selling AMD systems I didn't even consider them. When they started I advised the small businesses I was supporting to buy Dells and got them AMD Dells. If they cut out AMD again I'll just move my business to HP.

Why? Because as I said before I like AMD and that's my prerogative.

This is coming from a layman, how does the Canon Powershot G9 compare to this?

- rmjb

This can't come too soon. In my little country itunes isn't here and there is no way to get legitimate downloads except maybe emusic, which doesn't have anything I recognise anyhow.

Amazon, you have another customer in waiting here in Trinidad and Tobago.

- rmjb

Thanks Tomer that worked great!

Because it's a gadget.

I'd like to know if it has a built in USB plug (no cable to walk around with) and if it's USB Mass Storage or MTP. If it's UMS and has a USB plug then that'll make a good combo pen drive/mp3 player.

- rmjb