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[alan c <aeclist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/12/10 12:06, Christopher Swift wrote:
> This is admittedly an advantage to Ubuntu in that it can run really well and
> fast on machines that Windows has failed. However I have concerns about
> driving this forward as a key feature or advantage to Ubuntu. Ubuntu will
> become associated as a method of just fixing up old computers and not one to
> use on new ones. Wouldn't this give us the same image as say Windows 2000?

Working a miracle on the 'old spare laptop' is a potential *major* 
market for second market installs of Ubuntu. It has been a gift from 
the Microsoft gods, who produced Vista which was frequently sold on 
inadequate machines. This advantage has a best use by date. Soon.
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alan cocks
Ubuntu user