XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: thomas.e.elam@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/13/2025 6:14 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 11/13/25 2:25 AM, Jan Panteltje wrote:   
   >>> "Joel W. Crump" wrote:   
   >>>> On 11/12/25 3:57 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>> On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 07:45:03 GMT, Jan Panteltje wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> I have an eepc 701 I bought many years ago, it came with Linux   
   >>>>> pre-installd   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I have one of those, too.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> The next models came with MS I think.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Microsoft had just introduced Vista, which was massively resource-   
   >>>> heavy,   
   >>>> as everyone knows. I remember a Microsoft guy coming round to talk   
   >>>> to our   
   >>>> Linux User’s Group, who claimed that the hardware had reached the point   
   >>>> where Vista’s requirements were entirely reasonable.   
   >>>   
   >>> This is not as important as what you went on to discuss in your post,   
   >>> but I would acknowledge that Vista sure gave one a view of the   
   >>> trajectory of Windows NT as a platform, to becoming more and more   
   >>> demanding on hardware, what ended up in Windows 7's release was a   
   >>> beautiful product, but it didn't run on just anything.   
   >>   
   >> I have read MS is holding shares in hardware companies.   
   >> Making more bloated software sells ever more new PCs.   
   >> Nothing MS software can do that cannot be done with simpler hardware   
   >> in Linux,   
   >> for a fraction of thew cost.   
   >> Seems much computer power is needed for advertizing these days ;-)   
   >   
   >   
   > The truth hurts. ;)   
   >   
      
   Really? You can buy a laptop that runs Windows 11 just find for under $500.   
      
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